| Evidence: | 'Those latter volumes of the Allemagne will perplex you, I fear. The third in particular is very mysterious; now and then quite absurd. Do not mind it much.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 28 Jun 1821 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Anne Louise Germaine de Sta?l-Holstein |
| Title: | De l'Allemagne |
| Genre: | Fiction, Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | First published 1810 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 11489 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | tThomas Carlyle | |
| 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: | 1 | |
| Page: | 367 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | tThomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 367, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11489, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to Jane Baillie Welsh, dated 28th June 1821, written at Edinburgh. Pages 367 in this edition. It seems likely that JBW also read the book on Carlyle's recommendation, based on her reply of 6th July to him, in which she returned the books. |
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