| Evidence: | 'I am much charmed with Wilhelm Meister, the book I had begun to read with much prejudice of mind & forebodings that I should not like it, as I had been told such would be the case- but on the contrary I have met with nothing for a long time that pleased me half so well, or that has suggested to me so many profitable trains of thought-' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1824 and 10 Jul 1824 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Julia Kirkpatrick Strachey |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | Unknown |
| Religion: | Unknown |
| Country of origin: | Unknown |
| Country of experience: | Unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Title: | Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | First published 1795-96, here refers to translation by TC published 1824 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18145 | |
| 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: | 127 | |
| 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. 127, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18145, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from TC to Alexander Carlyle, dated 11th August 1824 written at Birmingham. Pages 124-127 in this edition. Extract from Mrs Strachey's letter is given in a footnote to a reference Carlyle makes to her having read it. I have taken the identification Mrs Strachey from "Carlyle Letters Online" database. |
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