Record Number: 3951
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Hear what I have read since I came here. Hear and wonder! I have in the first place read Boccacio's Decameron, a tale of a hundred cantos...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jul 1813 and 23 Aug 1813
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Aspenden Hall
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, 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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Decameron
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn Italian
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3951
Source: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:54
Additional Comments:
Letter of Aug 23, 1815, from Macaulay to his mother.
Citation:
Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, (Oxford, 1978), 1, p. 54, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3951, accessed: 28 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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