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Record 4308

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Emily Bronte, diary paper for 26 June 1837: 'Monday evening June 26 1837 A bit past 4 o'clock Charolotte [sic] working in Aunts room Branwell reading "Eugene Aram" to her ...'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 26 Jun 1837
Country: England
Time: afternoon: 4.00pm
Place: city: Haworth
county: Yorkshire
specific address: Haworth Parsonage
   
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:Branwell Bronte
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 26 Jun 1817
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writer
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Charlotte Bronte; Emily Bronte
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Title: Eugene Aram
Genre: Fiction, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4308  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Juliet Barker
  Title: The Brontes: A Life in Letters
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 53
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters (London, 1997), p. 53, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4308, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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