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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'Mrs. Marsh asked me what I thought of getting her tales published. I offered to try if, on reading the manuscript at home, I thought as well of it ["The Admiral's Daugh...Harriet Martineau Mrs MarshTwo Old Men's Tales (including The Admiral's Daugh...Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I was one Day exceedingly surprised when the Penny-post brought a Letter, directed to my Son; as it was marked [italics] Teddington [end italics] I open'd it, judging it...Laetitia Pilkington Mrs Meade[letter to LP's son, Jack]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899'Frances Stevenson, born in 1888, recollected [in The years that Are Past, 1967] that she "read greedily [pre-1914] ... Even before my teens my reading entered upon the r...Frances Stevenson Mrs MeekEllesmerePrint: Book
1900-1945Books read by William Lygon, seventh Earl Beauchamp (politician, 1872-1938) to his daughters Lettice (1906-73) and Sibell (1907-2005) between June 1915 and December 1916 ...William Lygon, seventh Earl Beauchamp Mrs MolesworthThe Tapestry RoomPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have had a letter from Mrs Montague and, (which is still more extraordinary) I have answered it. What on earth did you say, to make her so good to me? She could not h...Jane Baillie Welsh Mrs MontaguLetterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849I had two sheets from Mrs Montagu the other day trying to prove to me that I knew nothing at all of my own heart (Mercy how romantic she is[.)] write presently to Templan...Jane Baillie Welsh Mrs MontaguLetter dated 3 JulyManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'My dearest I thought to write to you from this place with joy; I write with shame and tears. The enclosed letter, which I found lying for me, has distracted my thoug...Jane Baillie Welsh Mrs MontaguLetter dated 20 JulyManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I have had an answer from Mrs Montagu full of rhetoric, and kindness; but no matter for the rhetoric! She is good to me; and charity covereth a multitude of sins- She s...Jane Baillie Welsh Mrs MontaguletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'In 1840 Miss Yonge was a bright attractive girl, at least ten years younger than myself and very like her own Ethel in "The Daisy Chain". Great interest was expressed by...Charlotte Yonge and her motherMrs MozleyFairy Bower, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 4 June 1835: 'I am with the window open, the orange flower smelling too strong, the nightingales singing t...Harriet Countess Granville Mrs Norton Print: Book
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1850-1899		From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'Ode to the Poppy, By the Honble Mrs O’Neil', beginning 'Not for the promise of the cultured field/ N...Catherine Austen Mrs O’NeilOde to the PoppyUnknown
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Mrs Smith (mother of her publisher George Smith), 17 April 1851: 'Before I received your note, I was nursing a comfortable and complacent conviction t...Charlotte Bronte Mrs SmithNote to Charlotte BronteManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Mary Berry to 'Mrs Somerville', from Bellevue, September 1834: 'I have just finished reading your book [apparently on astronomy], which has [italics]entertained[end itali...Mary Berry Mrs Somerville[work on astronomy]Print: Book
1800-1849"Florence Nightingale's copy of Mrs. Trimmer's New and Comprehensive Lessons, Containing a General Outline of the Roman History (1818) has Nightingale's autograph in penc...Florence Nightingale Mrs TrimmerNew and Comprehensive Lessons, Containing a Genera...Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 14 August 1808, during stay at Bothwell Castle, seat of Lord Douglas: 'Sat till dinner-time in Lady Douglas's dressing-room, reading old letters to h...Mary Berry Mrs WarburtonLetters to the Duchess of ArgyllManuscript: Letter
'Mr & Mrs Unwin & Miss Bowman Smith gave a vivacious reading of a clever & witty sketch, "A Lesson in Pearls" by Mrs Barry Pain.'Ernest & Ursula Unwin & Muriel Bowman SmithMrs Barry Pain'A Lesson in Pearls'Print: Unknown
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1900-1945		Henry James to Mrs Everard Cotes, 26 January 1900, on (published) novel she has written and sent to him: 'Your book is extraordinarily keen and delicate and able [...] On...Henry James Mrs Everard CotesHis Honour and a LadyPrint: Book
1850-1899'I feel conscious of sin in regard to your manuscripts. With reference to An Unequal Yoke I knew that Young was bitten by it, & so asked him to supper & whiskey just in ...Arnold Bennett Mrs H. H. PenroseThe Unequal YokeManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I feel conscious of sin in regard to your manuscripts. With reference to An Unequal Yoke I knew that Young was bitten by it, & so asked him to supper & whiskey just in ...Arnold Bennett Mrs H. H. PenroseChubby, A Nuisance, A Study of Child-lifeManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899H. J. Jackson notes "extra illustration" ("prompted by the text") of a copy of Margaret Sandford, Thomas Poole and His Friends (1888), with inserts including letters and ...anon Mrs Henry SandfordThomas Poole and His FriendsPrint: Book


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