Record Number: 28687

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Taylor to her schoolfriend Charlotte Bronte, 25 April 1850:

'Yesterday, I went along the shore past two wharves and several warehouses on a st. where I had never been before during all the 5 years I have been in Wellington. I opened the door of a long place filled with packages [...] At the far end of the room a man was writing at a desk beneath a window [...] I bought some things and asked for a note of them. He went to his desk again and I looked at some newspapers lying near. On the top was a circular from Smith and Elder, containing notices of the most important new works. The first and longest was given to "Shirley" a book I had seen mentioned in the "Manchester Examiner" as written by Currer Bell. I blushed all over'.

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1849 and 24 Apr 1850

Country:

New Zealand

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Wellington

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:

Mary Taylor

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

26 Feb 1817

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author and shop-keeper

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

New Zealand

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Manchester Examiner

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28687

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:

2:3

Page:

104

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:3, p. 104, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28687, accessed: 29 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None