7 letters found
- 170 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Friday, 5 August 1881.
- in translation:
...found it at Princenhage and read it in three days, even though it’s quite a thick book.Currer Bell
- in note 5:
Currer Bell was the pseudonym of Charlotte Brontë. Her long novel Shirley. A tale (1849) is the stor...
Currer Bell was the pseudonym of Charlotte Brontë. Her long novel Shirley. A tale (1849) is the stor...
- 187 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Saturday, 19 November 1881.
- in translation:
... Beecher Stowe. Or Jane Eyre and Shirley by Currer Bell. Those people can tell you many more things ...
- in note 17:
...up in society. For Jane Eyre and Shirley by Currer Bell (pseudonym of Charlotte Brontë), see letter...
- 232 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Sunday, 28 May 1882.
- in translation:
... English writers like Dickens and Eliot and Currer Bell, and among the French Balzac, are so astonis...
- 274 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 22 October 1882.
- in note 4:
...he following passage at the beginning of Charlotte Brontë’s novel Shirley: ‘If you think, from ...
- 341 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 9 May 1883.
- in note 9:
...ext it was probably an allusion to a passage in Shirley by Charlotte Brontë (see letter 274, n. 4).
- 342 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 10 May 1883.
- in note 7:
...ext it was probably an allusion to a passage in Shirley by Charlotte Brontë (see letter 274, n. 4).
- 772 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 9 May 1889.
- in note 9:
...n Gogh crossed out an unfinished remark: ‘N’est ce pas Currer Bell’ (Isn’t it Currer Bell?).
1 essay item found
- Biographical & historical context / The letter-writing culture and Van Gogh’s position within it
- in context_2:
...Writing from Haworth on 23 January 1844, Charlotte Brontë confessed to her friend Ellen Nussy: ‘W...
1 other item found
- Chronology
- in 1881:
...els, among them Shirley and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Illusions perdues and Le père Goriot by...
Term(s):
Dated between:
29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
Person:
Charlotte Brontë (Currer Bell) (1816-1855) English writer
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