| Evidence: | 'I have likewise read "Gil Blas", with unbounded admiration of the abilities of Le Sage.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Aug 1815 and 23 Aug 1815 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Aspenden Hall, England | ||||||||||
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Le Sage |
| Title: | Gil Blas |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5521 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
| Editor: | George Otto Trevelyan | |
| Title: | Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| 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, 1971), p. 55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5521, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| Read shortly before August 23, 1815 |
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