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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 17 October 1850:

'Accept my thanks for some hours of pleasant reading. Balzac was for me quite a new author, and in making...		Charlotte Brontë Honore de BalzacIllusions PerduesPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 17 October 1850:

'Accept my thanks for some hours of pleasant reading. Balzac was for me quite a new author, and in making...		Charlotte Brontë George Sand (pseud.)Lettres d'un voyageurPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 18 January 1848: 'I have not read "Azeth", but I did read or begin to read a tale in the "New Monthly" from the same pen, and ... must co...Charlotte Bronte Eliza Lynn Lintonstory in New Monthly MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 23 November 1850:

'I am glad to hear that Miss Martineau's little story in the "Leader" touched you and made you cry. I th...		Charlotte Brontë Harriet Martineau[Short story]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 23 November 1850:

'I am glad to hear that Miss Martineau's little story in the "Leader" touched you and made you cry. I th...		George Henry Lewes Harriet Martineau[Short story]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to George Henry Lewes, 12 January 1848:

'Why do you like Miss Austen so very much? I am puzzled on that point. What induced you to say tha...		Charlotte Brontë Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to George Henry Lewes, 12 January 1848:

'Why do you like Miss Austen so very much? I am puzzled on that point. What induced you to say tha...		Charlotte Brontë George Sand (pseud.)ConsueloPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to George Henry Lewes, 12 January 1848:

'Why do you like Miss Austen so very much? I am puzzled on that point. What induced you to say tha...		Charlotte Brontë George Sand (pseud.)unknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 11 March 1852:

'I have read the "Paris Sketches" slowly, and by regulated allowances of so much per diem. I was so afraid...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayParis SketchesPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 11 March 1852:

'Is the first number of "Bleak House" generally admired? I liked the Chancery part, but when it passes int...		Charlotte Brontë Charles DickensBleak House (opening instalment)Print: Serial / periodical
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1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 12 May 1851:

'I fear it cannot be denied that Mr Thackeray has actually gone and written a poem. The whole of the ...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace Thackeray'May-Day Ode'Print: Unknown
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 February 1852, after having been lent the first volume of W. M. Thackeray, "Henry Esmond", in manuscript by her publishers: 'It has b...Charlotte Bronte William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry Esmond (volume I)Manuscript: Unknown
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
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 15 January 1850:

'I have received the "Morning Chronicle." I like Mr Thackeray's letter. As you say, it is manly; it breath...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayunknownPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 16 March 1850:

'The last two or three numbers of "Pendennis" will not, I dare say, be generally thought sufficiently exciti...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayPendennis (instalments)Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 16 March 1850: 'I return Mr Thornton Hunt's note after reading it carefully.'Charlotte Bronte Thornton HuntNoteManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 17 August 1848:

'I will not return Charles Lamb [i.e. a book], for in truth he is very welcome. I saw a review with extract...		Charlotte Brontë unknown unknown[review of work by/relating to Charles Lamb]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 18 September 1850: 'You should be very thankful that books cannot "talk to each other as well as to their readers" ... Dr Knox alone, wi...Charlotte Bronte Robert KnoxThe Races of Men: A FragmentPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 2 July 1851, on J. P. Browne's phrenological analysis of her:

'I send back Mr Fraser's [pseudonym assumed by Browne] charac...		Charlotte Brontë J. P. Browne'A Phrenological Estimate of the Talents and Dispo...Manuscript: Unknown


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