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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
 
1800-1849Sir Francis B. Head to John Murray, 19 April 1843: 'I was at a committee this morning, when I heard a gentleman say: "My friend, Mr. Bouverie, got hold of Lady Sale'...Mr Bouverie Lady SaleJournal [of experience of retreat from Afghanistan...Print: Book
1800-1849'Lady Stepney's Novel shall be returned to you in a day or two - It is very clever & amusing' [Letter to Charles Ollier]Mary Shelley Lady StepneyHeir Presumptive, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Samuel Rogers, 29 July 1816: 'I have read "Glenarvon" ... & have also seen Ben. Constant's Adolphe ... a work which leaves an unpleasant impression ...' George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Caroline LambGlenarvonPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 17 November 1816: 'By the way, I suppose you have seen "Glenarvon". Madame de Stael lent it to me to read from Copet last autumn. It seems to me ...George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Caroline LambGlenarvonPrint: Book
1800-1849'I must tell you an act of kindness of William Lamb--he has been looking over and correcting Ada Reis for me'.William Lamb Lady Caroline LambAda ReisManuscript: Unknown, William Lamb would have read either fair copies or proofs from the printer.
1800-1849'Thank you for being pleased with your visit and not displeased with Graham [Hamilton]'.William Godwin Lady Caroline LambGraham HamiltonManuscript: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'I must tell you that Lord Byron said Mrs Lee [Augusta Leigh?] & Lady Byron had read all my letters [and] verses'.Augusta Leigh Lady Caroline Lamb[letters and verses]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I must tell you that Lord Byron said Mrs Lee [Augusta Leigh?] & Lady Byron had read all my letters [and] verses'.Lady Annabella Byron (n?e Milbanke) Lady Caroline Lamb[letters and verses]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849William Lamb to John Murray, 20 December 1822: 'The incongruity of, and objections to, the story of "Ada Reis" can only be got over by power of writing, beauty of sent...The Hon. William Lamb Lady Caroline LambAda ReisManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Is Godolphin by Henry Bulwer? Pray tell me - Do you remember promising to lend me the letters of Horace Walpole when they came out - [Now] If you were very good and wish...Mary Shelley Lady Caroline Lucy Scott [pseud.]Marriage in High Life, APrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 July 1841: 'Before I forget again .. have you looked into the "History of a flirt"? The name may daunt you -- but the wri...Elizabeth Barrett Lady Charlotte Susan Maria BuryThe History of a Flirt: Related by HerselfPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding Lady Eleanor SmithMagic LanternPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding Lady Eleanor SmithSpanish House, ThePrint: Book
In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 26 November 1813: "Two letters, one from **** [Lady Frances Webster] ... **** [Lady Frances]'s contained also a very ...George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Frances Wedderburn Websterletter with poemManuscript: Letter
1900-1945Virginia Woolf to Ethel Smyth, 29 August 1938: 'Just finished Lady Fred Cavendish's diaries: no vigour, no insight, no originality. All as drab and dowdy as Mabel's ...Virginia Woolf Lady Frederick CavendishThe Diary of Lady Frederick CavendishPrint: Book
1800-1849'Savile Morton wrote to his mother that he had "come across Alfred Tennyson." "We looked out some Latin translations of his poems by Cambridge men, and read some poems of...Savile Morton and Alfred TennysonLady Georgiana FullertonEllen MiddletonPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle 8 March 1844: '"Ellen Middleton" is no longer a secret and will be out in three weeks [...] Opinions given wit...Mrs Sartoris Lady Georgiana Leveson GowerEllen MiddletonUnknown
1800-1849Lady Georgiana Fullerton [nee Leveson Gower] to her mother, Harriet, Countess Granville [from letter enclosed in letter of 4 April 1844 from Lady Granville to her sister ...Lord Clarendon Lady Georgiana Leveson GowerEllen MiddletonPrint: Unknown, In proof
1800-1849'How pretty I think your verses they express so exactly what I felt but could not find words to speak [...]'Lady Caroline Lamb Lady Georgiana MorpethunknownManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Tuesday 14 February 1922: 'I am reading [in convalescence, following week of illness] Moby Dick: Princesse de Cleves; Lord Salisbury; Old Mortality; Small Talk at Wreylan...Virginia Woolf Lady Gwendolyn CecilThe Life of Robert, Marquis of SalisburyPrint: Book


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