Evidence: | [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on life as a teacher at Miss Wooler's school, Dewsbury Moor, June 1837:]
'My life since I saw you last has passed on as monotonously and unvaryingly as ever, nothing but teach, teach, teach, from morning till night. The greatest variety I ever have is afforded by a letter from you, or a call from the Taylors [friends], or by meeting with a pleasant new book. "The Life of Oberlin" and Legh Richmond's "Domestic Portraiture" are the last of this description I have perused. The latter work strongly attracted, and strangely fascinated, my attention. Beg, borrow, or steal it without delay; and read the "Memoir of Wilberforce," that
short record of a brief, uneventful life, I shall never forget; it is beautiful, not on account of the incidents it details, but because of the simple narration it gives of the life and death of a young, talented, and sincere Christian. Get the book, Ellen (I wish I had it to give you), read it and tell me what you think of it.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1837 and 30 Jun 1837 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Dewsbury Moor county: Yorkshire |
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Reader: | Charlotte Bronte |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 21 Apr 1816 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | School teacher |
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: | Thomas Sims |
Title: | Brief Memorials of Jean Frédéric Oberlin |
Genre: | Biography, Education |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1830 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28432 | |
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: | 159-160 | |
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. 159-160, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28432, accessed: 22 September 2023 |
Details of author, title, and publication date of text supplied at p.159 n.1 in source, where it is also noted that Johan Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) was an Alsatian pastor and pioneer of education. |
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