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Record Number: 6678


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'There is also Madame de Stael on the French revolution - first volume only finished - remarks (if any) in the next letter.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 27 Nov 1818 and 8 Jan 1819

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Edinburgh

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:

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Anne Louise Germaine de Sta?l-Holstein

Title:

'Considerations on the French Revolution'

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

'Considerations sur la revolution francaise' pub. 1818

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6678

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carlyle

Editor:

C R Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, South Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

1

Page:

158

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, South Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 158, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6678, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from Carlyle to James Johnston dated 8th January 1819, written at Edinburgh. Pages 155-159 in this edition. See RED ref 2920 for Carlyle's reference to reading de Stael's writings on Germany.

   
   
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