Record Number: 28771
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 14 May 1854:]
'I took the time of the Leeds-Keighley-Skipton trains from Mr Clapham's Feby Time-Table and when I got to Leeds [from stay with Nussey] found myself all wrong. The trains on that line were changed — one had at that moment left the station [...] there was not another till a quarter after 5 o'clock; so I had just four hours to sit and twirl my thumbs [...] It was just 7 o'clock when I reached home.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 May 1854 and 14 May 1854
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Yorkshire
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Railway timetable for February [?1854]
Genre:Geography / Travel, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Timetable
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28771
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:2:4
Page:125
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:4, p. 125, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28771, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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