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
Timen/a
Place:city: Haddington
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:14 Jul 1801
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Amateur writer
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: Title:Napoleon in Exile; or, A Voice from Saint-Helena
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book, Volume 2 of 2Manuscript: Letter
Publication DetailsFirst published 1822 (2 volumes)
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:16580
Source: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: 28 November 2023
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.
