Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
  RED International Logo

RED Australia logo


RED Canada logo
RED Netherlands logo
RED New Zealand logo

Record Number: 5522


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?Malden and I have read Thalaba together, and are proceeding to the Curse of Kehama.?

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1815 and 23 Aug 1815

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Aspenden Hall, England

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


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

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

A schoolfellow called Malden


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Southey

Title:

Thalaba

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5522

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Editor:

George Otto Trevelyan

Title:

Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

Place of Publication:

Oxford: OUP

Date of Publication:

1971

Vol:

n/a

Page:

55

Additional Comments:

Letter of 23 August, 1815

Citation:

Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford: OUP, 1971), p. 55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5522, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
Green Turtle Web Design