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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
 
1850-1899'I find Bonaparte's correspondence very interesting, though his dreadful wickedness in Italy, and cruelty in Egypt is almost too worrying; I think Lanfrey was only too le...Emma Darwin Pierre LanfreyThe History of Napoleon the FirstPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Joseph Cottle, 28 July 1797: 'Since you left me I have been reading the Saint Louis of Le Moyne: an epic poem in 18 books. Le Moyne had genius — but he ...Robert Southey Pierre Le Moyne Saint Louis Print: Book
1900-1945'I often found peace in the pages of Ecclesiastes or Isaiah, or in the writings of men whom Barry has described as the heralds of revolt - John Inglesant, George Eliot, C...Stuart Wood [pseud?] Pierre Loti[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899Gone on with Comparetti Vergilio nel Medio Evo. Bourget’s Physiologie de l’Amour. [next unclear] Dumas Nouveaux Entr’actes. Ribot Maladies de la Volonté. In Flaubert’s Co...Vernon Lee Pierre LotiLe Roman d'un EnfantPrint: Book
1850-1899'From that time for ten years Conrad followed the sea. The deep sea, reading all sorts of books. Once an officer with quarters of his own he resumed his reading of French...Joseph Conrad Pierre LotiPêcheur d'IslandePrint: Book
1850-1899'Absorbed as always in books, Willie read seriously in both French and German literature. His favourites in French were the "Maximes" of La Rochefoucauld, "La Princesse d...Somerset Maugham Pierre Loti (pseud.)[exotic tales]Print: Book
1850-1899Henry James, in 25 July 1896 letter to Edmund Gosse, praises Pierre Louys' novel "Aphrodite: moeurs antiques", which he has read in a copy apparently borrowed from Gosse.Henry James Pierre LouysAphrodite: moeurs antiquesPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James writes (in French) in letter of 26 September 1898 to Paul Bourget of reading Pierre Louys' novel "La Femme et le Pantin", at Bourget's recommendation. Henry James Pierre LouysLa Femme et le PantinPrint: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 5 October 1913: 'We are here [Harrogate] till the 10th [...] It has been a dull month, but not boring. [...] I ordered Chanson de Billit...E. M. Forster Pierre LouysByblis changee en fontainePrint: Book
1700-1799'While her friends were engaged in different sorts of women's work... she read them a great favourite, the sentimental novel "Marienne" by Pierre Marivaux.'Anna Larpent Pierre MarivauxMariennePrint: Book
1700-1799'Read the 1st Vol. of Sully's "Memoirs". They open a scene of manners, which, to modern conception, appears perfectly romantic...'Thomas Green Pierre MathurinThe memoirs of the Duke of SullyPrint: Book
1900-1945'With Mademoiselle Fleury that morning I had been struck by some lines in Ronsard's "Sonnets pour Helene", bittersweet, barbed, that drove home a feeling I had recognised...Ralph Glasser Pierre RonsardSonnets pour HelenePrint: Book
1850-1899'There is only one very good thing in the world: the acting of Sarah Bernhardt. I beg your pardon, there is another: Pierre Veron’s "Pantheon de Poche".'Robert Louis Stevenson Pierre VeronLe Pantheon de PochePrint: Book
1850-1899'When last observed, he was studying with apparent zest the exploits of one Rocambole by the late Viscount Ponson of Terrail.'Robert Louis Stevenson Pierre Alexis Ponson du TerrailLes Exploits de RocambolePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 17 July 1820, on books used in research for Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: 'I have consulted Sanuto -- Sandi -- Navagero -- & an anonymous Siege of...George Gordon Lord Byron Pierre Antoine DaruunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I kept my hours conscientiously, but when I had no work to do I read continuously. I read parts of "The Times", the "Standard" and the "Morning Post" ever day. The theat...Zoe Procter Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux[plays]Print: Book
1900-1945'In years away from this when I am quite forgotten, maybe you will turn up some of these old letters & feel a little like saying "Ronsard m'a celebree Du temps que j'et...Ford Madox Ford Pierre de RonsardSonnets pour HelenePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read my new story to G. this evening as far as the end of the third chapter. He praised it highly... I am in the Choephorae now. In the evenings we are reading "History ...George Eliot and G.H. LewesPierre Jean de Beranger Print: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text...Mary Godwin Pierre Jean Baptiste Legrand d' AussyFabliaux ou contes du XII et du XIII si?clePrint: Book
1850-1899'In one letter, written in June 1893, he logs Swinburne's Poems and Ballads, Lorna Doone ("seventh or eighth time"), Saintsbury's Essays on French Novelists, Dumas's Tuli...John Buchan Pierre Jules Théophile GautierunknownPrint: Book


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