Record Number: 17452
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am busy with Gibbon, my adorable's life of Necker (not yours) and Fiesko. Either Schiller's prose is much more difficult than his verse or my head is much thicker than it was in winter.- I hope it is not putting you to inconvenience my detaining these books so long[.] If you want them tell me instantly-'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 6 Apr 1823 and 16 Apr 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 1823
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:Fiesco Or, The Conspiracy of Genoa: an Historical Tragedy
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:17452
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:331
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 331, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17452, accessed: 04 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 16 April 1823, pages 331 - 335 in this edition. Estimated date range based on her last letter to Carlyle dated 1 April (they appear to discuss their respective readings at length and it is likely that she has only started reading this after the last letter) and TC's letter to her of 6 April in which he refers to sending her more Schiller.