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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799Anne Donnellan to Samuel Richardson, 11 February 1752: 'Who the author of Betsy Thoughtless is, I don't know, but his [sic] poetic justice I think very bad: he kills a...Anne Donnellan Eliza HaywoodThe History of Miss Betsy ThoughtlessPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished the 2d. Vol. of Russell's "History of Modern Europe"...'Thomas Green William RussellThe History of Modern EuropePrint: Book
1850-1899'I find Bonaparte's correspondence very interesting, though his dreadful wickedness in Italy, and cruelty in Egypt is almost too worrying; I think Lanfrey was only too le...Emma Darwin Pierre LanfreyThe History of Napoleon the FirstPrint: Book
1700-1799'Having finish'd my business in this neighbourhood, I on the next day (Friday the 24th) return'd to London in the coach, in w'ch being alone great part of the way I finis...John Marsh Jane WestThe History of Ned EvansPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished the 'Novel of "Nourjahad" in the evening. Nothing, I think, can be more happily conceived for its purpose, than the plan of this little romance...'Thomas Green Frances Chamberlaine SheridanThe History of NourjahadPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'While at Cromer [...] I read "Pendennis" with such intense enjoyment [...] that the notion of trying my hand once more at a novel seized upon me'.Harriet Martineau William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1900-1945'I enjoy most autobiographies and biography - you know Negley Farson's Travels - at the moment I'm reading Thackeray. I've never read "Pendennis" and I'm simply adoring ...W.M. ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'The History of Pendennis (2 vols, 1849-50) by William Makepeace Thackeray was published by Bradbury and Evans in twenty-four numbers (twenty-three parts) from November 1...Robert and Elizabeth Barrett BrowningWilliam Makepeace ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, ?3 December, 1850: 'I send the first volume of Pendennis. We have one more which Robert is finishing'.Robert Browning William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1900-1945'Do you know this modern six-shilling mummer of "life," called Galsworthy? You may be aware that he has recently published, among other novels, a creation, "Beyond,...Wainwight Merrill William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1850-1899'Pendennis'Sarah Good William ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'Can you guess what I have been reading this week? Of all things in the world "Pendennis"! Isn't this the one you find too much for you? I am nearly through the fir...Clive Staples Lewis William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Pendennis, his Fortunes and Misfort...Print: Book
1850-1899'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major Pendennis. Mer...Joseph Conrad William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfort...Print: Book
1900-1945'As we sat waiting for dinner and discussing religion, our first hostile impressions were gradually smoothed away. I recited the opening chapter of the Quran and pr...Freya Stark John MalcolmThe History of PersiaPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Philippe de la Clyle, sire de ComminesThe History of Philip de ComminesPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Thomas StanleyThe History of PhilosophyPrint: Book
1700-1799'I have this day read Rasselas which is a book I like as it leads to deep affection'Elizabeth Gurney Samuel JohnsonThe History of Rasselas, Prince of AbissiniaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday Sept. 16th. Rise at nine -- Breakfast -- Read Rasselas -- & De l'origine de l'inegalite [d]es Hommes'.Claire Clairmont Samuel JohnsonThe History of Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaPrint: Book
My father's large bookcase was stuffed with odd volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine and other miscellaneous matters. Anacharsis' 'travels in Greece', Robertson's 'America...Anne Lutton John AdamsThe History of Rome, from the Foundation of the CiPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'In this caprice, if I may call it so, I think that my Father had before him the fine republican example of "Sandford and Merton", some parts of which book he admired ext...Philip Gosse Thomas DayThe History of Sandford and MertonPrint: Book


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