| Evidence: | 'I have read no more of Boccac[c]io than his description of the plague which is extremely powerful from the hesitation you seemed to have in allowing me to read him I felt inclined to return it immediately - but on reflection I thought it silly to deprive myself of the pleasure of reading a clever work because it contained some exceptionable passages which I might pass of[f] even if I found them disagreeable - so I shall go on - at least as long as I find it for my good- ' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 20 Jan 1823 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Haddington specific address: Family home |
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| Reader: | Jane Baillie Welsh |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 14 Jul 1801 |
| Socio-economic group: | n/a |
| Occupation: | N/A |
| 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: | Giovanne Boccaccio |
| Title: | Decomerone o ver Cento Novelle |
| Genre: | Fiction, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) Procured for her by Thomas Carlyle - unclear whether on loan or purcashed on her behalf |
| Record ID: | 17433 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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: | 294 | |
| 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. 294, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17433, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 28th February 1823, written at Haddington. Pages 294 - 296 in this edition. Estimated date range based on Carlyle's letter of 18 Feb in which he mentions that he is going to acquire the book for her. Correspondence doesn't make clear exactly when it arrived with JBW. |
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