Record Number: 18059
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'For the last ten days I have been getting on again in good style. I have finished Charles and am in the second volume of the History of America. At this rate I calculate on getting through with all the books which you recommend to me in about twenty years.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Apr 1824 and 29 Apr 1824
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Haddington
Type of Experience(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:Gentry
Occupation:none
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of America
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18059
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:3
Page:64
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 64, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18059, accessed: 04 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 29th April 1824, written at Haddington. Pages 63-65 in this edition. I am unable to find exactly which book she is referring to here.