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Record 4323

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Emily Bronte, diary paper for 30 July 1841 'It is Friday evening -- near 9 o'clock ... Aunt upstairs in her room -- she has been reading "Blackwood's Magazine" to papa ...'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 30 Jul 1841
Country: England
Time: evening
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:Elizabeth Branwell
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 21 May 1776
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: n/a
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Patrick Bronte
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Blackwood's Magazine
Genre: Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology, magazine
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4323  
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: 95
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters (London, 1997), p. 95, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4323, accessed: 01 May 2024

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