Record Number: 17426
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You did not mean me to return your story? I hope not - I shall soon be able to say it by heart - how I envy you! I would give Shandy and my pearl necklace to be able to write such an other - but that I shall never be!'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 17 Dec 1822 and 8 Jan 1823
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Haddington
specific address: Family home
(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:n/a
Occupation:N/A
Religion:Christian
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:Cruthers and Johnson
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Sheet
Publication DetailsStory by Thomas Carlyle. Later published anonymously in Frasers Magazine January 1831.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:17426
Source:Jane Baillie Welsh
Editor:CR Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:2
Page:263 - 4
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jane Baillie Welsh, CR Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 263 - 4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17426, accessed: 04 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 8th January 1823. Pages 262 - 265 in this edition. Estimated date range based on Carlyle's letter of 16th December in which he mentions sending it to her, and the date of this letter.
