Record Number: 28782
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte's schoolfriend, Mary Taylor, to Elizabeth Gaskell, 30 July 1857:
'I am unaccountably in receipt by post of two vols containing the "Life of C. Bronte." I have
pleasure in attributing this compliment to you [...] The book is a perfect success, in giving a
true picture of a melancholy life [...] Though not so gloomy as the truth, it is perhaps as much
so as people will accept without calling it exaggerated [...] I have seen two reviews of it. One
of them sums it up as "a life of poverty and self-suppression.' the other has nothing to the
purpose at all. Neither of them seems to think it a strange or wrong state of things that a
woman of first-rate talents, industry, and integrity should live all her life in a walking
nightmare of "poverty and self-suppression." I doubt whether any of them will [comments
further] [...]
'Once more I thank you for the book — the first copy, I believe, that arrived in New Zealand.'
1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1857 and 30 Jul 1857
Country:New Zealand
Timen/a
Place:city: Wellington
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:26 Feb 1817
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Author and shop-keeper
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:New Zealand
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Reviews of Elizabeth Gaskell, Life of Charlotte Bronte]
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28782
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:225-226
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:4, p. 225-226, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28782, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None