Evidence: | [From letter to Clement Shorter from the niece of John Nunn:]
'In 1857 I was staying with Mr Nunn at Thorndon, in Suffolk, of which place he was rector. The good man had never read a novel in his life, and of course had never heard of the famous Bronte books. I was reading Mrs Gaskell's Life [of Charlotte Bronte] with absorbed interest, and one day my uncle said, "I have heard lately a name mentioned with which I was well familiar. What is it all about?" He was told, when he added, "Patrick Bronte [father of Charlotte] was once my greatest friend. Next morning my uncle brought out a thick bundle of letters and said, "These were written by Patrick Bronte. They refer to his spiritual state. I have read them once more, and now I destroy them."' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1857 and 31 Dec 1857 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Thorndon county: Suffolk |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Elizabeth Gaskell |
Title: | Life of Charlotte Bronte |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28409 | |
Source - | ||
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: | 5 n.3 | |
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. 5 n.3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28409, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
John Nunn had become friends with Patrick Bronte when both were students at St John's College, Cambridge; see p.5 in source. |
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