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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
 
1700-1799
1800-1849
Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 10 January 1821: 'Midnight. I have been turning over different Lives of the Poets. I rarely read their works, unles...George Gordon Lord Byron Samuel Johnsonunknown
1700-1799
1800-1849
Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 10 January 1821: 'Midnight. I have been turning over different Lives of the Poets. I rarely read their works, unles...George Gordon Lord Byron Thomas GrayunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 12 January 1821: 'I have read ... much less of Goethe, and Schiller, and Wieland, than I could wish. I only know th...George Gordon Lord Byron Johann Wolfgang von GoetheunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 12 January 1821: 'I have read ... much less of Goethe, and Schiller, and Wieland, than I could wish. I only know th...George Gordon Lord Byron SchillerunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 12 January 1821: 'I have read ... much less of Goethe, and Schiller, and Wieland, than I could wish. I only know th...George Gordon Lord Byron Christoph Martin WielandunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 14 January 1821: 'Read Diodorus Siculus -- turned over Seneca, and some other books.'George Gordon Lord Byron Diodorus SiculusunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 16 January 1821: 'Read -- rode -- fired pistols -- returned -- dined ...'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 23 January 1821: 'Read -- rode -- fired pistols, and returned.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 23 January 1821: 'Dined -- read. Went out at eight ...'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 25 January 1821: 'Answered [John] Murray's letter -- read -- lounged.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 5 February 1821: ' ... dined -- read -- went out ...'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 20 February 1821: 'Within these few days I have read, but not written.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's "Detached Thoughts" (15 October 1821-18 May 1822), 5 November 1821: 'I have lately been reading Fielding over again.'George Gordon Lord Byron Henry FieldingunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 8 June 1822: 'I have read the recent article of Jeffrey in a faithful transcription of the impartial Galignani.'George Gordon Lord Byron Francis JeffreyunknownPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Byron to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 22 July 1823, thanking him for 'lines' forwarded by Charles Sterling and received at Leghorn: ' ... [I] arrived here ... this morning...George Gordon Lord Byron Johann Wolfgang von GoetheunknownManuscript: Letter
1700-1799
1800-1849
Byron to Wililiam Harness, 11 February 1808: 'I ... remember being favoured [while at school] with the perusal of many of your compositions ...'George Gordon Lord Byron William HarnessunknownManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 6 June 1800: 'Sate out of doors reading the whole afternoon...'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 7 December 1800: 'A fine morning. I read.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 15 November 1801: 'We sate by the fire and read Chaucer (Thomson, Mary read) and Bishop Hall.'Wordsworth FamilyGeoffrey ChaucerunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 15 November 1801: 'We sate by the fire and read Chaucer (Thomson, Mary read) and Bishop Hall.'Wordsworth FamilyBishop Joseph HallunknownPrint: Book



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