Record Number: 24602
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
The Duke of Rutland to John Wilson Croker, 7 May 1849: 'I read with much interest your review of Macaulay's book. I cannot deny that I read the book itself with much amusement and gratification. But there are very many parts of it which I could not read without pain, and for the very reason which you give in the criticisms you have made upon it.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Dec 1848 and 7 May 1849
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:review of Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of England
Genre:Essays / Criticism, History, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn the Quarterly Review 84 (March 1849)
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Source Information:
Record ID:24602
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Editor:Louis J. Jennings
Title:The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1884
Vol:3
Page:195
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Citation:
Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830, (London, 1884), 3, p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24602, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Source ed. explains that, in his review, Croker had 'insisted that Macaulay's work must be regarded chiefly as an historical romance' (see note to p.193).
