Record Number: 19422
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mama is so terribly busy that she really cannot find time to write to you, but she has asked me to do so for her, as she cannot bear that you should remain any longer unthanked for your most interesting account of Miss Anne Bronte's death at Scarborough, which she has had much peasure in reading, and which she hopes you will allow her to make use of in the Memoir.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 17 Dec 1855
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Manchester
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Sep 1810
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer and clergyman's wife
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[account of Anne Bronte's death]
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
sent by Ellen Nussey
Source Information:
Record ID:19422
Source:Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Editor:J.A.V. Chapple
Title:Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:875
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 875, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19422, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to Ellen Nussey - out of the date sequence of the rest of the volume as found at a late stage in the publication process. Letter written by Meta Gaskell
