Record Number: 28613
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 16 November 1848:
'To-day I have received the "Spectator" and the "Revue des deux Mondes." The "Spectator" consistently maintains the tone it first assumed regarding the Bells [...] Blind he is as any bat, insensate as any stone, to the merits of Ellis [i.e. Emily Brontë] [...] Because Ellis's poems are short and abstract, the critics think them comparatively insignificant and dull. They are mistaken.
'The notice in the "Revue des deux Mondes" is one of the most able, the most acceptable to the author, of any that has yet appeared. Eugene Forcade understood and enjoyed "Jane Eyre." I cannot say that of all who have professed to criticise it. The censures are as well-founded as the commendations. The specimens of the translation given are on the whole good; now and then the meaning of the original has been misapprehended, but generally it is well rendered.'
1800-1849
Date:16 Nov 1848
Country:England
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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:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Review of Poems of Ellis, Acton and Currer Bell]
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn 'The Spectator'
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Source Information:
Record ID:28613
Source:n/a
Editor:Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington
Title:The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:1:2
Page:271
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 1:2, p. 271, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28613, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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