Record Number: 28712
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 25 October 1850:
'The box of books came last night [...] Jeffrey's Essays, Dr Arnold's Life, the Roman, Alton
Locke [...] Already I have read the greatest part of the "Roman" — passages in it possess a
kindling virtue such as true poetry alone can boast — there are images of genuine grandeur —
there are lines that at once stamp themselves on the memory [...] this Sydney or Dobell
speaks with a voice of his own, unborrowed — unwicked. You hear Tennyson indeed
sometimes — and Byron sometimes in some passages of the "Roman" — but then again you
hear a new note — nowhere clearer than in a certain brief lyric [...] a sort of dirge over a
dead brother — that not only charmed the ear and brain — it smote the
heart.'
1850-1899
Date:Between 24 Oct 1850 and 25 Oct 1850
Country:England
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 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'The Roman'
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28712
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:2:3
Page:174-175
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:3, p. 174-175, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28712, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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