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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
 
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Louisa May AlcottLittle Women
1850-1899
1900-1945		'About "The Crown of Life", It is almost the only one of G. G. [George Gissing]'s books I haven’t read. It didn’t appeal to me—it was not a good Gissing book. Just ...William Henry Hudson Louise Chandler MoultonSwallow-flights [and Other Verses]Print: Book
1850-1899'Also, please tell Miss Morris that the novel The Nihilist Princess is a sham, and empty of all dramatic matter. She had been afraid of it.'Oscar Wilde Louise Mignerot GagneurA Nihilist PrincessPrint: 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
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Seregant Perry, 25 November 1883: "Her [Louise-Florence d'Epinay's] Memoirs I read years ago ..."Henry James Louise-Florence d'EpinayMemoirsPrint: Book
1500-1599'Luca Gaurico's "Tractatus Astrologicus" is a work giving horoscopes and brief descriptions of noted persons and of city-states and towns, each being illustrated by an as...Gabriel Harvey Luca GauricoTractatus AstrologicusPrint: Book
1800-1849" ... it was whilst at a frivolous, rote-learning girls' school that ... [Frances Power Cobbe] developed her determined, methodical aproach [to reading] ... She read all ...Frances Power Cobbe Lucan PharsaliaPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 1 December 1827: 'I [italics]have[end italics] read the Pharsalia; & am very glad that you do not join in the classical [italics...Elizabeth Barrett Lucan PharsaliaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Took Sommy's watch to Asprey's after lunch. Finished "The Wages of Sin."'Verena Vera Pennefather Lucas MaletThe Wages of SinPrint: Book
1850-1899'Colonel Enderby's Wife'Sarah Good Lucas MaletColonel Enderby's WifePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Balzac's] short works although not new are exquisite - La Recherche de L'Absolu- Eugenie Grandet- Modeste Mignon- The last good cheap English books that I remember were...Mary Russell Mitford Lucas MontignyMemoires de Mirabeau sa famille et ses ecritsPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Some textual marginalia in pencil in French on pages 173 and 176, and pencil marks throughout.Vernon Lee Lucien ArreatLes croyances des demainPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Textual marginalia in pencil in French on page 46 only, and some pencil marks in the margins throughout.Vernon Lee Lucien ArreatMemoire et imaginationPrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 14 February 1814, 'Have you read Lucien B[onaparte]' s Epic? I attempted it, but gave in at the 6th Canto, being pressed for time. ...William Wordsworth Lucien BonaparteCharlemagne, ou L'Eglise Sauvee, poeme epique en 2...Print: Book
1800-1849'From Charlemagne a poem by Lucien Bonaparte.' [followed by English translation, 'copied']Bowly groupLucien BonaparteCharlemagne... Poeme EpiqueUnknown
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 22 August 1813: 'I hope you are going on with your grand coup - pray do - or that damned Lucien Buonaparte will beat us all. I have seen much of h...George Gordon, Lord Byron Lucien BuonaparteCharlemagneManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Byron to Dr Samuel Butler, 20 October 1813: 'The little that I have seen by stealth and accident of Charlemagne quite electrified me.'George Gordon, Lord Byron Lucien BuonaparteCharlemagneUnknown
1900-1945(1) ' ... I took my courage in both hands and knocked up the Master of University.... What pleased me most was the masses upon masses of books in his house: among which...Clive Staples Lewis Lucius ApuleiusThe Story of Cupid and PsychePrint: Book
1700-1799'Oct. 25. Wednesday. I went with the Prior to St. Cloud, to see Dr. Hooke.—We walked round the palace, and had some talk.—I dined with our whole company at the Monastery....Samuel Johnson Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland[unknown text - letters?- presumably addressed to ...Print: Book
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 15 October 1816, from Milan: 'What has delighted me most is a manuscript collection (preserved in the Ambrosian library), of original love-letters...George Gordon, Lord Byron Lucretia de Borgia[unknown]Manuscript: Unknown


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