| Evidence: | 'I have read [italics] once [end italics] over all the letters you so kindly entrusted me with, and I don't think even you, her most cherished friend, could wish the impression on me to be different from what it is, that she was one to study the path of duty well, and, having ascertained what it was right to do, to follow out her idea strictly. They gave me a very beautiful idea of her character'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 6 Sep 1855 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Manchester specific address: 84 Plymouth Grove |
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Sep 1810 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer, clergyman's wife |
| 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 |
| Author: | Charlotte Bronte |
| Title: | [letters to Ellen Nussey] |
| Genre: | letters |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) borrowed from Ellen Nussey |
| Record ID: | 19151 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 370 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 370, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19151, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Ellen Nussey. Gaskell had been asked to write Bronte's Life. |
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