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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
 
1800-1849Alfred 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
1850-1899Alfred Tennyson to his wife Emily, 13 July 1852: 'I am reading lots of novels. The worst is they do not last longer than the day. I am such a fierce reader I think I h...Alfred Tennyson novelsPrint: Book
1850-1899Alfred Tennyson to John Forster, 29 March 1854: 'I understand from Archibald Peel that you are aggrieved at my not writing to you [...] A reason for my not writing muc...Alfred Tennyson Persian grammarPrint: Book
1850-1899Alfred Tennyson to Lady Augusta Bruce, 12 May 1863, after being sent an 'Album' belonging to Queen Victoria, with the request that he write something in it before returni...Alfred Tennyson Duchess of KentinscriptionManuscript: Unknown, In Album belonging to Queen Victoria
1850-1899Alfred Tennyson to Lady Augusta Bruce, 12 May 1863, after being sent an 'Album' belonging to Queen Victoria, with the request that he write something in it before returni...Alfred Tennyson Johann Wolfgang von Goethe'Edel sei der Mensch'Manuscript: Unknown, Written by Prince Albert into Album belonging to Queen Victoria.
1850-1899Alfred Tennyson to Lady Augusta Bruce, 12 May 1863, after receiving from Queen Victoria, on 11 May, books including 'Guizot's edition of Prince Albert's Speeches': 'I ...Alfred Tennyson GuizotPreface to Speeches of Prince AlbertPrint: Book
1850-1899Alfred Tennyson to Roden Noel (February 1885): 'Your article in the Contemporary has been sent to me ***. My eyes are very bad. One is entirely gone for all reading pu...Alfred Tennyson Roden NoelpoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899Alfred Tennyson to the Duke of Argyl, 3 March 1862: 'Your letter a little dismayed me, for, as you in the prior one had bound me by no promise of secrecy, I, in talkin...Queen Victoria Alfred TennysonIn MemoriamPrint: Book
1850-1899Alfred Tennyson to the Duke of Argyll, from the Temple, London, on return from French holiday of summer 1861: 'I had intended to write yesterday [...] and I scarce kno...Alfred Tennyson Zohrab the HostagePrint: Book
1800-1849Alfred Tennyson, aged twelve, to his aunt Marianne Fytche: 'You used to tell me that you should be obliged to me if I would write to you and give you my remarks on wor...Alfred Tennyson John MiltonSamson AgonistesPrint: Book
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1850-1899		Algernon Charles Swinburne to Sir T. Wemyss Reid, in letter responding to Reid's Charlotte Bronte: A Monograph, 24 September 1877:

'The only reference [...] ...		anon Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1850-1899Algernon Charles Swinburne to Sir T. Wemyss Reid, in response to Reid's Charlotte Bronte: A Monograph, 24 September 1877:

'I need not say how grateful I shou...		Algernon Charles Swinburne T. Wemyss ReidCharlotte Bronte: A MonographPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Algernon Charles Swinburne to Sir T. Wemyss Reid, in response to Reid's Charlotte Bronte: A Monograph, 24 September 1877:

'I need not say how grateful I shou...		Algernon Charles Swinburne Charlotte BrontëJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Algernon Charles Swinburne to Sir T. Wemyss Reid, in response to Reid's Charlotte Bronte: A Monograph, 24 September 1877:

'I need not say how grateful I shou...		Algernon Charles Swinburne Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1850-1899Alice Meynell recalls childhood reading: 'In quite early childhood I lived upon Wordsworth ... When I was about twelve I fell in love with Tennyson, and cared for nothing...Alice Thompson William WordsworthunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Alice Meynell recalls childhood reading: 'In quite early childhood I lived upon Wordsworth ... When I was about twelve I fell in love with Tennyson, and cared for nothing...Alice Thompson Alfred, Lord TennysonunknownUnknown
1850-1899Alice Meynell recalls childhood reading: 'In quite early childhood I lived upon Wordsworth ... When I was about twelve I fell in love with Tennyson, and cared for nothing...Alice Thompson John KeatsunknownUnknown
1850-1899Alice Meynell recalls childhood reading: 'In quite early childhood I lived upon Wordsworth ... When I was about twelve I fell in love with Tennyson, and cared for nothing...Alice Thompson Percy Bysshe ShelleyunknownUnknown
1800-1849All went to morning church & said the sacrement [...] Read the psalms & lessons to myself. After tea, read aloud sermon 15 and...my aunt read aloud 17, Polwhele.Anne Lister BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Am in shop about steady this day doing little else but reading Humes' EnglandAdam Mackie David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book


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