Evidence: | 'Of Charlotte Bronte's sojourn at Upperwood House, Rawdon, there is only one slight record apart from her letters. It is contained in a communication to the Westminster Gazette [May, 1901]. The writer [Mrs Strickland of Halstead Hastings] says:
'"My mother, Mrs Slade of Hastings, now in her seventy-ninth year, distinctly remembers meeting the afterwards distinguished novelist at the house of Mr [John] White, a Bradford merchant, something like sixty years ago. At that time Miss Bronte was acting as governess to Mr White's children, and my mother has a vivid recollection of seeing her sitting apart from the rest of the family in a corner of the room, poring, in her short-sighted way, over a book. The impression she made on my mother was that of a shy nervous girl, ill at ease, who desired to escape notice and to avoid taking part in the general conversation."' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1841 and 31 Dec 1841 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Rawdon county: Yorkshire specific address: Upperwood House |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | Governess |
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: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28440 | |
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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: | 225 | |
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. 225, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28440, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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