Record Number: 17438
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Boccac[c]io I return! - I have read the introduction and three of the tales which I took by chance from different parts of the book - in the two first my choice was fortunate and I was inclined to think the work had been belied - the third was enough - I will never open the book again -'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 28 Feb 1823 and 24 Mar 1823
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Haddington
specific address: Family home
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:14 Jul 1801
Socio-Economic Group:n/a
Occupation:N/A
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Decomerone o ver Cento Novelle
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsThree tales (ie not the complete work)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17438
Source: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:311 - 312
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. 311 - 312, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17438, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 24 March 1823, written at Haddington. Estimated date range based on date of her previous letter to him (28th February) in which she discusses the fact that she has only read the description of the plague.
