Record Number: 8029
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have likewise read one of Miss Austen's works "Emma" - read it with interest and with just the degree of admiration which Miss Austen herself would have thought sensible and suitable - anything like warmth or enthusiasm; anything energetic, poignant, heartfelt, is utterly out of place in commending these works: all demonstration the authoress would have met with a well-bred sneer, would have calmly scorned as outre and extravagant... she ruffles her reader by nothing vehement, disturbs him by nothing profound: the Passions are perfectly unknown to her; she rejects even a speaking acquaintance with that stormy Sisterhood...'
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:Between 12 Jan 1848 and 12 Apr 1850
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:Novelist
Religion:Anglican
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:Emma
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8029
Source:Charlotte Bronte
Editor:T.J. Wise
Title:The Brontes: Their Friendships, Lives, and Correspondence
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1932
Vol:3
Page:99
Additional Comments:
second editor, J.A. Symington. Letter from Charlotte Bronte to W.S. Williams, 12 Apr 1850
Citation:
Charlotte Bronte, T.J. Wise (ed.), The Brontes: Their Friendships, Lives, and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1932), 3, p. 99, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8029, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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