Record Number: 19108
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Gaskell relates how Charlotte Bronte presented her father with 'Jane Eyre'] ''May I read you some reviews.' So she read them; and then she asked him if he would read the book. He said she might leave it, and he would see. But he sent them an invitation to tea that night, and towards the end of tea he said, 'Children, Charlotte has been writing a book - and I think it is a better one than I expected.''
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 25 Aug 1850
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Haworth
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:21 Apr 1816
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:writer, clergyman's daughter
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Her father, Patrick
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[reviews of Jane Eyre]
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:19108
Source:Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Editor:J.A.V. Chapple
Title:Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:126
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 126, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19108, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Catherine Winkworth.