Record Number: 28473
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publishers Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 26 October 1847:] 'I have received the newspapers. They speak quite as favourably of "Jane Eyre" as I expected them to do. The notice in the "Literary Gazette" seems certainly to have been indited in rather a flat mood, and the "Athenaeum" has a style of its own, which I respect, but cannot exactly relish; still, when one considers that journals of that standing have a dignity to maintain which would be damaged by a too cordial recognition of the claims if an obscure author, I suppose there is every reason to be satisfied.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1847 and 26 Oct 1847
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:21 Apr 1816
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Review of Charlotte Bronte, "Jane Eyre"
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn the Literary Gazette (October 1847)
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Source Information:
Record ID:28473
Source:n/a
Editor:Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington
Title:The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:I-II
Page:II:149-150
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence (Oxford, 1980), I-II, p. II:149-150, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28473, accessed: 18 April 2024
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