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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
 
1800-1849Mr Lockhart to John Murray, 24 September 1839: 'Morritt has just finished "Hallam's Literature." He is in raptures with it, and says such a book, forty years ago, wo... Hallam'Literature'Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, from St Omer, 27 February 1824: 'You have no idea what a comfort and pleasure it is to me to have you...Harriet Countess Granville 'little book upon prayer'Manuscript: Unknown, Copied in MS.
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 August 1842: 'As to Charlotte Elizabeth -- yes, I have read that little book you speak of, & several of her little book...Elizabeth Barrett Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna'little books'Print: Unknown
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1850-1899		Elizabeth Missing Sewell on support received in the face of criticisms of her novel [italics]Margaret Percival[end italics] for its supposedly Roman Catholic sympathies...Samuel Rickards Elizabeth Missing Sewell'little history of the early Church'Unknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		Walter Scott to John Murray, 23 March 1818: 'I laid Kirkton aside when half finished, from a desire to get the original edition of the "Lives of Cameron," &c., by Patr...Walter Scott Patrick Walker'Lives of Cameron [etc]'Print: Book
1800-1849Walter Scott to John Murray, 23 March 1818: 'I laid Kirkton aside when half finished, from a desire to get the original edition of the "Lives of Cameron," &c., by Patr...Walter Scott Patrick Walker'Lives of Cameron [etc]'Print: Book
1800-1849'Saturday October [...] 22nd. [...] Read Tarlton to Johnny. Read the lives of the Saints.' Claire Clairmont unknown'lives of the saints'Print: Book
1850-1899'I ought to tell you that I read with sincere admiration your very dignified paper on sculptors.'Robert Louis Stevenson Edmund Gosse'Living English Sculptors'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 13 December 1842: 'I read Tennyson. "Locksley Hall" is very fine; but should it not have finished at '"I myself must mix...Mary Russell Mitford Alfred Tennyson'Locksley Hall'Print: Book
1800-1849'The study of Metaphysics and Mental Philosophy in general had always been one of the favourite pursuits of George Grote. In the winter of 1829, a small group of studen...George Grote, J. S. Mill, Eyton Tooke, Charles Buller, J. A. Roebuck, G. J. Johnson and others Dutrieux'Logic"Print: Book
1900-1945Sunday 26 January 1930: 'We have been at Rodmell [...] At night I read Lord Chaplin's life.'Virginia Woolf 'Lord Chaplin's life'Print: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 26 April 1852: 'I have lately got hold of a bound copy of Dickens's "Household Words" for 1851. Therein, I have, as yet, only ...Charlotte Brontë Elizabeth Gaskell'Love at Cranford'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899From F. T. Palgrave's 'Personal Recollections' of Tennyson: 'In G. Meredith's first little volume he was delighted by the "Love in a Valley" (as printed in 1851: the t...Alfred Tennyson George Meredith'Love in a Valley'Print: Book
'There was a very pleasant Copy of Verses ran about the Town that Year [1776], but I forgot to lay them up, & now I have lost Sight of them: they celebrated Mr Rudd's Fam...Hester Lynch Thrale 'Love Letter from Captain Roach to Mrs Rudd'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 10 July 1754: 'After that exquisitely beautiful sonnet [by Carlo Maria Maggi, opening 'Care dell'alma stanca Albengatrici...'] yo...Elizabeth Carter Metastasio'love song' opening 'Ecco qual fiero istante'Unknown
1900-1945'Yesterday my Elizabeth and I went to the most remarkable poets' Reading I have ever attended. It was held at Lord Byron's beautiful house in Piccadilly... I was moved by...William Henry Davies William Henry Davies'Love's Silent Hour' and three other poemsUnknown
1900-1945'The members then considered Bret Harte & his work. The committee overwhelmed by the inability (through health & other unavoidable circumstances) of 3 members to introduc...Helen Rawlings Francis Bret Harte'Luck of Roaring Camp, The'Print: Book
1850-1899'Thanks for telling me about the articles. I always like to read anything of your writing, even when it is not of such supreme interest as 'Lucknow' because your style (m...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Richard Monckton Milnes'Lucknow'Print: Unknown
'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the Secretary remembered that that indefatigable polish...Ernest E. Unwin L.P. Jacks'Macbeth and Bangus upon the blasted heath'Print: Book
'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the Secretary remembered that that indefatigable polish...Charles and Pattie StansfieldL.P. Jacks'Made out of Nothing'Print: Book


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