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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
 
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 March 1840: 'I [italics]have[end italics] Sylvia or the May Queen among my books in London. Dont you remember telling ...Elizabeth Barrett George DarleySylvia; or, The May QueenPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 July 1843: 'I am reading William Howitt's Germany with a good deal of interest.'Elizabeth Barrett William HowittRural and Domestic Life of GermanyPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 March 1843: 'I have been reading to my amusement, Mrs Trollope's Hargrave. She has great skill in the construction of ...Elizabeth Barrett Frances TrollopeHargrave, or the Adventures of a Man of FashionPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 March 1844: 'Really, [Paul de Kock] is very bad -- he is very [italics]nasty[end italics] -- he splashes the dirt about...Elizabeth Barrett Paul de KocknovelsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 May 1843: 'Mr Reade's "Sacred Poems" I am now looking into by dear Mr Kenyon's kindness. He is [italics]in Wordsworth n...Elizabeth Barrett John Edmund ReadeSacred PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 November 1842: 'I have read through Pollock's Course of Time, -- & I confess it appeared to me an extroardinary [sic] w...Elizabeth Barrett Robert PollockThe Course of TimePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 November 1842: 'Mr Leigh Hunt & Mr Horne have been reviewing Tennyson & Browning in the Church of England quarterly [....Elizabeth Barrett Leigh Huntreview article on Tennyson and/or BrowningPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 November 1842: 'Mr Leigh Hunt & Mr Horne have been reviewing Tennyson & Browning in the Church of England quarterly [....Elizabeth Barrett Richard Hengist Hornereview article on Tennyson and/or BrowningPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 August 1839: 'I a personally quite unacquainted with Mr Horne [...] Have you not heard of his Cosimo de' Medici? He is ...Elizabeth Barrett Richard Hengist HornepoemsPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 December 1842: 'My thoughts have lately been of Frederica Bremer?s "Neighbours" instead of my own?I mean of the very charm...Elizabeth Barrett Frederika BremerThe Neighbours: A Story of Everyday LifePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 July 1838: 'I have written to Mr Townsend. The more I read of his poems, the more deeply I feel their beauty. I [italics]...Elizabeth Barrett Richard Edwin Austin TownsendVisions of the Western RailwaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 July 1838: 'I have written to Mr Townsend. The more I read of his poems, the more deeply I feel their beauty. I [italics]...Elizabeth Barrett Frances Sargent Osgood'romance'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 June 1840: 'Have you given up the idea of seeing Mr Darley's book again -- It chaperons or is chaperoned by some Devonshir...Elizabeth Barrett George DarleyThomas a BecketPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 June 1841: 'Yes [...] to [having read] Emerson's letters [sic]. Or rather, yes, to the letters, & "no" to Carlyle's pre...Elizabeth Barrett Ralph Waldo EmersonEssays: First SeriesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 September 1844: 'I read the preface to "Le Lis" & was delighted by it -- but I admire the romance far more than you seem...Elizabeth Barrett Honore de BalzacLe Lys dans la Vallee (including Preface)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 April 1839: 'At painful times, when composition is impossible & reading not [italics]enough[end italics], grammars & dict...Elizabeth Barrett John ParkhurstAn Hebrew and English LexiconPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 April 1839: 'At painful times, when composition is impossible & reading not [italics]enough[end italics], grammars & dict...Elizabeth Barrett Samuel LeeA Grammar of the Hebrew LanguagePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 August 1842: 'As to Charlotte Elizabeth -- yes, I have read that little book you speak of, & several of her little book...Elizabeth Barrett Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna'little books'Print: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 August 1842: 'Romilly's memoirs have interest [...] Not that I am an enthusiast about [italics]him[end italics] [...] i...Elizabeth Barrett Samuel RomillyMemoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, Written...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 December 1842: 'I like Madme de Genlis in many of her writings [...] Do you know [...] the story of the Duchesse de C. ...Elizabeth Barrett Comtesse de GenlisAdele et Theodore, ou Lettres sur l'EducationPrint: Book


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