Record Number: 28598
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Charlotte Brontë to the grandson of Henry James Mercier, 1 June 1848:]
'I have read 2,500 with pleasure. It is a very clever and ingenious production, Your grandfather must have been an intellectual, clever and accomplished man.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1848 and 1 Jun 1848
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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: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:Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn English translation (from French) by author's grandson.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:28598
Source:n/a
Editor:Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington
Title:The Brontës: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:1:2
Page:217
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontës: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence (Oxford, 1980), 1:2, p. 217, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28598, accessed: 16 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Copy of text read a gift from translator.