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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, Tuesday 2 March 1802: 'After dinner I read German, and a little before dinner Wm. also read.'William Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 22 June 1802, 'I read the Midsummer Night's Dream, and began As You Like It.'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's DreamPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 22 June 1802, 'I read the Midsummer Night's Dream, and began As You Like It.'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareAs You Like ItPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 February, 1802: '... after dinner read German Grammar.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownGerman GrammarPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 February, 1802: 'Darkish when we reached home [from walk] ... William now reading in Bishop Hall ...'William Wordsworth Bishop Joseph HallunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 March 1802: 'After dinner ... I read German ...'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownGerman text/sPrint: Book
Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 March 1802: 'He [William Wordsworth] is now reading Ben Jonson ... It is about 10 o'clock, a quiet night. The fire flut...William Wordsworth Ben JonsonunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 24 November 1801: 'A rainy morning ... I read a little of Chaucer, prepared the goose for dinner, and then we all walked ou...Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey ChaucerunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 24 November 1801: 'After tea Wm. read Spenser, now and then a little aloud to us.'William Wordsworth Edmund SpenserunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 24 November 1801: 'Mary read a poem of Daniel upon Learning.'Mary Hutchinson Samuel DanielMusophilus, or a Defence of all LearningPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 25 November 1800: 'Very ill ... better in the Evening -- read Tom Jones ...'Dorothy Wordsworth Henry FieldingTom JonesPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 26 January, 1802: 'A dull morning. I have employed myself in writing this journal and reading newspapers till now (1/2 past...Dorothy Wordsworth [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 3 June 1800: 'I worked in the garden before dinner. Read R[ichar]d Second -- was not well after dinner ...'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareRichard the SecondPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 4 May 1802, describing excursion to local river and waterfall: 'We [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, and S. T. Coleridge] .....William Wordsworth William WordsworthversesManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 4 May 1802, describing excursion to local river and waterfall: 'We [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, and S. T. Coleridge] .....Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor ColeridgeversesManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 8 December 1801: 'A dullish, rainyish morning ... I read Bruce's Lochleven and Life.'Dorothy Wordsworth Michael BruceLochlevenUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 8 December 1801: 'A dullish, rainyish morning ... I read Bruce's Lochleven and Life.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownLife of Michael BrucePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 9 February, 1802: 'We did a little of Lessing. I attempted a fable, but my head ached ...'Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim LessingFablePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 9 March 1802: 'We sate by the fire in the evening, and read The Pedlar over.'William and Dorothy WordsworthWilliam WordsworthThe PedlarManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 9 March 1802: 'William was reading in Ben Jonson -- he read me a beautiful poem on Love.'William Wordsworth Ben JonsonunknownPrint: Book


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