| Evidence: | 'The other night I sat up till four o'clock, reading Matthew Lewis's "Monk". It is the most stupid & villainous novel that I have read for a great while. Considerable portions of it are grossly indecent[,] not to say brutish - one does not care a straw about one of the characters - and tho' "little Mat" has legions of ghosts & devils at his bidding - one views their movements with profound indifference.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1817 and 25 Sep 1817 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | night | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Kirkcaldy | ||||||||||
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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: | Matthew Lewis |
| Title: | The Monk |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 12993 | |
| 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: | 109 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter to James Johnston |
| Citation: | Charles Richard Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, NC, 1970), I, p. 109, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12993, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
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