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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
 
1900-1945Henry James to William Dean Howells, 10 August 1901: 'Ever since receiving and reading your elegant volume of short tales ["A Pair of Patient Lovers"]-- the arrival of wh...Henry James William Dean HowellsA Pair of Patient LoversPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Sarah Orne Jewett, 5 October 1901: 'Let me not [...] delay to thank you for your charming and generous present of "The Tory Lover" [her historical novel]. ...Henry James Sarah Orne JewettThe Tory LoverPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Rudyard Kipling, 30 October 1901: 'I can't lay down "Kim" without wanting much to write to you [...] I overflow, I beg you to believe, with "Kim", and I re...Henry James Rudyard KiplingKimPrint: Book
1900-1945'I forgot in my last letter to say that I found Beer’s book very good, certainly useful to me. [Clifford Beer, "A Mind That Found Itself"]. . . . By the way, have you r...Arnold Bennett Clifford BeerA Mind That Found ItselfPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Graham Balfour, 15 November 1901: 'Into my rural backwater books float a bit slowly and circuitously, so that it is only this evening that I have, after de...Henry James Graham BalfourLife of Robert Louis StevensonPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Owen Wister, 7 August 1902: 'I have been reading "The Virginian" and I am moved to write to you. You didn't send him to me -- you never send me anything; ...Henry James Owen WisterThe VirginianPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James, in letter to Edith Wharton of 17 August 1902, writes to her of 'lately having read "The Valley of Decision", read it with such high appreciation and received...Henry James Edith WhartonThe Valley of DecisionPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to W. Morton Fullerton, 7 November 1902: 'Your two little periodicals have just come in [...] I immediately read the Zola in it [sic] [...] because I promised...Henry James unknownarticle on ZolaPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Henry James to Urbain Mengin, 1 January 1903: 'Your great handsome wide-margined large-printed, yellow-covered "Italie des Romantiques" came to me safely more months ago ...Henry James Urbain MenginItalie des RomantiquesPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Howard Sturgis, 8 November 1903: 'I send you back the blooming proofs [of Sturgis's novel "Belchamber"] with many thanks and with no marks or comments at a...Henry James Howard SturgisBelchamberPrint: In proof
1900-1945Henry James to Howard Sturgis, 8 November 1903: 'I send you back the blooming proofs [of Sturgis's novel "Belchamber"] with many thanks and with no marks or comments at a...Henry James Howard SturgisA Sketch from MemoryPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta ward Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Print: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Viscount Garnet Wolseley, 7 December 1903: 'I feel I must absolutely not have passed these several last evenings in your so interesting and vivid society w...Henry James Viscount Garnet WolseleyThe Story of a Soldier's LifePrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to H. G. Wells, 24 January 1904: 'I've [italics] wanted [end italics], day after day, to write -- wanted to quite intensely from the day I read your two munif...Henry James H. G. WellsMankind in the MakingPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to H. G. Wells, 24 January 1904: 'I've [italics] wanted [end italics], day after day, to write -- wanted to quite intensely from the day I read your two munif...Henry James H. G. WellsTwelve Stories and a DreamPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Edith Wharton, 8 February 1905: '[...] your good letter has found me on the very point of writing to you [...] For I have read the February morsel of "The ...Henry James Edith WhartonThe House of Mirth (second instalment)Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Henry James to Edith Wharton, 8 November 1905, in praise of the conclusion to "The House of Mirth": 'Half an hour ago, or less, I laid down the November "Scribner" [...] ...Henry James Edith WhartonThe House of Mirth (final instalment)Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Henry James to H. G. Wells, 19 November 1905, in praise of two works recently sent by Wells: 'I found your first munificence here on returning [from tour of USA] [...] to...Henry James H. G. WellsA Modern UtopiaPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to H. G. Wells, 19 November 1905, in praise of two works recently sent by Wells: 'I found your first munificence here on returning [from tour of USA] [...] to...Henry James H. G. WellsKippsPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to William James, 23 November 1905: 'I can read [italics]you[end italics] with rapture -- having three weeks ago spent three or four days with Manton Marble a...Henry James William James[Unidentified recently published writings]Print: Unknown


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