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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'The evening until one was [frittered?] away in reading the 'Monk' for the fourth time at least.... In the second volume are some beautiful lines that often delights one ...William Upcott Matthew G. LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Monday the 30th we went in the coach with... Mr Norman, with whom we dined at the Bolt & Tun, where John & I spent the evening & slept, in the course of which evening...John Marsh Matthew LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1800-1849'For three years I continued a regular subscriber to the circulating library, during which time I read various works, including Milton's, Shakespeare's, Sterne's, Dr John...Christopher Thomson Matthew LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'I have made it [the plot of a novel she is writing] two stories--principle or the Brothers is full of events rather terrific & in Monk Lewis's style--all the people whet...Lady Caroline Lamb Mathew (Monk) LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1800-1849'The other night I sat up till four o'clock, reading Matthew Lewis's "Monk". It is the most stupid & villainous novel that I have read for a great while. Considerable por...Thomas Carlyle Matthew LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Sept. 22nd. [...] Return [from walking] at [...] 4. Read Greek [...] Sit up till one reading the Monk.' Claire Clairmont Matthew Gregory LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday Sept. 23rd. Finish the Monk [...] Buy a Greek Anacreon [...] Read Greek [...] Shelley reads Thalaba aloud in the evening. Write a little Gre[ek] & learn four t...Claire Clairmont Matthew Gregory LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1700-1799'This evening I have been reading a good deal in the "Monk". I don't know whether it hurts the mind or not, it certainly shows the passions in a very fascinating light. I...Elizabeth Gurney Matthew LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 29-30 August 1796: 'I have now read the Monk — & admire the delicacy of Lewis in criticising the Bible. there is genius in the b...Robert Southey Matthew ("Monk") LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Shelley draws & Mary reads the monk all evening.'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Matthew Gregory LewisThe Monk: a romancePrint: Book
1900-1945'Sunday, 28th February, Discussion Group ? We read four plays from which we intend to choose our programme for the summer and next year: ? Thread o? Scarlet?...Gerald Moore W.W. JacobsThe Monkey's PawPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read, in the Athenaeum, an interesting article on Bishop Colenso's (of Natal), Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the toleration of Polygamy in converts to Christ...George Eliot [pseud.] Charles MontalambertThe Monks of the WestPrint: Book
1700-1799'Got the "Monthly Mag" & "Rev." from Miss Haynes. They appear to be two very entertaining no's. I am much pleased with the account of Mr Lambton in the "Monthly Mag". the...Joseph Hunter [n/a]The Monthly MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'The "Monthly Magazine" contains an account of the publication of that long expected work by Mr Conder of Ipswich, "an arrangement of provincial coins ... Price 7/6 board...Joseph Hunter [n/a]The Monthly MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'On 25.7.1799, I have seen a month or two ago, in the "Mon Mag" an account of the publication of the first part of the 1st vol [of the Supplement to the Encyclopedia Brit...Joseph Hunter [n/a]The Monthly MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Brought the "Mon Mag" from Miss Haynes. It contains an account of the death of Dr Towers.'Joseph Hunter [n/a]The Monthly MagazinePrint: Book
1800-1849'In a poor little struggling Unitarian periodical, the Monthly Repository, in which I made my first appearance in print, a youth, named Thomas Noon Talfourd, was about th...Harriet Martineau The Monthly RepositoryPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, recalling acquaintances of her youth: 'Mr. Hallam one day called, when, as it was the first day of the month, my table was spread with new periodicals,...Mr Hallam The Monthly RepositoryPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have opened no other book, save the "Monthly Review" and "Appendix" since I came home... A book that I am sure would amuse Barrett, and perhaps you also, very much, is...Sarah Harriet Burney n/aThe Monthly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I went to town with Miss Greaves and read the English papers to the 16 August, which had just arrived. I read Sir Jonah Barrington in the Monthly Review.'William Richard Grahame n/aThe Monthly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical


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