Record Number: 19654
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been in bed 9 days now and still must not get up. My one enjoyment is in reading the letters of Carlyle and Jane Welsh before their marriage... She begins in the smartest, pertest, Jane Welsh way, but gradually the other Jane begins to break through, passionate, melancholy, impatient, fun-loving - fame-hungry almost - and nervous. But she seems to care for him only as a friend - the idea of marriage is disgusting to her. She is very like me; they had not met for months, had only two hours, and she wasted it all by forcing a quarrel she did not want. And her "arch enemy" was headache.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 30 Jan 1933 and 9 Feb 1933
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: in bed
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:31 Mar 1899
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Catholic by birth
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
christened Eirene Botting
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[letters to Carlyle]
Genre:Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19654
Source:Antonia White
Editor:Susan Chitty
Title:Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:I
Page:21
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Antonia White, Susan Chitty (ed.), Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957 (London, 1991), I, p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19654, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
also Carlyle's letters to Jane
