Record Number: 28737
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 10 November 1851:
'I have now read "The Fair Carew." It seems to me a delightful work and of genuine metal.
Whether it has the glare and strong excitement necessary to attract the million I do not know,
but I find in it the ease and repose only seen in good books. It owns both breadth of outline
and delicacy of finish [...] The truth and nature of the characters are beyond praise; the satire
has a keen edge, yet the temper of the work is good and genial. The writer is as shrewd as
Miss Austen and not so shrewish, as interesting as Mrs Inchbald and more vigorous [...] The
interest is strongest in the latter half of the first volume; yet for me the narrative never
flagged, and where I was not spellbound I was charmed and amused. Who and what is this
lady?'
1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Oct 1851 and 10 Nov 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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Fair Carew; Or, Husbands and Wives
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28737
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:288
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. 288, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28737, accessed: 04 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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