√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to Robert Southey, 16 March 1837: 'At the first perusal of your letter I felt only shame, and regret ... | Charlotte Bronte | Robert Southey | letter to Charlotte Bronte | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to Charles Cuthbert Southey, 26 August 1850, regarding possible publication of letters between hersel... | Charlotte Bronte | Robert and Charlotte Southey and Bronte | letters | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to Charles Cuthbert Southey, 26 August 1850: ' ... the perusal of his [Robert Southey's] "Life and Co... | Charlotte Bronte | Robert Southey | Life and Correspondence | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 4 August 1839, about event following visit of David Pryce, a young Irish curate, to ... | Charlotte Bronte | David Pryce | letter | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to Hartley Coleridge, 10 December 1840: 'I am sorry Sir I did not exist forty or fifty years ago when... | Charlotte Bronte | | The Lady's Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 2 April 1841: 'If you think I'm going to refuse your invitation ... you're mistaken ... | Charlotte Bronte | Ellen Nussey | Note inviting Charlotte Bronte on visit | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte, Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell, 1850: 'One day, in the autumn of 1845, I accidentally ... | Charlotte Bronte | Emily Bronte | poems | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte, Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell, 1850: 'Currer Bell [ie Charlotte Bronte]'s book [The P... | Charlotte Bronte | | Letter from Smith, Elder & Co., publishers | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 11 December 1847: 'Mr Thackeray is a keen, ruthless satirist -- I have nev... | Charlotte Bronte | Wililam Makepeace Thackeray | | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 14 December 1847: 'A few days since I looked over "The Professor." I foun... | Charlotte Bronte | Charlotte Bronte | The Professor | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 18 December 1847: '"The Observer" has just reached me ... I always compel ... | Charlotte Bronte | Charlotte Bronte | | Print: Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 12 January 1848: 'What induced you to say that you would rather have written "Pride &... | Charlotte Bronte | George Henry Lewes | letter | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 12 January 1848: 'What induced you to say that you would rather have written "Pride &... | Charlotte Bronte | Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 18 January 1848: 'I have not read "Azeth", but I did read or begin to read a tale in ... | Charlotte Bronte | Eliza Lynn Linton | story in New Monthly Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte postscript to letter to William Smith Williams, 12 May 1848: 'I find -- on glancing over yours, that ... | Charlotte Bronte | William Smith Williams | letter to Charlotte Bronte | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, September 1848: ' ... of ["Ellis Bell's" poetry's] merit I am deeply convi... | Charlotte Bronte | Emily Bronte | poems | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: 'I put your most friendly letter [recommending homeopath... | Charlotte Bronte | William Smith Williams | letter | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: '"The North American Review" [containing reviews of the ... | Charlotte Bronte | | The North American Review | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 29 March 1849: 'I read your kind note to Anne and she wishes me to thank you sincere... | Charlotte Bronte | Ellen Nussey | note | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 12 April 1849: 'I read Anne's letter [of 5 April] to you; it was touching enough ...' | Charlotte Bronte | Anne Bronte | letter to Ellen Nussey | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 16 August 1849: '"The North British Review" duly reached me. I read atten... | Charlotte Bronte | | The North British Review | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 1 November 1849: 'I have just received the "Daily News." [containing revie... | Charlotte Bronte | | The Daily News | Print: Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Gaskell, "Life of Charlotte Bronte" (1857): '[Charlotte Bronte's] hosts [in London] took pleasure in showing... | Charlotte Bronte | | The Times | Print: Newspaper |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 10 January 1850: 'I have received and perused the "Edinburgh Review" [cont... | Charlotte Bronte | George Henry Lewes | Review of Charlotte Bronte, Shirley | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 16 February 1850: 'A few days since a little incident happened which curiously touch... | Charlotte Bronte | Maria Branwell | letters and papers | Manuscript: Letter, Unknown |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 16 March 1850: 'I return Mr Thornton Hunt's note after reading it carefully.' | Charlotte Bronte | Thornton Hunt | Note | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 12 April 1850: 'The perusal of Southey's "Life" has lately afforded me muc... | Charlotte Bronte | Robert Southey | Life | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 12 April 1850: 'The perusal of Southey's "Life" has lately afforded me muc... | Charlotte Bronte | Jane Austen | Emma | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 18 September 1850: 'You should be very thankful that books cannot "talk to each othe... | Charlotte Bronte | Robert Knox | The Races of Men: A Fragment | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 28 September 1850, on preparing to write preface to new edition of "Wuther... | Charlotte Bronte | Emily Bronte | Wuthering Heights | Unknown |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to Mrs Smith (mother of her publisher George Smith), 17 April 1851: 'Before I received your note, I w... | Charlotte Bronte | Mrs Smith | Note to Charlotte Bronte | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 23 October 1850: ' .. my late occupation left a result for some days and indeed stil... | Charlotte Bronte | | Bronte family papers | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to James Taylor, 6 November 1850: 'I have just finished reading the "Life of Dr Arnold", but now when... | Charlotte Bronte | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley | Life of Dr Arnold | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 3 December 1850: 'On referring to Mr Newby's letters, I find in one of them, a boast... | Charlotte Bronte | Newby | letter | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to James Taylor, 1 February 1851: 'Have you yet read Miss Martineau's and Mr Atkinson's new work "Let... | Charlotte Bronte | Harriet and H. G. Martineau and Atkinson | Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 20 September 1851: 'Of all the articles respecting which you question me -- I h... | Charlotte Bronte | Harriet Taylor | Article on women's emancipation | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 February 1852, after having been lent the first volume of W. M. Thackeray, "Henry... | Charlotte Bronte | William Makepeace Thackeray | The History of Henry Esmond (volume I) | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 12 January 1853, regarding timings of publications of her and Gaskell's new wor... | Charlotte Bronte | Elizabeth Gaskell | Ruth | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, May 1853: 'The "Lectures" arrived safely; I have read them through twice. They must... | Charlotte Bronte | William Makepeace Thackeray | Lectures | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Why do you like Miss Austen so very much? I am puzzled on that point. What induced you to say that you would have ra... | Charlotte Bronte | Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Now I can understand admiration of George Sand; for though I never saw any of her works which I admired throughout (e... | Charlotte Bronte | George Sand | Consuelo | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 1850-1899 | 'I have likewise read one of Miss Austen's works "Emma" - read it with interest and with just the degree of admiration... | Charlotte Bronte | Jane Austen | Emma | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte (writing as Currer Bell) to Harriet Martineau, 7 November 1849: 'When C.B. first read "Deerbrook" he ... | Charlotte Bronte | Harriet Martineau | Deerbrook | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '"Currer Bell" [Charlotte Bronte] told me [Harriet Martineau] that she had read with astonishment those parts of "Hous... | Charlotte Bronte | Harriet Martineau | Household Education | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Charlotte Bronte to Harriet Martineau, on Martineau's published correspondence with Atkinson: 'Having read your book, ... | Charlotte Bronte | Harriet Martineau and H.G. Atkinson | Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | [Gaskell relates how Charlotte Bronte presented her father with 'Jane Eyre'] ''May I read you some reviews.' So she re... | Charlotte Bronte | | [reviews of Jane Eyre] | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | 'she [Charlotte Bronte] was very angry indeed with that part of the Examiner review of Esmond (I had forgotten it) whi... | Charlotte Bronte | | Examiner [review of Thackeray's 'Henry Esmond'] | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | 'I'm glad she [Charlotte Bronte] likes 'North and South'. I did not think Margaret was so over good. What would Miss B... | Charlotte Bronte | Elizabeth Gaskell | North and South | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1850-1899 | 'Miss Bronte in one of her letters to you (Mama [italics] thinks [end italics] written in the year 1835,) gives you so... | Charlotte Bronte | [unknown] | ['standard works'; not novels] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'A very fair measure of French and some skill in drawing appear to have been the most striking accomplishments which C... | Charlotte Bronte | Voltaire | Henriade | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to her schoolfriend Ellen Nussey, 1 January 1833:]
'I am glad you like "Kenilworth"; it is certai... | Charlotte Bronte | Walter Scott | Kenilworth | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on her struggles with religious melancholy, 20 February 1837:]
