Record Number: 28734
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 2 July 1851, on J. P. Browne's phrenological analysis of her:
'I send back Mr Fraser's [pseudonym assumed by Browne] character by return of post; but I
have found time to take a careful and exact copy of the same, which (D.V.) I mean to keep
always [...] With the exception of that slight mistake between number and music, and the
small vein of error which flows thence through the character, it is a sort of miracle —
like — like — like as the very life
itself.'
1850-1899
Date:Between 29 Jun 1851 and 2 Jul 1851
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:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'A Phrenological Estimate of the Talents and Dispositions of a Lady'
Genre:Biography, Medicine
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:28734
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:258
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. 258, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28734, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See pp.256-258 in source for text of 'Estimate'.
