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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, Thursday 11 February, 1802: 'We made up a good fire after dinner, and William brought his Mattress out, and lay down on the floor. ...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownLife of Ben JonsonPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 11 February, 1802: 'We made up a good fire after dinner, and William brought his Mattress out, and lay down on the floor. ...Dorothy Wordsworth Ben Jonson[poems]Print: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 11 February, 1802: 'We made up a good fire after dinner, and William brought his Mattress out, and lay down on the floor. ...Dorothy Wordsworth John FletcherunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 20 August 1800: 'Read Wallenstein and sent it off ...'Dorothy Wordsworth Friedrich von SchillerWallenstein (in translation by S. T. Coleridge)Manuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 24 December 1801: 'We sate comfortably round the fire in the Evening, and read Chaucer.'Wordsworth FamilyGeoffrey ChaucerThe Canterbury TalesPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 25 February, 1802: 'I reached home [from walk] just before dark ... got tea, and fell to work at German. I read a good de...Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim LessingEssayPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 29 May 1800: 'In the morning worked in the garden a little, read King John.'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 3 June 1802, 'We have been reading the Life and some of the writings of poor Logan since dinner.'William and Dorothy WordsworthJohn LoganunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 3 June 1802, 'We have been reading the Life and some of the writings of poor Logan since dinner.'William and Dorothy Wordsworth unknownLife of John LoganPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 31 July 1800: '... we [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, with S. T. Coleridge] ... sailed down to Loughrigg. Read poems on t...Dorothy Wordsworth unknown[poems]Unknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 4 February, 1802: 'Read Smollet's life.'Dorothy Wordsworth Robert AndersonSmollett's LifePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 4 March 1802: 'After Tea I worked and read the L[yrical]. B[allads]., enchanted with the Idiot Boy.' Dorothy Wordsworth William WordsworthLyrical BalladsPrint: Book
Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 4 March 1802: 'I read German after my return [from walk] till tea time.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownGerman text/sPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 6 May 1802, 'When we came in [from evening walk to Tail End] we found a Magazine, and Review, and a letter from Coleridge ...William and Dorothy Wordsworth unknownReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 6 November 1800: 'Wm. somewhat better [having been suffering from piles] -- read Point Rash Judgement.'William Wordsworth William WordsworthPoint Rash JudgementManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 8 July 1802, 'In the afternoon ... I read the Winter's Tale ...'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareA Winter's TalePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 14 October 1800: 'Wm. lay down after dinner -- I read Southey's Spain.'Dorothy Wordsworth Robert SoutheyLetters from SpainPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 16 March 1802: 'After dinner I read him [William Wordsworth] to sleep. I read Spenser while he leaned upon my shoulder.'Dorothy Wordsworth Edmund SpenserunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 2 February, 1802: 'After tea I read aloud the eleventh book of Paradise Lost. We were much impressed, and also melted into ...Dorothy Wordsworth John MiltonParadise Lost (Book XI)Print: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 2 March 1802: 'After dinner I read German, and a little before dinner Wm. also read.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownGerman text/sPrint: Book


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