| Evidence: | Even as it is, I contrive to in general to get along very reasonably. Jack comes down to me every night: we have a talk and a walk: we correct the Printer's sheets together, and are very happy. He is a kind faithful slut of a fellow. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 21 Feb 1824 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Jack Carlyle |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1801 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Doctor |
| 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: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Title: | Proofs of 'Schiller's Life and Writings' |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: ProofsManuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | Work published in serial form in London Magazine Oct 1823 - Sept 1824, and in book form as 'the Life of Friedrich Schiller' in 1825 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 17618 | |
| 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: | 3 | |
| Page: | 35 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 35, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17618, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from TX to Alexander Carlyle, dated 21 February 1824, written at his brother Jack's house. Pages 33 - 35 in this edition. Date range of reading based on the date of this letter and the date of TC's previous letter to AC in which he doesn't mention the checking of the proofs. |
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