Record Number: 16586
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'There is no plainer way of testifying my entire approval of the matter contained in your last letter than rigidly adhering to the plan you have sketched for me. This I am endeavouring to do - I immediately commenced an active search through the libraries of my acquaintance for some of the books you named... I prefer[r]ed acqu[a]inting myself with the history of England through the medium of Clarendon. Clarendon however is 'out of fashion'.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 28 Oct 1822 and 11 Nov 1822
Country:Scotland
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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:Female
Date of Birth:14 Jul 1801
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:Amateur writer
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:Edward Hyde (Earl of Clarendon)
Title:History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England,
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:16586
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:197
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), 2, p. 197, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16586, accessed: 09 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Jane Baillie Welsh to Thomas Carlyle dated 11th November 1822, written at Haddington. Pages 196 - 199 in this edition.
