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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'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels ...Harriet Grove Maria EdgeworthTales of a Fashionable LifePrint: Book
1800-1849'I confess my surprise at your considering Miss Edgeworth & Miss Austen mistresses in pathos ? when the fault of both those excellent writers appears to me (if indeed tha...Elizabeth Barrett Maria EdgeworthunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'The women do this better - Edgeworth, Ferrier, Austen have all had their portraits of real society, far superior to any thing Man, vain Man, has produced of the like nat...Sir Walter Scott Maria Edgeworth[novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'Miss Edg[e]worth must not be run down because she has like most people misunderstood her own powers--she never can pretend to any thing that is the least [particle?] of ...Lady Caroline Lamb Maria EdgeworthPatronage [probably]Print: Book
1800-1849'She read enormously, finding time and energy we wonder how. A list of her books makes the unregenerate blood run cold, though she did include some novels - Miss Edgewort...Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke Maria Edgeworth[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'She [Anne Isabella Milbanke] read enormously [...] A list of her books makes the unregenerate blood run cold, though it did include some novels -- Miss Edgeworth's and B...Anne Isabella Milbanke Maria EdgeworthnovelsPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have not read Miss Edgeworth's novel nor have I much opinion of her powers of execution saving and excepting Irish characters. Everything else I have read of hers I th...Sydney Smith Maria EdgeworthEunicePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Patronage & the Milesian chief - finish 5th vol of Clarendon - Shelley reads life of Cromwell'Mary Godwin Maria EdgeworthPatronagePrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish Milesian & Patronage - read Holcrofts travels - S. reads life of Cromwell.'Mary Godwin Maria EdgeworthPatronagePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Suetonius and Miss Edgeworths Comic dramas. F[anny] Holcrofts novel'Mary Shelley Maria EdgeworthComic dramas, in three actsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Miss E[dgesworth]'s Harrington and ormond - Arthur Mervyn - S. reads the Agamemnon of Aeschylus'Mary Shelley Maria EdgeworthHarrington, a tale, and Ormond, a talePrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday July 19th. [...] Read Comic Dramas by Miss Edgeworth [...] Read Essay on Irish Bulls.' ...Claire Clairmont Maria EdgeworthComic Dramas, in Three ActsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday September [...] 26th. [...] Read the story of the Basket Woman to Johnny.'Claire Clairmont Maria Edgeworth'story of the Basket Woman'Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday September [...] 30th. [...] After dinner read to Johnny the story of Tarlton.'Claire Clairmont Maria Edgeworth'Tarlton'Print: Book
1800-1849'Saturday October 1st. [...] Begin Voltaire's Life of Charles XII. [...] Read Tarlton to Johnny in the Evening.'Claire Clairmont Maria Edgeworth'Tarlton'Print: Book
1800-1849'Saturday October [...] 22nd. [...] Read Tarlton to Johnny. Read the lives of the Saints.' Claire Clairmont Maria Edgeworth'Tarlton'Print: Book
1800-1849'Sunday October [...] 23rd. [...] Read Tarlton with Johnny.'Claire Clairmont Maria Edgeworth'Tarlton'Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday October [...] 24th. [...] Read Barring out with Johnny in the Evening'.Claire Clairmont Maria Edgeworth'The Barring Out'Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday [...] Nov. 7th. [...] sit upon the divan & read Simple Susan with Johnny & M. G.' [also records reading this text in journal entries for 8, 10, 11 November 182...Claire Clairmont Maria Edgeworth'Simple Susan'Print: Book
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


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