| Evidence: | 'During the last week I have also read the latter half of 'Maria Stuart' - some scenes of Alfieri - and a portion of 'Tacitus' (which by the way is the hardest Latin I ever saw) - when you devoted four hours of my day to the study of history, what did you mean should become of my Italian and my dear German?' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 4 Nov 1822 and 11 Nov 1822 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Jane Baillie Welsh |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 14 Jul 1801 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | Amateur writer |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Friedrich Schiller |
| Title: | Maria Stuart |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 16589 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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: | 197 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 197, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16589, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Taken from letter from Jane Baillie Welsh to Thomas Carlyle dated 11th November 1822, written at Haddington. Pages 196 - 199 in this edition. Dates of reading experience based on her reference treading it in the previous week. She does not specify the exact work but it is likely to be Schiller's. |
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