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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 22 November 1848:

'I have read "Madeleine." It is a fine pearl in a simple setting. Julia Kavanagh has my esteem; I would...		Charlotte Brontë Eliza LynnAzeth, the Egyptian (extracts)Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 25 March 1852:

'I have lately read with great pleasure "The Two Families." This work, it seems, should have reached me ...		Charlotte Brontë Sarah R. WhiteheadThe Two FamiliesPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 25 March 1852:

'I ought long since to have acknowledged the gratification with which I read Miss Kavanagh's "Women of C...		Charlotte Brontë Julia KavanaghWomen of ChristianityPrint: Book
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1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 28 May 1853:

'I despatch to-day a box of return books [loaned by Williams]: among them will be found two or three of th...		Charlotte Brontë Thomas MooreLife, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron (vols 1 a...Print: Book
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1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 28 May 1853:

'I despatch to-day a box of return books [loaned by Williams]: among them will be found two or three of th...		Charlotte Brontë Alphonse de LamartineHistory of the Restoration of Monarchy in FrancePrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 3 April 1852:

'The box arrived safely and I very much thank you for the contents [books] which are most kindly selected...		Charlotte Brontë Josepha GulstonThe School for FathersUnknown
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 31 July 1848:

'I never read Emerson; but the book which has had so healing an effect on your mind must be a good one [......		William Smith Williams Ralph Waldo EmersonunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 5 April 1849:

'The Cornhill books are still our welcome and congenial resource while Anne [sister, in terminal decline] i...		Charlotte Brontė Thomas CarlyleMiscellaniesPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 5 April 1849:

'The Cornhill books are still our welcome and congenial resource while Anne [sister, in terminal decline] i...		Charlotte Bronte and familyAlexander HarrisThe Emigrant FamilyPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 7 December 1848:

'I duly received Dr Curie's work on Homoeopathy, and ought to apologise for having forgotten to thank ...		Emily Brontė Paul Etienne Franēois Gustave Curie?Practice of HomoeopathyPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 7 December 1848:

'I duly received Dr Curie's work on Homoeopathy, and ought to apologise for having forgotten to thank yo...		Charlotte Brontë Paul Etienne François Gustave Curie?Practice of HomoeopathyPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 7 December 1848:

'I have not yet read the second number of "Pendennis." The first I thought rich in indication of ease, r...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayPendennis (first instalment)Print: Serial / periodical
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
1850-1899Charlotte 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
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 1 November 1849: 'I have just received the "Daily News." [containing review of "Shirley"] ... when I read it my heart sickened...Charlotte Bronte The Daily NewsPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 10 January 1850: 'I have received and perused the "Edinburgh Review" [containing negative review of "Shirley" by her friend G....Charlotte Bronte George Henry LewesReview of Charlotte Bronte, ShirleyPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 11 December 1847: 'Mr Thackeray is a keen, ruthless satirist -- I have never perused his writings but with blended feelings of...Charlotte Bronte Wililam Makepeace Thackeray Print: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 12 April 1850: 'The perusal of Southey's "Life" has lately afforded me much pleasure ... I have likewise read one of Miss Aust...Charlotte Bronte Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 12 April 1850: 'The perusal of Southey's "Life" has lately afforded me much pleasure; the autobiography with which it commence...Charlotte Bronte Robert SoutheyLifePrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 14 December 1847: 'A few days since I looked over "The Professor." I found the beginning very feeble, the whole narrative def...Charlotte Bronte Charlotte BronteThe ProfessorManuscript: Unknown


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