Record Number: 17440
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am busy with the fourth volume of Gibbon and Machiavelli's discourses on Livy. He is the only Italian that has interested me - '
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 24 Mar 1823 and 1 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 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17440
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:320
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), 2, p. 320, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17440, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 1 April 1823, written at Haddington. Estimated date range based on date of her previous letter to him (24th March) in which she discusses the fact that she is reading volume 2.