| Evidence: | 'I read Spenser these some mornings, while eating my breakfast. He is a dainty little fellow, as ever you saw: I propose that you and he shall be closely acquainted by and by.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 6 Apr 1823 and 14 Apr 1823 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinrburgh specific address: 3. Moray Street |
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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: | Edmund Spenser |
| Title: | The Faerie Queene |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | First published 1590 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17449 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas 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: | 2 | |
| Page: | 330 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 330, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17449, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from TC to Jane Baillie Welsh dated 14 April 1823, pages 329 - 331 in this edition. Carlyle goes on to quote from the Faerie Queene and ask JBW for her opinion, so it seems apparent that it is this work in particular. Estimated date range based on the date of Carlyle's last letter to her dated 6 April 1823 - they appear to discuss theuir respective reading with each other and it seems likely that he has only started this week since last writing. |
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