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Record 4381

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Mary Taylor to Charlotte Bronte, 24 July 1848: 'About a month since I received and read "Jane Eyre".'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 01 Jun 1848 and 31 Jul 1848
Country: New Zealand
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Mary Taylor
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 26 Feb 1817
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Businesswoman and Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: New Zealand
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Charlotte Bronte
Title: Jane Eyre
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4381  
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: 200
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters (London, 1997), p. 200, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4381, accessed: 23 April 2024

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