| Evidence: | Charlotte Bronte, Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell, 1850: 'Currer Bell [ie Charlotte Bronte]'s book [The Professor] found acceptance nowhere ... he tried one publishing house more -- Messrs Smith and Elder. Ere long ...there came a letter ... he took out of the envelope a letter of two pages. He read it trembling. It declined ... to publish that tale ... but it discussed its merits and demerits so courteously, so considerately ... that this very refusal cheered the author better than a vulgarly-expressed acceptance could have done.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1847 and 31 Aug 1847 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | Church of England |
| 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: | Letter from Smith, Elder & Co., publishers |
| Genre: | Unknown, private business correspondence |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 4368 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 164-65 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters (London, 1997), p. 164-65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4368, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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