Record Number: 11163

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My journey lay over the field of Thrasymenus, and as soon as the sun rose, I read Livy's description of the scene [...] I was exactly in the situation of the consul, Flaminus - completely hid in the morning fog...So that I can truly say that I have seen precisely what the Roman army saw on that day.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

12 Nov 1838

Country:

England

Time

morning: Sunrise

Place:

other location: On a hilltop in the field of Thrasymenus

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1800

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author / Politician

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Livy (Titus Livius)

Title:

History of Rome Book XIII

Genre:

Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11163

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Fadiman

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth: Penguin

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

51-53

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2000), p. 51-53, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11163, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None