Record Number: 19960
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My dearest I thought to write to you from this place with joy; I write with shame and tears. The enclosed letter, which I found lying for me, has distracted my thoughts from the prospect of our meeting-the brightest in my mind for many months, and fixed them on a part of my own conduct which makes me unworthy ever to see you, or be clasped to your true heart again. I cannot come to you cannot be at peace with myself:... I loved [Edward Irving]'
Century:1800-1849
Date:19 Jul 1825
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Templand
Type of Experience(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 1825
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Daughter of doctor
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Letter dated 20 July
Genre:Letter
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:19960
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:3
Page:356-7
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 356-7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19960, accessed: 10 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 24 July 1825, written at Templand. Pages 356-357 in this edition. Dates of reading experience based on date of Mrs Montagu's letter (20th July as given in Editor's note) and date of this letter.
