| Evidence: | 'My present sojourn is the most distressing you can imagine: the weather is so bad that one cannot cross the threshold; there is not a book in the hou[se] besides "Rutledges's Sermons" and "Black's sermons" neither of which I have any relish for, and the "Juvenile Library" which, with the exception of "Jack the Gi[ant] Killer", ["]Blue Beard" and the "Wishing cap" that I read last night, does not appear to be particularly edifying...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 9 Nov 1824 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening night |
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| Place: | city: Costorphine, Edinburgh specific address: West Craigs |
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| Reader: | Jane Baillie Welsh |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 14 Jul 1801 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry Daughter of doctor - no profession |
| Occupation: | none |
| 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: | Unknown |
| Title: | Blue Beard |
| Genre: | Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | Unknown anthology |
| Provenance: | Found |
| Record ID: | 18158 | |
| 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: | 3 | |
| Page: | 192 | |
| 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), 3, p. 192, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18158, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 10th November 1824, written at West Craigs. Pages 189-193 in this edition. Blue Beard first appeared in Charles Perrault's Les Contes de ma M?re l'Oye, first published in 1697 - it is not clear whether this is the version that JBW is reading. |
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