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Record Number: 16580


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just this instant finished the O'Meara - and have no time to write. You quite distress me by sending me so many books-'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1822 and 7 Nov 1822

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Haddington

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Jane Baillie Welsh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Jul 1801

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA
Amateur writer

Occupation:

Amateur writer

Religion:

Christian

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:

Barry Edward O'Meara

Title:

Napoleon in Exile; or, A Voice from Saint-Helena

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Volume 2 of 2Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

First published 1822 (2 volumes)

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

16580

Source:

Print

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:

193

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. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16580, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated early November 1822 (by Editor). Page 193 in this edition. This is the second volume of O'Meara's work - see RED ref 16551 for her reference to reading the first. See also Carlyle's letter 28th October 1822 in which he refers to his intention to getting her the second volume.

   
   
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