Evidence: | Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 4 January 1848: '"Jane Eyre" has got down into Yorkshire; a copy has even penetrated into this neighbourhood: I saw an elderly clergyman reading it the other day, and had the satisfaction of hearing him exclaim "Why -- they have got ---- school, and Mr ---- here, I declare! and Miss ----" (naming the original of Lowood, Mr Brocklehurst and Miss Temple) ...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Haworth county: Yorkshire |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | Clergyman |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Charlotte Bronte |
Title: | Jane Eyre |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1847 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4376 | |
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: | 177 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters (London, 1997), p. 177, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4376, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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