Record Number: 18982
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The other afternoon, as I was lying dozing in a brown study after dinner, a lord's lackey knocked at the door and delivered me a little blue parcel, requiring for it a ntoe of delivery. I opened it, and found two pretty stitched little books, and a letter from - Goethe! I copy it from the fractur [Gothic script] hand it was written in, and send it for your edification. The patriarchal style of it pleases me much.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 10 Dec 1824 and 17 Dec 1824
Country:England
Timeafternoon
Place:city: London
specific address: 23 Southampton 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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:private letter
Genre:Letters
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication DetailsN/A
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18982
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:CR Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:3
Page:225-226
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, CR Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 225-226, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18982, accessed: 16 March 2025
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to John A. Carlyle dated 18 December 1824, written at 23 Southampton Street. Date range is estimate based on date of this letter.
