Record Number: 17617
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Even as it is, I contrive to in general to get along very reasonably. Jack comes down to me every night: we have a talk and a walk: we correct the Printer's sheets together, and are very happy. He is a kind faithful slut of a fellow.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:21 Feb 1824
Country:Scotland
Timeevening
Place:city: Edinburgh
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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Proofs of 'Schiller's Life and Writings'
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text:Print: ProofsManuscript: Letter
Publication DetailsWork published in serial form in London Magazine Oct 1823 - Sept 1824, and in book form as 'the Life of Friedrich Schiller' in 1825
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:17617
Source: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:3
Page:35
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17617, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TX to Alexander Carlyle, dated 21 February 1824, written at his brother Jack's house. Pages 33 - 35 in this edition. Date range of reading based on the date of this letter and the date of TC's previous letter to AC in which he doesn't mention the checking of the proofs.
