Record Number: 17449
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read Spenser these some mornings, while eating my breakfast. He is a dainty little fellow, as ever you saw: I propose that you and he shall be closely acquainted by and by.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 6 Apr 1823 and 14 Apr 1823
Country:Scotland
Timemorning
Place:city: Edinrburgh
specific address: 3. Moray Street
(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: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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Faerie Queene
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1590
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17449
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:2
Page:330
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), 2, p. 330, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17449, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC to Jane Baillie Welsh dated 14 April 1823, pages 329 - 331 in this edition. Carlyle goes on to quote from the Faerie Queene and ask JBW for her opinion, so it seems apparent that it is this work in particular. Estimated date range based on the date of Carlyle's last letter to her dated 6 April 1823 - they appear to discuss theuir respective reading with each other and it seems likely that he has only started this week since last writing.
