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Record 28771

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 14 May 1854:]


'I took the time of the Leeds-Keighley-Skipton trains from Mr Clapham's Feby Time-Table and when I got to Leeds [from stay with Nussey] found myself all wrong. The trains on that line were changed — one had at that moment left the station [...] there was not another till a quarter after 5 o'clock; so I had just four hours to sit and twirl my thumbs [...] It was just 7 o'clock when I reached home.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 May 1854 and 14 May 1854
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: county: Yorkshire
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Railway timetable for February [?1854]
Genre: Geography / Travel, Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Timetable
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28771  
Source - Print  
  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: 2:4
  Page: 125
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence (Oxford, 1980), 2:4, p. 125, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28771, accessed: 25 April 2024

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