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Record 13345

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I attended the first meeting of the Philathelic Society - There were many new members, but the society seemed to have undergone no improvement. Jamie Thompson still speaks with his former pertinacity. Andrew made a harangue as vapid as ever, Thomas Irving read an introductory address, and the rest were all in readiness to 'nod assent and smile'[.] I left them with little regret.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 15 Nov 1816 and 30 Nov 1816
Country: Scotland
Time: n/a
Place: specific address: Edinburgh Philathelic Society
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Listener:Thomas Carlyle
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, workmates)
Edinburgh Philathelic Society
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Thomas Irving
Title: Introductory Address
Genre: Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: BookManuscript: Sheet
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 13345  
Source - Print  
  Author: Thomas Carlyle
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle
  Place of Publication: Durham
  Date of Publication: 1970
  Vol: 1
  Page: 88
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas Carlyle, The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle (Durham, 1970), 1, p. 88, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13345, accessed: 28 March 2024

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