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Record Number: 28634


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The two Examiners came on Wednesday: we like them much.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 28 Apr 1830 and 1 May 1830

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Dumfriess
specific address: Craigenputtoch

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Carlyle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Dec 1795

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / Academic

Religion:

Lapsed Calvinist

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:

The Examiner

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28634

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carlyle

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:

5

Page:

98

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 5, p. 98, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28634, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to John A. Carlyle, dated 1st May 1830, written at Craigenputtoch. Presumably the 'we' refers to his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle. Estimated date range based on date of this letter, and the date of the previous Wednesday.

   
   
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