| Evidence: | 'I was truly sorry and at the same time tickled to observe the abrupt conclusion of your letter. The thunder of Jack's snoring is not unknown to me; but poor fellow! you would pity his cold and rejoice that he could sleep at all.' [A large number of Carlyle's reading experiences were letters. We have not included them all, but this is included as a sample of the type of response]. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 30 Mar 1819 and 14 Dec 1819 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 4 Dec 1819 |
| 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: | Alexander Carlyle |
| Title: | Letter (date unknown) |
| Genre: | Letter |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | Date unknown |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7826 | |
| 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: | 1 | |
| Page: | 211 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 211, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7826, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to Alexander Carlyle dated 15th December 1819 written at Edinburgh. Pages 211 - 213 in this edition. No information given for the date of the letter that Carlyle refers to so have given an estimate based on the date of Alexander's last letter to Carlyle, dated 29th March 1819. |
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