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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'I hope you have read and admired Doblado. To get a Catholic Priest who would turn King's Evidence is a prodigious piece of good luck, but it may damage the Catholic ques...Sydney Smith Joseph Blanco WhiteDoblado's Letters from SpainPrint: Book
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Joseph Cooper WalkerHistorical and critical essay on the revival of th...Print: Book, Unknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 8 December, 1796: 'I have just read Carlyles Arabic Translations — Zounds what stuff is called Poetry!' Robert Southey Joseph Dacre CarlyleSpecimens of Arabian Poetry, From the Earliest Tim...Print: Book
1850-1899" ... [Henry James] would [after 1872] be a close reader of Renan ... whom he later met."Henry James Joseph Ernest RenanunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, July 1896-December 1896, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source text author notes that Wil...Oscar Wilde Joseph Ernest RenanVie de JesusPrint: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, July 1896-December 1896, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source text author notes that Wil...Oscar Wilde Joseph Ernest RenanThe ApostlesPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Tuesday] March 13th. [...] In the Evening read Das Lied von der Glocke [Schiller] and begin the History of the Crusades by Michaud.'Claire Clairmont Joseph Francois MichaudHistoire des croisadesPrint: Book
1800-1849E. Fry writes to her husband and daughter, Rachel, of the death of her sister, Priscilla Gurney, dated 25 Mar 1821: 'In the morning she appeared very full of love - put o...Priscilla Gurney Joseph Gurney BevanPiety PromotedPrint: Book
1900-1945'I often found peace in the pages of Ecclesiastes or Isaiah, or in the writings of men whom Barry has described as the heralds of revolt - John Inglesant, George Eliot, C...Stuart Wood [pseud?] Joseph Henry ShorthouseJohn InglesantPrint: Book
1900-1945'Looked through Shorthouse's "[The] Little Schoolmaster Mark", not without pleasure,[...].'Ronald Storrs Joseph Henry ShorthouseThe Little Schoolmaster Mark: A Spiritual Romance Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] The excellent Mr. Nelson's "Festivals and Fasts," which has, I understand, the greatest sale of any book ever printed in England, except the Bible, is a ...Samuel Johnson Joseph Holden Pott[sermons on church holidays]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...		Albert Ruskin Cook Joseph Houldsworth OldhamThe World and the GospelPrint: Book
1800-1849Journey into Scotland in Aug 1834 with husband and two daughters: 'At Kenmore, they enjoyed a quiet Sunday and tolerable highland accommodation. In the evening, anxious t...Elizabeth Fry Joseph John GurneyLetter to a Friend on the Authority, Purpose and E...Print: Book
1850-1899'In the late 1880s Gissing immersed himself in contemporary European fiction, as he had during previous periods of his life. Gissing's wide reading has been often noted b...George Gissing Joseph Marie Eugene Sue[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Spent a quiet day at home. Read "The Story of a Life" by Sherer; a powerfully written book with vivid description and truth of portraiture, both as to human character an...Charlotte Bury Joseph Moyle ShererThe Story of a Life. By the Author of Scenes and I...Print: Book
1900-1945Some marginalia in pencil in English on the following pages only: 65, 232-3.Vernon Lee Joseph S. BridgesPlant Study in School Field & GardenPrint: Book
1900-1945'On many nights I would sit beside the kitchen fire, listening to my father reading or telling tales. There was no wireless then and no gramophones, and our fireside talk...Desmond Malone Joseph Sheridan Le FanuGreen TeaPrint: Book
1900-1945'On many nights I would sit beside the kitchen fire, listening to my father reading or telling tales. There was no wireless then and no gramophones, and our fireside talk...Desmond Malone Joseph Sheridan Le FanuThe WatcherPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am reading Michaud's Histoire des Croisades, well written and entertaining; and I have just finished Monti's fine Tragedy of Caius Gracchus. I like it much better than...Sarah Harriet Burney Joseph-Francois MichaudHistoire des CroisadesPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 3 April 1852:

'The box arrived safely and I very much thank you for the contents [books] which are most kindly selected...		Charlotte Brontë Josepha GulstonThe School for FathersUnknown


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