Record Number: 12721

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have finished Julia - Divine Julia! What a finshed picture of most sublime virtue!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1822 and 12 Feb 1822

Country:

Unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Jane Bailie Welsh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Jul 1801

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

Amateur writer / wife of Thomas Carlyle

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Title:

Julie, ou La Nouvelle Heloise

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12721

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Baillie Welsh

Editor:

C R Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

2

Page:

36

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 36, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12721, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from JBW to Eliza Stodart dated ca. 12 February 1822. Pages 36-39 in this edition. Estimated date range based on date of JBW's previous letter in which she asks for the third volume.