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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'One book... stimulated the poet beyond all others; it became, in a way, a key to the rest of his reading for some time to come. This was George du Maurier's "Trilby". It...John Masefield Laurence SterneA Sentimental JourneyPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even Mr Tipper read to me part of a -I know not what to call it but "Tristram Shandy".'Thomas Tipper Laurence SterneTristram ShandyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Who is this Yorick? you are pleased to ask me. You cannot, I imagine have looked into his books: execrable I cannot but call them; for I am told that the third and fourt...Samuel Richardson Laurence SterneThe Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyPrint: Book
1850-1899November 19, 1880 [Paris] 'I have been reading with great interest Humphrey Clinker [sic], which I like much the best of Smollett's works. I read Peregrine Pickle some y...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Laurence SterneSentimental Journey, APrint: 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 Laurence Sterne[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'I literally saw nothing but your ear for a whole hour one night--it is perfectly unlike any ear in Nature--& as Tristram Shandy might say requires a Chapter in itself'.Lady Caroline Lamb Laurence SterneThe Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyPrint: Book
1800-1849'James is the delight of our lives; he is quite an uncle Toby's annuity to us.'Jane Austen Laurence SterneTristram ShandyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sterne has published two little volumes, called, "Sentimental Travels". They are very pleasing, though too much dilated, and infinitely preferable to his tiresome "Trist...Horace Walpole Laurence SterneSentimental JourneyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sterne has published two little volumes, called, "Sentimental Travels". They are very pleasing, though too much dilated, and infinitely preferable to his tiresome "Trist...Horace Walpole Laurence SterneThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlema...Print: Book
1800-1849'Once, for instance, I recollect that to fill up one of those aweful hiatus in conversation that occur at times in spite of all one's efforts to the contrary - and to ent...Thomas Carlyle Laurence SterneTristram ShandyPrint: Book
1700-1799Letter II to Miss Harriet Reid of Glasgow, April 28 1773 '?he shewed so much ingenuity in discovering faults in every thing, that I burst out a laughing, and said we were...Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Laurence SterneSentimental JourneyPrint: Book
1700-1799Letter XLIII To Miss Dunbar, Boath/ Laggan April 11, 1803, 'Surely you have seen Sterne?s Letters to Eliza; if not, do without delay read them. It is her monument I am de...Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Laurence Sterne[Letters from Yorick to Eliza?]Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Letter to Miss Dunbar April 11 1803 'Surely you have seen Sterne?s Letters to Eliza; if not, do without delay read them. It is her monument I am describing ?. 'Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Laurence Sterne[Letters from Yorick to Eliza?]Print: Book
1800-1849'read Sterne & the 2nd Canto of Childe Harold'Mary Shelley Laurence Sterne[probably] Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Tristram Shandy.'Mary Shelley Laurence SterneLife and Opinions of Tristram ShandyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Tristram Shandy - Sentimental Journey - Zadig and Clarke'Mary Shelley Laurence SterneTristram ShandyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Tristram Shandy - Sentimental Journey - Zadig and Clarke'Mary Shelley Laurence SterneSentimental Journey through France and Italy, APrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday Feb. 27th. [...] Read Tristram Shandy.'Claire Clairmont Laurence SterneThe Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Sterne's Sentimental Journey'Mary Shelley Laurence Sterne Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, APrint: Book
1900-1945[following transcribed passage on 'gravity,' from Tristram Shandy I.ii] 'Insight vitiated by instinct of self defence -- probably typical of Sterne, whom I have begun ...Edward Morgan Forster Laurence SterneThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlema...Print: Book


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