Record Number: 3951

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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

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Aspenden Hall

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:

Boccacio

Title:

Decameron

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In Italian

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3951

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:

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: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None