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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
 
1850-1899'The elections are coming on, and Paris is full of the strangest manifestoes from this or the other candidate. Some − mostly the Republicans − simply state th...Robert Louis Stevenson  Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Newspaper, Pamphlet, Poster
1850-18991 November 1858: 'Went to Drury lane [theatre] where we had stalls. The Opera was the Maritana, and was pretty enough [...] but I could not help thinking there was som...Lady Charlotte Schreiber report of death of W. BlagrovePrint: Newspaper
1850-189917 July 1859: 'I sat, very sad, in the garden [at Exeter House], took up Tennyson's Guinevere, and was engrossed with it. Arthur is the noblest creature that ever live...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Alfred TennysonGuineverePrint: Book
1850-18998 February 1875: 'We had an agreeable journey to Folkestone where we took ship [for china-collecting expedition in Europe] [...] I was driven below by the intense cold...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Charles KingsleyHerewardPrint: Book
1850-1899'When not in the curiosity shops, or examining and washing her [ceramic] purchases in the hotel, Lady Charlotte read a great deal. After revelling "in that pleasant life ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Life of MacaulayPrint: Book
1850-1899'When not in the curiosity shops, or examining and washing her [ceramic] purchases in the hotel, Lady Charlotte read a great deal. After revelling "in that pleasant life ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1850-18991 July 1876, from Brussels: 'I have been studiously reading four of Miss Austen's novels, incited thereto by Macaulay's praise, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1850-18991 July 1876, from Brussels: 'I have been studiously reading four of Miss Austen's novels, incited thereto by Macaulay's praise, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Jane AustenNorthanger AbbeyPrint: Book
1850-18991 July 1876, from Brussels: 'I have been studiously reading four of Miss Austen's novels, incited thereto by Macaulay's praise, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Jane AustenPersuasionPrint: Book
1850-18991 July 1876, from Brussels: 'I have been studiously reading four of Miss Austen's novels, incited thereto by Macaulay's praise, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1850-18992 July 1876, from Brussels: 'After I went to bed I read over that wonderful part of Macaulay's History, the death of Charles II, and was quite excited by it, when I dr...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Thomas Babington MacaulayHistory Print: Book
1850-189918 July 1876: 'Left Paris by tidal service at half-past nine, reaching London before seven... I am reading again, with great delight, Thackeray's Esmond. Since I left ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Makepeace ThackerayEsmondPrint: Book
1850-189918 July 1876: 'Left Paris by tidal service at half-past nine, reaching London before seven... I am reading again, with great delight, Thackeray's Esmond. Since I left ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesPrint: Book
1850-189918 July 1876: 'Left Paris by tidal service at half-past nine, reaching London before seven... I am reading again, with great delight, Thackeray's Esmond. Since I left ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Tobias SmollettPeregrine PicklePrint: Book
1850-189918 July 1876: 'Left Paris by tidal service at half-past nine, reaching London before seven... I am reading again, with great delight, Thackeray's Esmond. Since I left ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Mrs ElliotOld Court Life in FrancePrint: Book
1850-1899The Earl of Bessborough describes events following Lady Charlotte Schreiber and her husband's sale of 'a gourd-shaped bottle of Wedgwood ware' bought at Rotterdam in 1873...Charles and Lady Charlotte Schreiber Pottierworks on ceramicsPrint: Book
1850-189927 May 1878: 'Up early and off by the 11.30 train [from Fulda] to Berlin. They have a curious plan at Fulda of sounding the reveille at 4 o'clock in the morning [...] ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Benjamin DisraeliSybil, or The Two NationsPrint: Book
1850-189927 May 1878: 'Up early and off by the 11.30 train [from Fulda] to Berlin. They have a curious plan at Fulda of sounding the reveille at 4 o'clock in the morning [...] ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Benjamin DisraeliSybil, or The Two NationsPrint: Book
1850-1899'That evening [12 June 1878] the Schreibers read an announcement in the Times that Sir Charles Du Cane, whom they had expected to present himself as a candidate for Colch...Charles and Lady Charlotte Schreiber report of Sir Charles Du Cane's appointment to Gov...Print: Newspaper
1850-189919 June 1878: 'A really warm day, quite summer at last. I did not go out till after dinner. I have finished Alroy, and am reading Wilhelm Meister.' Lady Charlotte Schreiber ?Benjamin ?DisraeliAlroyPrint: Book


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