Record Number: 22688
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
MS notes, some evidently copied from Lord Macaulay's own marginalia in another volume. On p.145 Sir George writes: "I used to think this very fine at school. It now seems to me a very indifferent exercise in rhetoric." The date of reading is 1911.
Century:1900-1945
Date:1911
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:20 Jul 1838
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Historian and statesman
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Opera omnia
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Valpy, 1820 (2v.)
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:22688
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
MS note in book cited below.
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
MS note in book cited below., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22688, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
I have not transcribed all notes in this book.