| Evidence: | W. M. Thackeray to William Smith Williams, 23 October 1847: 'I wish you had not sent me "Jane Eyre." It interested me so much that I have lost (or won if you like) a whole day in reading it ... Some of the love passages made me cry, to the astonishment of John who came in with the coals ... Give my respect and thanks to the author, whose novel is the first English one (and the French are only romances now) that I've been able to read for many a day.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 16 Oct 1847 and 23 Oct 1847 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 18 Jul 1811 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | India |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
His servant John who came in with the coal. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Charlotte Bronte |
| Title: | Jane Eyre |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 16 October 1847 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 4371 | |
| 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: | 171 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters (London, 1997), p. 171, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4371, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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