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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
 
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 6 June 1800: 'Sate out of doors reading the whole afternoon...'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 7 November 1800: 'A cold rainy morning ... I working and reading Amelia.'Dorothy Wordsworth Henry FieldingAmeliaPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, in entry for Thursday 3 June 1802, 'A very affecting letter came from M[ary]. H[utchinson]., while I was sitting in the window read...Dorothy Wordsworth John MiltonIl PenserosoPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 1 February, 1802: 'In the morning a Box of clothes with Books came from London. I sate by his [William Wordsworth's] bedsid...Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas CampbellThe Pleasures of HopePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 1 September 1800: 'We walked in the wood by the Lake. W. read Joanna, and the Firgrove, to Coleridge ... The morning was de...William Wordsworth William WordsworthTo JoannaUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 1 September 1800: 'We walked in the wood by the Lake. W. read Joanna, and the Firgrove, to Coleridge ... The morning was de...William Wordsworth William WordsworthThe FirgroveManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 14 December 1801: 'Sate by the fire in the evening reading.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 15 February, 1802: 'I got tea when I reached home [after walk], and then set on to reading German.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknown[German text/s]Print: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 15 March 1802: 'We sate reading the poems, and I read a little German.'William and Dorothy WordsworthWilliam WordsworthpoemsUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 15 March 1802: 'We sate reading the poems, and I read a little German.'Dorothy Wordsworth German text/sPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 16 November 1801: '... [William] is now, at 7 o'clock, reading Spenser.'William Wordsworth Edmund SpenserunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 19 May 1800: 'Read Timon of Athens.'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareTimon of AthensPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: 'In the afternoon ... I mended Wm.'s stockings while he was reading The Pedlar.'William Wordsworth William WordsworthThe PedlarManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: 'When we were at Thomas Ashburner's on Sunday Peggy talked about the [drunken] Queen of Patterdale ... We ...Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey ChaucerPrologues from the Canterbury TalesPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: 'When we were at Thomas Ashburner's on Sunday Peggy talked about the [drunken] Queen of Patterdale ... We ...Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey ChaucerThe Man of Law's TalePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: '[while Mary Hutchinson walked to Ambleside] I stayed at home and clapped the small linen. Wm. sate besid...William Wordsworth William WordsworthThe PedlarManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 22 February, 1802: ' ... Mr. Simpson came in. Wm. began to read Peter Bell to him, so I carried my writing to the kitchen f...William Wordsworth William WordsworthPeter BellManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 30 November 1801: '[after walk with William Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson] We came home and read ...'Wordsworth Family unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 6 October 1800: 'After tea read The Pedlar.'Dorothy Wordsworth William WordsworthThe PedlarUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 8 February, 1802: 'It was very windy ... all the morning ... I read a little in Lessing and the grammar.'Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim LessingunknownPrint: Book


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