| Evidence: | 'In the year 1816 we were at Brighton for the summer holidays, and he read to us "Sir Charles Grandison". It was always habit in our family to read aloud every evening.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Mar 1816 and 31 Oct 1816 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Babbington 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) |
Macaulay's brothers and sisters |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Richardson |
| Title: | Sir Charles Grandison |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5527 | |
| 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: | 56 | |
| Additional comments: | Reminiscence of Lady Trevelyan, Macaulay?s sister summer holidays, 1816 |
| Citation: | Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford, 1971), p. 56, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5527, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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