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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'Saturday [...] Nov. 5th. [...] After dinner [...] sit upon the divan in Marie Ivanovna's cabinet & read Madlle. Panache to Johnny.'Claire Clairmont Maria Edgeworth'Mademoiselle Panache'Print: Book
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Rosamund Wallis A.A. Milne'Man of the Evening, The'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'F.E. Pollard gave some account of Walt Whitman's Life indicating the variety of livelyhood [sic] & of expression which he sought he also told us something of the leading...R.B. Graham Walt Whitman'Manhattan Faces'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, letter postmarked 19 September 1845: 'I began to write last saturday to thank you for all the delight, I had in Shelley [...] Bes...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Percy Bysshe Shelley'Marianne's Dream'Print: Book
1850-1899'A programme of the works of Robert Browning arranged by the committee appointed at the previous meeting was then entered up [?] Mrs Stansfield read a paper on some char...Allan Goadby Robert Browning'Master Hugues Of Saxe-Gotha'Print: Book
1850-1899'A programme of the works of Robert Browning arranged by the committee appointed at the previous meeting was then entered up [?] Mrs Stansfield read a paper on some char...Elizabeth Ann Smith Robert Browning'May and Death'Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 12 May 1851:

'I fear it cannot be denied that Mr Thackeray has actually gone and written a poem. The whole of the ...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace Thackeray'May-Day Ode'Print: Unknown
1800-1849Alfred Tennyson to Hallam Tennyson, on his childhood hypochondria: 'I used, from having early read in my father's library a great number of medical books, to fancy at ...Alfred Tennyson 'medical books'Print: Book
1900-1945Monday 12 September 1937: '[At Memoir Club meeting] Maynard read a very packed profound & impressive paper so far as I could follow, about Cambridge youth; their philosop...John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes'Memoir Club' paperManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Monday March -- 22nd [...] '.Claire Clairmont unknown'Memoires de Madame de Pompadour'Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday March 23rd. '.Claire Clairmont unknown'Memoires de Madame de Pompadour'Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday March 26th. Read Memoires de Madame de Pompadour'. [scored out in source]Claire Clairmont 'Memoires de Madame de Pompadour'Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Shelley to John Murray, acknowledging his gift of Croker's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson (1831): 'I have read "Boswell's Journal" ten times: I hope to read...Mary Shelley Frances Burney'Memoirs of Dr Burney'Print: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 July 1853:

'Mr Ruskin's beautiful book reached me safely this morning; its arrival was a pleasant surprise, for I was ...		Charlotte Brontë John Forbes'Memorandums Made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852Print: Book
1900-1945'F.E. Pollard gave some account of Walt Whitman's Life indicating the variety of livelyhood [sic] & of expression which he sought he also told us something of the leading...George Burrow Walt Whitman'Memories of President Lincoln'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 ...		Charlotte Brontë Elizabeth Gaskell'Memory at Cranford'Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I was astonished at the luxuriousness of his [Allan Cunningham's] fancy. it was boundless; but it was the luxury of a rich garden overrun with rampant weeds. he was like...Mr Morrison Allan Cunningham'Mermaid of Galloway, The'Print: Book
1800-1849'From the year 1812 up to the year 1815, the young banker's life revolved in a sufficiently prosaic circle; working steadily at the banking-house, partaking sparingly of ...George Grote 'metaphysics'Print: Book
1900-1945'Lately I have been reading Wordsworth with joy, for almost the first time. "Michael" quite overcame me by its perfect simplicity & power. I have read it about ten time...Arnold Bennett William Wordsworth'Michael'Print: Book
1800-1849'The "faithful Fitz" [Edward Fitzgerald] writes that as early as 1835, when he met my father in the Lake Country, at the Speddings' (Mirehouse, by Bassenthwaite Lake) he ...Alfred Tennyson William Wordsworth'Michael'Print: Book


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