√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1900-1945 'Even those who read widely about sex often learned very little. In the 1920s Jennie Lee won a psychology degree from the University of Edinburgh... She went beyond the s... Jennie Lee Marie Stopes [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'when Gladys [Teal] took a job at a draper's shop around 1930, a female assistant gave her a Marie Stopes book on birth control , which she gratefully read'. Gladys Teal Marie Stopes [book on birth control] Print : Book1900-1945 'Houseservant Margaret Powell was unusually daring: she left Marie Stopes, along with the Kama Sutra and Havelock Ellis, on the bedside table for her husband. (Eventually... Margaret Powell Marie Stopes [book on sex] Print : Book1900-1945 'In the "Sunday Times" for September 12th, a letter of protest from Dame Marie Tempest had coincided with another from G., who described the contrasting practice of the S... Vera Brittain Marie Tempest [letter published in the "Sunday "Times"] Print : Newspaper, Unknown1900-1945 'In the "Sunday Times" for September 12th, a letter of protest from Dame Marie Tempest had coincided with another from G., who described the contrasting practice of the S... Vera Brittain Marie Tempest [Letter published in the "Sunday Times"] Print : Newspaper, Unknown1800-1849 'We have a little French story in the house, called [underlined] Elizabeth [end underlining], much admired and praised: but "somehow", I have taken it into my head that i... Anna Wilbraham Marie "Sophie" Cottin Elisabeth, ou les Exiles de Siberie Print : Book1800-1849 '[in a letter from Bury's correspondent [-]] I believe I told you I had been reading Horace Walpole's Letters over again, and also Madame du Deffand's Letters to him, and... Marie Anne de Vichy-Chambrond, Marquise du Deffand Letters of the Marquise du Deffand to the Hon. Hor... Print : Book1800-1849 '[in a letter from Bury's correspondent [-]] I believe I told you I had been reading Horace Walpole's Letters over again, and also Madame du Deffand's Letters to him, and... Marie Anne de Vichy-Chambrond, Marquise du Deffand [Letters to Voltaire] Print : Book1900-1945 'Read I, Too have lived in Arcadia, by Mrs Belloc Lowndes. All about her parents.' Vere Hodgson Marie Belloc Lowndes I, Too Have Lived in Arcadia: A Record of Love and... Print : Book1900-1945 'Have had good luck with a Library book. Managed to get Where Love and Friendship Meet by Mrs
Belloc Lowndes. It is the latest story of the Belloc family, and present... Vere Hodgson Marie Belloc Lowndes Where Love and Friendship Dwelt Print : Book1800-1849 From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. Transcription of lines by '"Maria Blanche - eldest daughter of Madame de Grignan. She became a Nun in the Conven... Marie Blanche de Grignan unidentified Unknown 1800-1849 'would you like, Ma'am, to know what I have been doing all alone and at home this winter? - I have, 'an please you, for the 2d time in my life read Mde de Sevigne, 9 vols... Sarah Harriet Burney Marie de Rabutin - Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Letters of Madame de Sevigne to her daughter and h... Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Horace and Lettres de Sevigne' Mary Shelley Marie de Rabutin Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne Lettres Print : Book1700-1799 Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, from Cuddesdon, 21 July 1753, in account of a day excursion in the local countryside (around Oxford):
'Yesterday we set off soon ... Catherine Talbot and family Marie de Rabutin-Chantal de Sevigne Letters (vol. 7) Print : Book1700-1799 'Have you read Mad. Sevigne's Letters from the [French]? Fine passages and Sentiments there are in it, & a notion given of the French manner tho' written in the middle re... Samuel Richardson Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de Sevigne Letters Print : Book1800-1849 From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'March 1837'. Transcription of various of Madame de Sévigné's letters. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné The Letters of Madame de Sévigné, to her Daughter ... Print : Book1800-1849 From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Of M. De Glessir, Tutor to the young Marquis Grignan (Admirable advice!), "The Chevalier is of more use to the ... Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné The Letters of Madame de Sévigné, to her Daughter ... Print : Book1800-1849 'I only divide my time between riding Peggy and reading Sevigne by the fire...' Elizabeth Wedgwood Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sevigne Court Secrets: or the Lady's Chronicle Historical ... Print : Book1800-1849 'I am also reading an English translation of Mme de Sevigne and like it very much.' Charles Darwin Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné Letters of Madame de Sevigne to her daughter and h... Print : Book1700-1799 'Looked over a Volume of "Lettres Choisies de Mesdames Sevigne et Maintenon"...' Thomas Green Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise S?vign Lettres choisies de Mesdames de Sevign? et de Main Print : Book