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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
 
1800-1849'[italics]The Earl's Daughter[end italics] was [...] begun before my mother's death, and I read part of it to her, but she saw from the beginning that it was likely to be...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellLaneton ParsonageManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'[I] could not like the "Paradise of Coquettes"'.Lady Caroline Lamb Thomas BrownParadise of CoquettesUnknown
1800-1849'[I] had made myself miserable, after reading about Jephtha's vow, because I imagined that every time the thought of making a vow came into my head I had actually made it...Elizabeth Missing Sewell [n/a]Book of JudgesPrint: Book
1800-1849'[I] read your Demonology and a Paper on St J. Long, the only thing by you in that [al]most quite despicable Magazine.'Thomas Carlyle John A. CarlyleReview of Sir Walter Scott's 'Letters on Demonolog...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'[I] read your Demonology and a Paper on St J. Long, the only thing by you in that [al]most quite despicable Magazine.'Thomas Carlyle John A. Carlyle'Some passages from the Diary of the late Mr St Jo...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'[I] sit through the evening with Denny alone generally, often reading a little Italian'.Margaret Oliphant [Italian]Unknown
1800-1849'[J. G.] Lockhart says that [Scott] used to read aloud from Emma and Northanger Abbey to the family circle.'Walter Scott Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1800-1849'[J. G.] Lockhart says that [Scott] used to read aloud from Emma and Northanger Abbey to the family circle.'Walter Scott Jane AustenNorthanger AbbeyPrint: Book
1850-1899'[J.M. Dent's] cultural contacts broadened when he became an apprentice bookbinder in London, discovering the work of William Morris, Cobden-Sanderson and the Arts and Cr...Joseph Malaby Dent William Morris Print: Book
1850-1899'[J.M. Dent's] reading was marked by the autodidact's characteristic enthusiasm and spottiness. He knew Pilgrim's Progress, Milton, Cowper, Thomson's Seasons and Young's ...Joseph Malaby Dent John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1850-1899'[J.M. Dent's] reading was marked by the autodidact's characteristic enthusiasm and spottiness. He knew Pilgrim's Progress, Milton, Cowper, Thomson's Seasons and Young's ...Joseph Malaby Dent John Milton Print: Book
1850-1899'[J.M. Dent's] reading was marked by the autodidact's characteristic enthusiasm and spottiness. He knew Pilgrim's Progress, Milton, Cowper, Thomson's Seasons and Young's ...Joseph Malaby Dent William Cowper Print: Book
1850-1899'[J.M. Dent's] reading was marked by the autodidact's characteristic enthusiasm and spottiness. He knew Pilgrim's Progress, Milton, Cowper, Thomson's Seasons and Young's ...Joseph Malaby Dent James ThomsonThe SeasonsPrint: Book
1850-1899'[J.M. Dent's] reading was marked by the autodidact's characteristic enthusiasm and spottiness. He knew Pilgrim's Progress, Milton, Cowper, Thomson's Seasons and Young's ...Joseph Malaby Dent Edward YoungNight ThoughtsPrint: Book
1850-1899'[J.M. Dent's] reading was marked by the autodidact's characteristic enthusiasm and spottiness. He knew Pilgrim's Progress, Milton, Cowper, Thomson's Seasons and Young's ...Joseph Malaby Dent William Shakespeare Print: Book
1900-1945'[Jack Ashley] was less prepared for Ruskin [College] than most of the students, having read only two books since leaving school: Jack London's The Iron Heel and the regu...Jack Ashley Jack LondonThe Iron HeelPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Jack Ashley] was less prepared for Ruskin [College] than most of the students, having read only two books since leaving school: Jack London's The Iron Heel and the regu...Jack Ashley [council regulations]Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'[Jack Ashley] was less prepared for Ruskin [College] than most of the students, having read only two books since leaving school: Jack London's The Iron Heel and the regu...Jack Ashley Karl Marx Print: Book
1900-1945'[Jack Ashley] was less prepared for Ruskin [College] than most of the students, having read only two books since leaving school: Jack London's The Iron Heel and the regu...Jack Ashley Thomas Hobbes Print: Book
1900-1945'[Jack Ashley] was less prepared for Ruskin [College] than most of the students, having read only two books since leaving school: Jack London's The Iron Heel and the regu...Jack Ashley Jean Jacques Rousseau Print: Book


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