Record Number: 5525
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read the greater part of the History of James I and Mrs. Montagues?s essay on Shakespeare, and a great deal of Gibbon'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Aug 1815 and 23 Aug 1815
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Aspenden Hall, England
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:25 Oct 1800
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Historian / critic
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5525
Source:Lord Macaulay
Editor:George Otto Trevelyan
Title:Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1971
Vol:n/a
Page:55
Additional Comments:
Letter of 23 August, 1815
Citation:
Lord Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, (Oxford, 1971), p. 55, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5525, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None