Record Number: 28630

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 1 February 1849:

'There are two volumes in the first parcel [sent on loan by Williams] which, having seen, I cannot bring myself to part with, and must beg Mr Smith [Williams's publishing partner] to retain: Mr Thackeray's "Journey from Cornhill, etc.", and "The Testimony to the Truth." That last is indeed a book after my own heart. I do like the mind it discloses — it is of a fine and high order. Alexander may be a clown by birth, but he is a nobleman by nature. When I could read no other book [following death of her sister Emily in December 1848], I read his and derived comfort from it. No matter whether or not I can agree in all his views, it is the principles, the feelings, the heart of the man I admire.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1848 and 1 Feb 1849

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Haworth
county: Yorkshire

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Charlotte Brontë

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

21 Apr 1816

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alexander Harris

Title:

A Converted Atheist's Testimony to the Truth of Christianity

Genre:

Other religious, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28630

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

306

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 1:2, p. 306, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28630, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Title of text supplied by source eds.; see p.306 n.1 in source.