Record Number: 11321
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Your common student wrote to me about Blackwood's Magazine, shewing who wrote in it and who spoke of it; he talks about 'Kenilworth a Romance'; he then describes his stomach-complaints, and wishes me better fortune, sometimes the dog even pities me.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:9 Jan 1821
Country:unknown
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Place:n/a
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:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:student
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:United Kingdom
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Kenilworth
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication DetailsFirst published January 1821
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11321
Source: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:1
Page:303
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 303, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11321, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to John Carlyle, dated 9th January 1821, written at Edinburgh. Pages 302 - 305 in this edition. Estimated date range based on Editor's note which states that the novel had been published that week.