| Evidence: | 'But the most extraordinary production of any, I have seen these many days, is "La Pucelle d'Orleans" an Epic by Voltaire. This Mock-Heroic illustrates several things -First that the French held Voltaire a sort of demigod - secondly (and consequently) that they were wrong in so doing - and thirdly that the said Voltaire is the most impudent, blaspheming, libidinous blackgaurd [sic] that ever lived.'
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1815 and 25 Mar 1815 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Annan | ||||||||||
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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: | teacher, later man of letters |
| 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: | Voltaire [pseud.] |
| Title: | La Pucelle d'Orleans |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | in a French edition - Carlyle goes on to quote the editor's preface |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 12919 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Charles Richard Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, NC | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 43 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter to Robert Mitchell |
| Citation: | Charles Richard Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, NC, 1970), I, p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12919, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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