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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?This period gave me unnumbered hours for reading, and I devoured everything that came in my way, novels, histories, travels, even "The lives of the Stoics". There was no...Thomas Catling Charles DickensBleak HousePrint: Book
1850-1899?This period gave me unnumbered hours for reading, and I devoured everything that came in my way, novels, histories, travels, even "The lives of the Stoics". There was no...Thomas Catling [unknown]The lives of the StoicsPrint: Book
1850-1899?This period gave me unnumbered hours for reading, and I devoured everything that came in my way, novels, histories, travels, even "The lives of the Stoics". There was no...Thomas Catling [unknown][unknown various titles]Print: Book
1800-1849?To comfort ourselves we had a most entertaining Voyage dans les Pays Bas, par M Breton, to read and the charming story of Mademoiselle de Clermont on Madame de Genlis?s ...Maria Edgeworth BretonVoyage dans les Pays BasPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		?To my mind Hugo is far more dramatic in spirit than Fielding, though his method involves (as you show exceedingly well) a use of scenery & background wh. would hardly be...Leslie Stephen Henry Fielding Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		?To my mind Hugo is far more dramatic in spirit than Fielding, though his method involves (as you show exceedingly well) a use of scenery & background wh. would hardly be...Leslie Stephen Samuel Richardson Print: Book
1850-1899?To say the truth, my compliment is not so strong as it seems; for there is no English paper now wh. I can read without disgust. The Saturday, politically speaking, is in...Leslie Stephen The SpectatorPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899?To say the truth, my compliment is not so strong as it seems; for there is no English paper now wh. I can read without disgust. The Saturday, politically speaking, is in...Leslie Stephen The Pall MallPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899?To say the truth, my compliment is not so strong as it seems; for there is no English paper now wh. I can read without disgust. The Saturday, politically speaking, is in...Leslie Stephen The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899?To say the truth, my compliment is not so strong as it seems; for there is no English paper now wh. I can read without disgust. The Saturday, politically speaking, is in...Leslie Stephen The WorldPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam...Samuel Bailey Archibald AlisonHistory of EuropePrint: Book
1850-1899?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam...Samuel Bailey Alexander van HumboldtCosmosPrint: Book
1850-1899?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam...Samuel Bailey [unknown][various]Print: Book
1850-1899?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam...Thomas Burt [unknown][various]Print: Book
1800-1849?Upon the whole, this play with the powerful assistance of eminent actors and scenical illusion and burning palaces, and processions with towers of the Inquisition in per...Charles Maturin Richard Lalor SheilThe Apostate: a tragedy in five actsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?Walpole?s Catle of Otranto, though dramatized by Jephson, has few imitations. Clara Reeve?s English Baron was the best, but even she in vain beckoned authors to cross th...Charles Robert Maturin Clara ReeveThe Old English BaronPrint: Book
1850-1899?We even formed a magazine club ? purchasing periodicals, reading them in turn, and then distributing them among the members. Thackeray?s "Virginians" and Dickens?s "Litt...William Adams and colleagues at the office of the 'Illustrated Times'William ThackerayVirginiansPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899?We even formed a magazine club ? purchasing periodicals, reading them in turn, and then distributing them among the members. Thackeray?s "Virginians" and Dickens?s "Litt...William Adams and colleagues at the office of the 'Illustrated Times'Charles DickensLittle DorrittPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849?We saw at Brussels two of the best Paris actors, and Madame Talma. The play was Racine?s Andromache (initiated in England as the Distressed Mother.) Madame Talma played ...Maria Edgeworth Jean RacineAndromachePrint: Book
1800-1849?We saw today the residence of the Prince de Cond? - and of a long line of princes famous for virtue and talents ? the celebrated palace of Chantilly, made still more int...Maria Edgeworth Stephanie Felicite de Genlis (Comtesse)Mademoiselle de ClermontPrint: Book


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