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Record 3949

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

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, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

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

 

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://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3949, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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