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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
 
1850-189920 December 1884: 'I have been going on with the reading of Carlyle's life [...] Today I have been amusing myself with Miss Thackeray's sketches of Miss Edgeworth, M...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss Thackeray'sketch [of Anna Laetitia Barbauld]'Print: Unknown
1850-189920 December 1884: 'I have been going on with the reading of Carlyle's life [...] Today I have been amusing myself with Miss Thackeray's sketches of Miss Edgeworth, M...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss Thackeray'sketch [of Amelia Opie]'Print: Unknown
1850-189921 August 1886: 'It is a great effort to me to think of moving; my feeling of desolation makes it difficult for me to decide on any change, and yet I am always eager...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Thomas Babington MacauleyEssay on AtterburyPrint: Book
1850-189921 August 1886: 'It is a great effort to me to think of moving; my feeling of desolation makes it difficult for me to decide on any change, and yet I am always eager...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Thomas Babington MacauleyHistoryPrint: Book
1800-184921/8/1829 ? 'The General gave us an account of the early years of the [French] revolution, the other gentlemen assisting. The evening ended only too soon, but I read in m...Amelia Opie Louise Philippe SegurMemoirs and RecollectionsPrint: Book
1850-189922 November 1854: 'After dusk we adjourned [...] to Ivor's rooms, where I crouched by the fire, feeling chilled and poorly, and betook myself to my needlework. Ivor re...Lady Charlotte Guest, Ivor Guest, Monty Guest, Charles Schreiber report of Crimea battle [?Inkermann]Print: Newspaper
1850-189922 November 1854: 'After dusk we adjourned [...] to Ivor's rooms, where I crouched by the fire, feeling chilled and poorly, and betook myself to my needlework. Ivor re...Ivor Guest The Golden BeetlePrint: Unknown
1850-189923 February 1888: Henry James writes (in French) to Paul Bourget on having read and enjoyed Bourget's Mensonges.Henry James Paul BourgetMensongesPrint: Book
1900-194523 July 1918: 'Jack Hills & Pippa dined here [...] To my surprise [...] he knows about Georgian poetry, & has read Lytton's book, & condemns the Victorians.' ...John Waller Hills Lytton StracheyunknownPrint: Book
1900-194523 September 1933: 'I am reading Margot [Oxford] -- "V W our greatest English authoress;" Molly Hamilton on Webbs: & Turgenev.'Virginia Woolf Margot OxfordMore MemoriesPrint: Book
1900-194523 September 1933: 'I am reading Margot [Oxford] -- "V W our greatest English authoress;" Molly Hamilton on Webbs: & Turgenev.'Virginia Woolf Mary Agnes HamiltonSidney and Beatrice WebbPrint: Book
1900-194524 January 1918: 'To the Club, where I found Lytton by himself, & not feeling inclined for talk we read our papers near together.'Virginia Woolf newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-194524 January 1918: 'To the Club, where I found Lytton by himself, & not feeling inclined for talk we read our papers near together.'Lytton Strachey newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1850-189924 June 1853: 'Mr. White [doctor] came early and found Mr. Schreiber much the same [with feverish illness]. He had asked again for me and I went up. He begged me to pr...Lady Charlotte Guest The Prayer BookPrint: Book
1900-194524 June 1916 ‘I came to this dreadful place a week ago. The Medical Board gave me “light duty”—but they don’t understand the term here. We get up at 5.30 a.m. and a...Herbert Edward Read Bernard ShawAndrocles and the LionPrint: Book
1700-179924 Oct 1788: 'Smith's version of Longinus on the Sublime, a translation with notes and observations - is a credit to the author and reflects lustre on Longinus himself. ...Frances Hamilton Rev William SmithPoetic Works including his version of Longinus on ...Print: Book
1800-184924pp pamphlet describing a reading by Mrs Fry to the female prisoners at Newgate, at which the author was present. pp.8-9: 'The silence was at length broken by that mild ...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]Bible (New Testament)Print: Book
1900-194525 December 1931: 'After writing the last page, Nov. 16th, I could not go on writing without a perpetual headache; & so took a month lying down; have not written a line; ...Virginia Woolf GoetheFaustPrint: Book
1900-194525 December 1931: 'After writing the last page, Nov. 16th, I could not go on writing without a perpetual headache; & so took a month lying down; have not written a line; ...Virginia Woolf Benjamin DisraeliConingsbyPrint: Book
1800-184925 Fri. [...] Rode to Cuddesdon with Bruce- to remain there for a fortnight. read Powell's Differential Calculus in aftn & evg [...]. William Ewart Gladstone Baden PowellAn elementary treatise on the geometry of curves a...Print: Book


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