Record Number: 3949

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We dine almost as soon as we come back, and we are left to ourselves till afternoon church. During this time I employ myself in reading, and Mr Preston lends me any books for which I ask him, so that I am nearly as well off in this respect as at home'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1813 and 26 Apr 1813

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Shelford

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:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

25 Oct 1800

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

HIstorian, critic, politician

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
borrowed from Mr Preston, a schoolmaster

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3949

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Editor:

George Otto Trevelyan

Title:

Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

1

Page:

39-40

Additional Comments:

Letter of Apr 26, 1813, from Macaulay to his father.

Citation:

Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, (Oxford, 1978), 1, p. 39-40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3949, accessed: 01 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None