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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, Wednesday 10 February, 1802: '... we read the first part of the poem [ie The Prelude] and were delighted with it ...'Dorothy and William WordsworthWilliam WordsworthThe PreludeManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 10 March 1802: 'Wm. read in Ben Jonson in the morning. I read a little German ...'William Wordsworth Ben JonsonunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 10 March 1802: 'Wm. read in Ben Jonson in the morning. I read a little German ...'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownGerman text/sPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 16 June 1802, 'I read the first Canto of the Fairy Queen to William.'Dorothy Wordsworth Edmund SpenserThe Faerie Queene (Canto I)Print: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 17 March 1802: '... we sate a while ... [in the orchard]. I left ... [William Wordsworth], and he nearly finished the po...William Wordsworth William Wordsworth[poem]Manuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 17 March 1802: 'After dinner we [Dorothy and William Wordsworth] made a pillow of my shoulder -- I read to him and my Bel...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 17 March 1802: 'I went and sate with W. and walked backwards and forwards in the orchard till dinner time. He read me his...William Wordsworth William Wordsworth[poem]Manuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 18 November 1801: 'We sate in the house in the morning reading Spenser.'Wordsworth FamilyEdmund SpenserunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 2 December 1801: 'I read the Tale of Phoebus and the Crow ...'Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey ChaucerThe Maunciple's TalePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 21 April 1802: 'I went to bed after dinner, could not sleep, went to bed again. Read Ferguson's life and a poem or two -...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownpoemsUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 21 April 1802: I went to bed after dinner, could not sleep, went to bed again. Read Ferguson's life and a poem or two --...Dorothy Wordsworth Adam FergusonLife of FergusonPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 22 October 1800: 'Wm. read after supper, Ruth etc.; Coleridge Christabel.'William Wordsworth William WordsworthRuthUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 22 October 1800: 'Wm. read after supper, Ruth etc.; Coleridge Christabel.'Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor ColeridgeChristabelManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 23 June 1802, 'It is now 20 minutes past 10 -- a sunshiny morning. I walked to the top of the hill and sate under a wall...Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareAs You Like ItPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 27 January, 1802: 'When we returned from Frank [Baty]'s, Wm. wasted his mind in the Magazines.'William Wordsworth [magazines]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 3 February, 1802: 'Read Wm. to sleep after dinner, and read to him in bed till 1/2 past one.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 3 February, 1802: 'Read Wm. to sleep after dinner, and read to him in bed till 1/2 past one.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 4 June 1800: 'I walked to the lake-side in the morning, took up plants, and sate upon a stone reading Ballads.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownBalladsUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 5 May 1802, 'I read The Lover's Complaint to Wm. in bed, and left him composed.'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareA Lover's ComplaintPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 9 December 1801: 'I read Palamon and Arcite.'Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey ChaucerThe Knight's TalePrint: Book


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