Record Number: 28548
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 31 December 1847:
'I have received the "Scotsman" and was greatly amused to see Jane Eyre likened to Rebecca
Sharp [the amoral governess-turned-courtesan in Thackeray's Vanity Fair] — the resemblance
would hardly have occurred to me.'
1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Dec 1847 and 31 Dec 1847
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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 Mar 1816
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn The Scotsman
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28548
Source:n/a
Editor:James Wise and John Alexander Symington
Title:The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:2
Page:170
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2, p. 170, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28548, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None