Record Number: 17460

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I finished your Musaeus ten days ago: it is a nice little book and will do very well. You shall have it at Had[dingto]n whenever you get there, with multifarious advices and palavers.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

10 Jun 1823

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Dunkeld
county: Perthshire
specific address: Kinnaird House

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Carlyle

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:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Johann Karl August Musaeus

Title:

Volksmahrchen der Deutschen

Genre:

Folk-tales / Satire

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Letter

Publication Details

5 vols (Gotha, 1782 - 86)

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17460

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

378

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 378, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17460, accessed: 21 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from TC to Jane Baillie Welsh dated 11 June 1823, written at Kinnaird House. Pages 375-379 in this edition. The details of the work read are given in Editor's notes to TC's letter to JBW dated 11 May 1823 (page 355 in this edition). Date range of reading based on TC's reference here to finishing it 10 days ago (1st June) and his letter 25 May in which he refers to the book arriving.