Evidence: | [Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to G. H. Lewes, 22 November 1847:]
'I have now read "Ranthorpe." I could not get it till a day or two ago; but I have got it and read it at last; and in reading "Ranthorpe" I have read a new book -- not a reprint -- not a reflection of any other book, but a [italics]new book[end italics].
'I did not know such books were written now. It is very different to any of the popular works of fiction; it fills the mind with fresh knowledge. Your experience and your convictions are made the reader's; and to an author, at least, they have a value and an interest quite unusual.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Nov 1847 and 22 Nov 1847 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | Writer |
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: | George Henry Lewes |
Title: | Ranthorpe |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28482 | |
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: | II:156 | |
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. II:156, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28482, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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