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Record Number: 28641


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Some three weeks ago, a packet of Books arrived here, accompanied with a Letter addressed A l'Auteur de l'Article intitule, Caractere de notre Epoque, the whole perfectly uninjured, the Books complete according to the list sent with them. Being actually the writer of that Paper, headed Signs of the Times, in the Edinburgh Review, there referred to, I cannot but cheerfully accept this present: by what route it came hither I shall perhaps learn by and by... Pursuant to your directions, I have looked over these Writings, with such leisure and composure as I could command; well purposing to investigate the matter farther, as I have opportunity.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 19 Jul 1830 and 9 Aug 1830

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Dumfries
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:

L'Organisateur inc Nos 32 & 36

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Paris, Aug 1829 - Aug 1831

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

28641

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:

134-5

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. 134-5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28641, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from Carlyle to Gustave D'Eichthal, dated 9th August 1830, written at Craigenputtoch. Pages 134-39 in this edition. Date range is an estimate based on the dates given in the letter. Information on what works were enclosed in the parcel given in Editor's notes - see separate entries for the other works on the list. See also TC's letter to John A. Carlyle dated 6th august 1830 in which he also refers to have received these works.

   
   
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