Record Number: 5530

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'This day I finished Thucydides, after reading him with inexpressible interest and admiration. He is the greatest historian that ever lived. Feb 27, 1835'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1834 and 27 Feb 1835

Country:

India

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Calcutta

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:

Lord Macaulay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

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:

India

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thucydides

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Classics, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Greek not translated

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5530

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

443

Additional Comments:

N.B. This is marginalia attached at the conclusion of the volume. Appendix II, notes on Macaulay?s Studies at Calcutta Macaulay 21; a number of reading experiences of the classics in this appendix

Citation:

Lord Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, (Oxford, 1971), p. 443, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5530, accessed: 13 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None