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Record 19107

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'They used to read to each other when they had written so much. Their father never knew a word about it.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Until: 25 Aug 1850
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Haworth
   
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:

Reading Group:the Bronte sisters
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writers
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Bronte
Title: [works by all three sisters]
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19107  
Source - Print  
  Author: 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: 126
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 126, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19107, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Catherine Winkworth.

 

 

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