Record Number: 18128

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am daily expecting a letter from you on the subject of the Life of Schiller. I have got a copy of his Works beside me, which I have been glancing over; and I feel anxious to commence the business fo remoulding and enlarging, in due form.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 14 Jul 1824 and 29 Jul 1824

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Birmingham

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Carlyle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Friedrich Schiller

Title:

Works

Genre:

Drama, History, Poetry, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Unknown

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18128

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

117

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. 117, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18128, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to John Taylor dated 29 July 1824, written at Birmingham. Pages 117 - 118 in this edition. Estimated date range based on Carlyle's approximate arrival in Birmgingham and date of letter to Taylor.