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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'[R. L. Stevenson] ... nominated ["The Egoist"], together with a couple of Scott's novels, a Dumas, Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Moliere, as one of that handful of books w...Robert Louis Stevenson Walter Scott[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'[R. L. Stevenson] ... nominated ["The Egoist"], together with a couple of Scott's novels, a Dumas, Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Moliere, as one of that handful of books w...Robert Louis Stevenson Alexandre Dumas[novel]Print: Book
1850-1899'[R. L. Stevenson] ... nominated ["The Egoist"], together with a couple of Scott's novels, a Dumas, Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Moliere, as one of that handful of books w...Robert Louis Stevenson William Shakespeare[works]Print: Book
1850-1899'[R. L. Stevenson] ... nominated ["The Egoist"], together with a couple of Scott's novels, a Dumas, Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Moliere, as one of that handful of books w...Robert Louis Stevenson Michel de Montaigne[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'[R. L. Stevenson] ... nominated ["The Egoist"], together with a couple of Scott's novels, a Dumas, Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Moliere, as one of that handful of books w...Robert Louis Stevenson Moliere [pseud][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'[referring to a dispute over whether Johnson wrote certain papers in "The Adventurer"] Mrs Williams told me that, "as he had [italics] given [end italics] those Essays t...James Boswell James Boswell[account given to him by Mrs Williams]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[referring to his translation of Lobo's "Voyage to Abyssinia"] Johnson upon this exerted the powers of his mind, though his body was relaxed. He lay in bed with the book...Samuel Johnson Jeronimo LoboVoyage to Abyssinia , APrint: Book
1700-1799'[regarding a poetry contest with his brother William, himself and another, Hogg says of William's poem] it was far superior to either of the other two in the sublimity o...James Hogg William Hogg'Urania's Tour'Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls w...girls at the Passmore Edwards SettlementM.L. MolesworthCuckoo Clock, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls w...young children at the Passmore Edwards SettlementWilliam Thomas Stead[Books for the Bairns]Print: Book
1900-1945'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls w...boys at the Passmore Edwards SettlementFrederick MarryatMasterman ReadyPrint: Book
1900-1945'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls w...girls at the Passmore Edwards SettlementHans Christian AndersenFairytalesPrint: Book
1900-1945'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls w...boys at the Passmore Edwards SettlementDaniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Returns after afternoon reading session] to renew the subject from a more enlarged account of this wonder of the 18th Century [Chatterton] lately published by Southey ....William Upcott Robert SoutheyThe Works of Thomas Chatterton, Containing his Lif...Print: Book
1800-1849'[Rev Charles Burney's] Abridgement of Pearson's Exposition of the Creed, is printed, though not yet published. He gave to my father & me each a Copy. His Motto, I think ...Sarah Harriet Burney Charles BurneyThe exposition of the Creed, by J. Pearson... abri...Print: Book, printed book not yet published
1800-1849'[Rev Charles Burney's] Abridgement of Pearson's Exposition of the Creed, is printed, though not yet published. He gave to my father & me each a Copy. His Motto, I think ...Sarah Harriet Burney Samuel JohnsonDictionary of the English Language, APrint: Book
1800-1849'[Rev Charles Burney's] Abridgement of Pearson's Exposition of the Creed, is printed, though not yet published. He gave to my father & me each a Copy. His Motto, I think ...Marianne Francis Joseph ButlerAnalogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the ...Print: Book
1800-1849'[Rev Charles Burney's] Abridgement of Pearson's Exposition of the Creed, is printed, though not yet published. He gave to my father & me each a Copy. His Motto, I think ...Sarah Harriet Burney Joseph ButlerAnalogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the ...Print: Book
1800-1849'[Rev Charles Burney's] Abridgement of Pearson's Exposition of the Creed, is printed, though not yet published. He gave to my father & me each a Copy. His Motto, I think ...Marianne Francis John LockeEssay Concerning Humane Understanding, AnPrint: Book
1850-1899'[Robert Blatchford] found Sartor Resartus intimidating: "after reading the famous meditaton on the sleeping city, I threw the book across the room. I felt I should never...Robert Blatchford Thomas CarlyleSartor ResartusPrint: Book


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