the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

Bronte children (Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, Anne) : Tales of a Grandfather

'There is a copy of the Imitation of Christ extant, given to Charlotte [Bronte] in 1826, and there are other books that we know the [Bronte] children read during this period, including Scott's Tales of a Grandfather.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Bronte children (Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, Anne)     Print: Book

Bronte children (Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, Anne) : The Task

[Mary Taylor to Elizabeth Gaskell, on the Bronte brother and sisters' religious reading and its relation to their depressive tendencies:] 'Cowper's poem The Castaway was known to them all, and they all at times appreciated, or almost appropriated it. Charlotte told me once that Branwell had done so'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Bronte children (Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, Anne)     Print: Book

Click check box to select all entries on this page: