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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, Sunday 15 November 1801: 'We sate by the fire and read Chaucer (Thomson, Mary read) and Bishop Hall.'Mary Hutchinson ?James ThomsonunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 16 November 1801: '... [William] is now, at 7 o'clock, reading Spenser.'William Wordsworth Edmund SpenserunknownPrint: Book
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, 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, Monday 30 November 1801: '[after walk with William Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson] We came home and read ...'Wordsworth Family unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 14 December 1801: 'Sate by the fire in the evening reading.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 29 January, 1802: 'William was very unwell. Worn out with his bad night's rest. He went to bed -- I read to him, to endeavo...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 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, Friday 5 February, 1802: 'I read the story of [?] in Wanly [?].'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 8 February, 1802: 'It was very windy ... all the morning ... I read a little in Lessing and the grammar.'Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim LessingunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 11 February, 1802: 'We made up a good fire after dinner, and William brought his Mattress out, and lay down on the floor. ...Dorothy Wordsworth John FletcherunknownPrint: 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 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 9 March 1802: 'William was reading in Ben Jonson -- he read me a beautiful poem on Love.'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 ...'William Wordsworth Ben JonsonunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 12 March 1802: ' ... I read the remainder of Lessing.'Dorothy Wordsworth Gotthold Ephraim LessingunknownPrint: Book
Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 13 March 1802: ' After tea I read to William that account of the little boy belonging to the tall woman ...'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 16 March 1802: 'After dinner I read him [William Wordsworth] to sleep. I read Spenser while he leaned upon my shoulder.'Dorothy Wordsworth Edmund SpenserunknownPrint: Book


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