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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799
1800-1849		'You do not mention Madame Roland, therefore I am not sure whether you have read her; if you have only read her in the translation which talks of her uncle Bimont's dying...Maria Edgeworth Marie-Jeanne Philipon Roland de la PlatiereMemoirsPrint: Book
1900-1945'You don't mind if I suggest that you should take a glance at Curle's short stories "Life is a Dream"-- not all in the vol. but three of them. Read first "Blanca Palillos...Joseph Conrad Richard CurleLife is a DreamPrint: Book
1700-1799'You guess that I have not read "Amelia". Indeed I have read but the first volume. I had intended to go through with it; but I found the characters and situations so wret...Samuel Richardson Henry FieldingAmelia (1st vol.)Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'You have been looking for the wrong things in "The Passionate Friends", & failing to see the right things.' Arnold Bennett H. G. WellsThe Passionate FriendsPrint: Book
1800-1849'You have been so used to these sort of impertinences, that I believe you will exuse me for saying how very much I am pleased with the first number of your new work. Peck...Sydney Smith Charles DickensMartin ChuzzlewitPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'You have given me a very invidious task.[...]. Well I have read all your copy. And the result of all my extreme fastidiousness is enclosed in the envelope. But my dear ...Joseph Conrad Stephen ReynoldsHow 'Twas: Short Stories and Small Travels.Manuscript: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'You have no doubt seen the "Tales of my Landlord". Certainly "Waverl[e]y" and "Mannering" and "the Black Dwarf" were never written by the same person. If I mistake not -...Thomas Carlyle Walter ScottTales of My LandlordPrint: Book
1800-1849'You have no doubt seen the "Tales of my Landlord". Certainly "Waverl[e]y" and "Mannering" and "the Black Dwarf" were never written by the same person. If I mistake not -...Thomas Carlyle Thomas M'CrieVindication of the CovenantersPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'You have not perhaps seen the new "Gentleman’s Magazine" since it resumed publication. This is the first number—it was sent to me by the Editor Mr Bullen, who asks m...William Henry Hudson [n/a] [n/a]The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'You have probably seen Henry’s book on Homer. It is wonderfully clever, does him much credit. I thoroughly sympathize, (hang the word it’s always intruding) with his a...Hartley Coleridge Henry Nelson ColeridgeIntroductions to the Study of the Greek Classic Po...Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'You have promised me to read these stories and I would recommend you to begin with "The Last of the Mohicans"-- then go on with "Deerslayer" and end with the "Prairie". ...Joseph Conrad James Fenimore CooperThe Last of the MohicansPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'You have promised me to read these stories and I would recommend you to begin with "The Last of the Mohicans"-- then go on with "Deerslayer" and end with the "Prairie". ...Joseph Conrad James Fenimore CooperThe DeerslayerPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'You have promised me to read these stories and I would recommend you to begin with "The Last of the Mohicans"-- then go on with "Deerslayer" and end with the "Prairie". ...Joseph Conrad James Fenimore CooperThe PrairiePrint: Book
1800-1849'You have read Peveril, a middling production between his best and worst - rather agreeable than not'.[Lady] Grey Walter ScottPeveril of the PeakPrint: Book
1900-1945'You have succeeded so well in effacing your personality in that little book ["Tolstoy: A Study"] ( and very interesting it is too) that but for an occasional turn of phr...Joseph Conrad Edward GarnettTolstoy: A Study (also catalogued as Tolstoy: His ...Print: Book
1800-1849'You have to answer for the sin of keeping me almost two hours from "Planta's history of the Helvetic confederacy" - which is a small [/] sin it must be owned, the said P...Thomas Carlyle Joseph PlantaHistory of the Helvetic ConfederacyPrint: Book
1900-1945'You know Marris--the man of the East who wrote the letter I read to you? Well he is going back to his Malay princess wife and his kid, right away. I have asked him to co...Joseph Conrad Carl Murrell Marris Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'You liked "St Thomas's Eve" which gave great promise - a promise which "The Heir Of Cyprus" redeems. The tory is far more artistically, & is indeed admirably managed, wh...Mary Shelley Alexander Andrew KnoxHeir of Cyprus, TheUnknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		'You may as well say, which is a truth, that I do read bi[o]graphy and memoirs. History has a fascination for me. Naval, military, political'. [The following was delete...Joseph Conrad Alfred Russel WallaceThe Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan,...Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'You may as well say, which is a truth, that I do read bi[o]graphy and memoirs. History has a fascination for me. Naval, military, political'. [The following was delete...Joseph Conrad Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeaglePrint: Book


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