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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
 
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Wilson Plant, 14 February 1917: 'Not many books here [...] I have been enjoying Bridges and sticking, as I always do, in a Zola.'Edward Morgan Forster Robert Bridges, ed.[possibly] The Spirit of Man: An Anthology in Engl...Print: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Wilson Plant, 14 February 1917: 'Not many books here [...] I have been enjoying Bridges and sticking, as I always do, in a Zola.'Edward Morgan Forster Emil Zola Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		E. M. Forster, "Jane Austen," in Abinger Harvest (1924): 'She is my favourite author! I read and re-read, the mouth open and the mind closed.'Edward Morgan Forster Jane Austen[novels]Print: Book
1700-1799Early childhood reminisences: 'my deep impression is that she was a Holy, devoted follower of the Lord Jesus, but her understanding not fully enlightened as to the fulln...Catherine Gurney [n/a]ScripturesPrint: Book
1700-1799Early childhood reminisences: 'my deep impression is that she was a Holy, devoted follower of the Lord Jesus, but her understanding not fully enlightened as to the fulln...Catherine Gurney [n/a]PsalmsPrint: Book
1900-1945Early reading of Joan Evans noted as having included Salomon Reinach, Orpheus: A History of Religions; Jane Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion; Farnell,...Joan Evans Salomon ReinachOrpheus:A History of ReligionsPrint: Book
1900-1945Early reading of Joan Evans noted as having included Salomon Reinach, Orpheus: A History of Religions; Jane Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion; Farnell,...Joan Evans Jane HarrisonProlegomena to the Study of Greek ReligionPrint: Book
1900-1945Early reading of Joan Evans noted as having included Salomon Reinach, Orpheus: A History of Religions; Jane Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion; Farnell,...Joan Evans FarnellCults of the Greek StatesPrint: Book
1900-1945Early reading of Joan Evans noted as having included Salomon Reinach, Orpheus: A History of Religions; Jane Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion; Farnell,...Joan Evans Sir James George FrazerThe Golden BoughPrint: Book
1900-1945Editor's note reads 'V[irginia] W[oolf] must have been reading William Michael Rossetti's 1904 edition of The Poetical Works of Christina Georgina Rossetti, to which he...Virginia Woolf William Michael RossettiMemoir of Christina RossettiPrint: Book
1900-1945Edward Ezard admitted that he and his friends read the Gem and Magnet for "the public school glamour". They thoroughly absorbed all the stock phrases and attitudes associ...Edward Ezard Frank Richards[stories in the Gem]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Edward Fitzgerald to Alfred Tennyson (1873): 'I have a word to say about "Gareth" which your publisher sent me as "from the author." I don't think it is mere perversit...Edward Fitzgerald Alfred TennysonGarethPrint: Book
1850-1899Edward Fitzgerald to Alfred Tennyson, 30 December 1876: 'Here I have a book of old Spanish Romances familiar to Don Quixote and Sancho. I shall write you out a [italic...Edward Fitzgerald 'old Spanish Romances'Print: Book
1850-1899Edward Fitzgerald to Alfred Tennyson, 9 July 1875: 'I had bought your Play a few days before your gift-copy reached me. I have not had sufficient time to digest either...Edward Fitzgerald Alfred TennysonQueen MaryPrint: Book
1850-1899Edward Fitzgerald to Alfred Tennyson, Christmas 1862: 'I have, as usual, nothing to tell of myself: boating all the summer and reading Clarissa Harlowe since; you and ...Edward Fitzgerald Samuel RichardsonClarissaPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Edward Fitzgerald to Emily Tennyson [1862], in reponse to request for information on fishing and fishermen (as background for writing of Alfred Tennyson's), and after var...Edward Fitzgerald DampierVoyagesPrint: Book
1800-1849Edward Moulton-Barrett to his sister Elizabeth Barrett, 24 June 1822: 'Mr. McSwiney dined with us yesterday and was shown your Greek epitaph, in the first place he s...Daniel McSwiney Elizabeth BarrettGreek epitaphManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Edward Moulton-Barrett to his sister Elizabeth Barrett, 24 June 1822: 'Mr. McSwiney dined with us yesterday and was shown your Greek epitaph, in the first place he s...Daniel McSwiney Elizabeth BarrettversesManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Edward Moulton-Barrett to his sister Elizabeth Barrett, 26 April 1823: 'Russel works us most properly now in Grammar, and Ovid which we are to be examined in'. John Russell (master), Thomas Moulton-Barrett, and other boys at CharterhouseOvid unknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Edward Moulton-Barrett to his sister Elizabeth Barrett, letter postmarked 8 March 1823: 'We are now doing Cicero in the evening instead of doing Homer both morning and...Thomas Moulton-Barrett and boys at CharterhouseHomer unknownPrint: Book


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