Record Number: 28713

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 31 October 1850:

'I showed papa the "Paper Lantern"; he was greatly amused with it, and would like to see the whole when it is completed to show the curates, whose case it will fit with much nicety.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1850 and 31 Oct 1850

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Patrick Brontë

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Mar 1777

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Curate

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Ireland

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:

'Will o' the Wisp'

Title:

A Paper Lantern for Puseyites

Genre:

Other religious, Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28713

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:

177

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. 177, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28713, accessed: 29 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Source eds. note: 'A Paper Lantern for Puseyites, by "Will o' the Wisp," a satire in verse, was first published by Smith, Elder, & Co. [Charlotte Bronte's publishers] in 1843: a new and revised edition of the pamphlet being issued by the same firm in 1850' (see p.177 n.1).