Record Number: 17427
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have finished William Tell - and mean to commence Turandot on Monday - I could read Schiller for ever - who but himself could have made such a play as Tell on such a plan?'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 24 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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:William Tell
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:17427
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:273
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. 273, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17427, accessed: 04 October 2024
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 previous correspondence between JBW and Thomas Carlyle, and the date of this letter.