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Record Number: 28476


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher W. S. Williams, 28 October 1847:] 'I have just received the "Tablet" and the "Morning Advertiser." Neither paper seems inimical to the book [Jane Eyre], but I see it produces a very different effect on different natures. I was amused at the analysis in the "Tablet," it is oddly expressed in some parts. I think the critic did not always seize my meaning; he speaks, for instance, of "Jane's inconceivable alarm at Mr Rochester's repelling manner." I do not remember that.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1847 and 28 Oct 1847

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Charlotte Bronte

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Tablet (October 1847)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28476

Source:

Print

Author:

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:151

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence (Oxford, 1980), I-II, p. II:151, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28476, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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