'Last Sunday I to... | Charlotte Bronte | | Bible | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on her struggles with religious melancholy, 20 February 1837:]
'Last Sunday I to... | Charlotte Bronte | | 'life of a certain French nobleman' | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on life as a teacher at Miss Wooler's school, Dewsbury Moor, June 1837:]
'My lif... | Charlotte Bronte | Thomas Sims | Brief Memorials of Jean Frédéric Oberlin | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on life as a teacher at Miss Wooler's school, Dewsbury Moor, June 1837:]
'My lif... | Charlotte Bronte | Legh Richmond | Domestic Portraiture | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on life as a teacher at Miss Wooler's school, Dewsbury Moor, June 1837:]
'My lif... | Charlotte Bronte | Thomas Price | Memoir of William Wilberforce | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, in postscript to letter of 7 April 1840:]
'Mr [William] Weightman [curate at Haw... | Charlotte Bronte | | reports of lectures by William Weightman and Patrick Bronte | Print: Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to William Wordsworth (in draft response to letter from him of c.1840):]
'I am sorry I did not ex... | Charlotte Bronte | | The Lady's Magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 20 August 1840:]
'I have got another bale of French books from Gomersal -- conta... | Charlotte Bronte | | 'French books' | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Of Charlotte Bronte's sojourn at Upperwood House, Rawdon, there is only one slight record apart from her letters. It ... | Charlotte Bronte | | | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to Constantin Heger (in source eds' translation from French), 24 July 1844:]
'I greatly fear that... | Charlotte Bronte | | French book/s | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [From Charlotte Bronte's introduction to the 1850 edition of her sisters' novels:]
'One day in the autumn of 1845 I... | Charlotte Bronte | Emily Bronte | poems | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | [From Charlotte Bronte's introduction to the 1850 edition of her sisters' novels:]
'One day in the autumn of 1845 I... | Charlotte Bronte | Anne Bronte | poems | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 31 March 1846:]
'I received the number of the Record you sent and despatched it ... | Charlotte Bronte | Jean Henri Merle D'Aubigne | "Letter" | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publishers Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 26 October 1847:]
'I have receive... | Charlotte Bronte | | Review of Charlotte Bronte, "Jane Eyre" | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publishers Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 26 October 1847:]
'I have receive... | Charlotte Bronte | | Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher W. S. Williams, 28 October 1847:]
'The "Weekly Chronicle" seems... | Charlotte Bronte | | Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher W. S. Williams, 28 October 1847:]
'I have just received the "Ta... | Charlotte Bronte | | Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher W. S. Williams, 28 October 1847:]
'I have just received the "Ta... | Charlotte Bronte | | Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre | Print: Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publishers, Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 13
November 1847:]
'This mor... | Charlotte Bronte | | review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 17 November 1847:]
'The perusal of the "Era"... | Charlotte Bronte | | review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 17 November 1847:]
'The perusal of the "Era"... | Charlotte Bronte | | review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to G. H. Lewes, 22 November 1847:]
'I have now read "Ranthorpe." I could not g... | Charlotte Bronte | George Henry Lewes | Ranthorpe | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publishers, Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 1 December 1847:]
'The "Examin... | Charlotte Bronte | | Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 11 December 1847:
'I hardly ever felt delight... | Charlotte Bronte | William Makepeace Thackeray | | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to Richard Hengist Horne, 15 December 1847:
'You will have thought me strangely t... | Charlotte Bronte | Richard Hengist Horne | Orion | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publishers, Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 25 December 1847:
'Permit me to t... | Charlotte Bronte | Leigh Hunt | A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Charlotte Brontë to the grandson of Henry James Mercier, 1 June 1848:]
'I have read 2,500 with ple... | Charlotte Brontë | Henry James Mercier | Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | [Charlotte Bronte to Sydney Dobell, 3 February 1854:]
'"Balder" arrived safely. I looked at him, bef... | Charlotte Bronte | Sydney Dobell | Balder | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 14 May 1854:]
'I took the time of the Leeds-Keighley-Skipton trai... | Charlotte Bronte | | Railway timetable for February [?1854] | Print: Timetable |