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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 30 October 1852:

'I cannot write books handling the topics of the day [...] Nor can I take up a philanthropic scheme, tho...		Charlotte Brontë Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, early November 1852:

'The third volume [of Thackeray's History of Henry Esmond] seemed to me to possess the most sparkle,...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry EsmondPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, regarding preparations for publication of Villette, 12 January 1853:

'I had felt, and expressed, to Mr Smith [publis...		Charlotte Brontë Elizabeth GaskellRuth (volume 1)Print: Book
1850-1899'Villette was published on January 28th, 1853 [...] George Eliot wrote enthusiastically to Mrs Bray, "I am only just returned to a sense of the real world about me, for...George Eliot (pseud.) Charlotte BrontëVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 9 March 1853:

'I have tried to read "Daisy Burns"; at the close of the Ist Vol. I stopped. I must not give an opinion o...		Charlotte Brontë Julia KavanaghDaisy Burns (vol. 1)Print: Book
1850-1899Catherine Winkworth to Emma Shaen, 23 March 1853:

'I made up my mind not to write to you again till I had read "Villette" and now I have finished it [...] ...		Catherine Winkworth Charlotte BrontëVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899Catherine Winkworth to Emma Shaen, 23 March 1853:

'I made up my mind not to write to you again till I had read "Villette" and now I have finished it [...] ...		Catherine Winkworth Christian Charles Josias BunsenHippolytus and His Age (vols 1-3)Print: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, May 1853:

'The "Lectures" arrived safely; I have read them through twice. They must be studied to be appreciated. I tho...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayLectures on the English Humorists of the Eighteent...Print: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 9 July 1853:

'Thank you for your letter — it was as pleasant as a quiet chat [...] as reviving as a friend's v...		Charlotte Brontë Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 9 July 1853:

'Thank you for your letter — it was as pleasant as a quiet chat [...] as reviving as a friend's v...		Charlotte Bronte Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 July 1853:

'Mr Ruskin's beautiful book reached me safely this morning; its arrival was a pleasant surprise, for I was ...		Charlotte Brontë John RuskinLectures on Architecture and PaintingPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 July 1853:

'Mr Ruskin's beautiful book reached me safely this morning; its arrival was a pleasant surprise, for I was ...		Charlotte Brontë John Forbes'Memorandums Made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852Print: Book
1850-1899

[Charlotte Bronte to Sydney Dobell, 3 February 1854:]


'"Balder" arrived safely. I looked at him, before cutting his leaves, with singular pleasure [...]...

Charlotte Bronte Sydney DobellBalderPrint: Book
1850-1899

[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 go...

Charlotte Bronte Railway timetable for February [?1854]Print: Timetable
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 30 September 1854:

'We all know that it is not precisely advantageous to a really good book to be published piecemea...		Charlotte Brontë Elizabeth GaskellNorth and South (instalments)Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 30 September 1854:

'We all know that it is not precisely advantageous to a really good book to be published piecemea...		Charlotte Brontë Elizabeth GaskellNorth and South (instalment)Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte 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 ...		Mary Taylor Elizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte 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 ...		Mary Taylor [Reviews of Elizabeth Gaskell, Life of Charlotte B...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Margaret Wooler, Charlotte Bronte's former schoolteacher, to Ellen Nussey, another former pupil (1857):

'Did I name to you that Mrs E. Gibson knows two or ...		'young ladies'Charlotte BrontëVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899Margaret Wooler, Charlotte Bronte's former schoolteacher, to Ellen Nussey, another former pupil (1857):

'Mrs Palmer says she was more interested in [Charlo...		Mrs Palmer Elizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book


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