On this day in 1848 Charlotte and Anne Bronte visited London to meet their publisher and revealed their true identity. The Bronte sisters had been using the pseudonyms Acton Currer and Bell. Read what happened on this day kleurrijkbrontesisters/-charlotte-and-anne
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In George’s account of the meeting he said:
“That Saturday morning I was at work in my room, when a clerk reported that two ladies wished to see me. I was very busy and sent out to ask their names. The clerk returned to say that the ladies declined to give their names, but wished to see me on a private matter… Two rather quaintly dressed little ladies, pale-faced and anxious-looking… one of them came forward and presented me with a letter addressed in my own handwriting to ‘Currer Bell, Esq.’ I noticed that the letter had been opened, and said, with some sharpness, ‘Where did you get this?’
‘From the post-office,’ was the reply; ‘it was addressed to me. We have both come that you might have ocular proof that there are at least two of us. This then was `Currer Bell' in person. I need hardly say that I was at once keenly interested, not to say excited. Mr. Williams was called down and introduced, and I began to plan all sorts of attentions to our visitors. I tried to persuade them to come and stay at our house.
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Actually he was just Charlotte's publisher at that point. Mr. Smith would not becomes Anne's publisher until after her death and that was because Charlotte was editing new editions of her sister's work
BeantwoordenVerwijderenInterestingly the Miss Bronte's were introduced people during this trip as the Miss Browns . What would Martha say?
We have both come that you might have ocular proof ....
That is so Charlotte