| Evidence: | 'Boccac[c]io I return! - I have read the introduction and three of the tales which I took by chance from different parts of the book - in the two first my choice was fortunate and I was inclined to think the work had been belied - the third was enough - I will never open the book again -' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 28 Feb 1823 and 24 Mar 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: | Three tales (ie not the complete work) |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17438 | |
| 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: | 311 - 312 | |
| 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. 311 - 312, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17438, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 24 March 1823, written at Haddington. Estimated date range based on date of her previous letter to him (28th February) in which she discusses the fact that she has only read the description of the plague. |
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