Record Number: 17433
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read no more of Boccac[c]io than his description of the plague which is extremely powerful from the hesitation you seemed to have in allowing me to read him I felt inclined to return it immediately - but on reflection I thought it silly to deprive myself of the pleasure of reading a clever work because it contained some exceptionable passages which I might pass of[f] even if I found them disagreeable - so I shall go on - at least as long as I find it for my good- '
Century:1800-1849
Date:20 Jan 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 1801
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:Decomerone o ver Cento Novelle
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Procured for her by Thomas Carlyle - unclear whether on loan or purcashed on her behalf
Source Information:
Record ID:17433
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:294
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. 294, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17433, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 28th February 1823, written at Haddington. Pages 294 - 296 in this edition. Estimated date range based on Carlyle's letter of 18 Feb in which he mentions that he is going to acquire the book for her. Correspondence doesn't make clear exactly when it arrived with JBW.
