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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 Barrrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, mid-May 1837: 'I am very much obliged by your kindness in allowing me to read the MS dramatic poems -- it seems to me that...Elizabeth Barrett Lady Margaret Cocksdramatic poemsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, mid-May 1837: 'I have been much pleased lately in reading Lady Dacre's translations from Petrarch, which she has very kind...Elizabeth Barrett Barbarina Brand, Lady DacreTranslations from the ItalianPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 12 October 1837: 'The village [i.e. (apparently) Mitford's] reminds me of the Vicar of Wrexhill -- at least of the extrac...Elizabeth Barrett Frances TrollopeThe Vicar of Wrexhill (extracts)Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 17 July 1837: 'Why should we [']'mere balladmongers" have so much to say of ourselves, when the "Country stories" lie cut...Elizabeth Barrett Mary Russell MitfordCountry StoriesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 June 1837: 'I agree with you in thinking Pickwick admirable -- but I have not read every number [...] what is striking ...Elizabeth Barrett Charles DickensThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 June 1837: 'I have read the Star of Seville [...] It [italics]is[end italics] unequal -- it appears as if its writer st...Elizabeth Barrett Frances Anne ButlerThe Star of SevillePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 22 July 1837: 'I am sure I ought to be proud of my verses ["Victoria's Tears," about Queen Victoria's weeping during the ...Elizabeth Barrett George Gordon, Lord ByronThe Age of BronzePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 November 1837: 'Hearing of Miss Porter is like being a child again. I remember weeping & wailing over her romances, w...Elizabeth Barrett Jane PorternovelsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 September 1837: 'You certainly shd write Dash [Mitford's dog]'s memoirs! My youngest brothers, to say nothing of my e...Elizabeth Barrett Mary Russell MitfordLetter to Elizabeth BarrettManuscript: Letter
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 10 July 1754: 'After that exquisitely beautiful sonnet [by Carlo Maria Maggi, opening 'Care dell'alma stanca Albengatrici...'] yo...Elizabeth Carter Metastasio'love song' opening 'Ecco qual fiero istante'Unknown
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 10 July 1754: 'I am beyond description charmed with the Italian sonnet you sent me. I am afraid your opinion is too well grounded...Elizabeth Carter Carlo Maria MaggiSonnet 'Care dell'alma stanca Albengatrici...'Manuscript: Letter, Transcribed by Catherine Talbot in letter of 10 June 1754.
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 11 January 1755: 'It is very long since I read Lord Shaftesbury, and I only remember that I was in general charmed with his imagi...Elizabeth Carter Anthony Ashley CooperCharacterisks of Men, Manners, Times, Opinions.Print: Book
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 12 August 1751: 'I have not seen the Oxford and Cambridge Verses. The only late publication I have met with is Mr Smart's Prize V...Elizabeth Carter Christopher SmartOn the Eternity of the Supreme BeingPrint: Unknown
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 14 February 1751: 'I have a [...] curiosity to find out the author of a book Mrs Underdown has lately been reading to me, with wh...Mrs Underdown Directions for the Employment of TimePrint: Book
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 14 February 1754: 'Did you ever read a little French book called Theorie des Sentimens Agreables? [...] I have some curiosity abo...anon Louis-Jean Lévesque de PouillyTheorie des sentimens agréablesPrint: Book
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 14 September 1754: 'Have you ever read the "Cry?" [...] It never fell in my way till very lately, and I read it with low spirits,...Elizabeth Carter Sarah FieldingThe CryPrint: Book
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 20 August 1751: 'You tell me nothing of Mrs Cockburn. I have read but little yet, but she seems to have had a most remarkable cle...Elizabeth Carter Alison Cockburnprose writing/sPrint: Unknown
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 21 September 1753: 'Mr Richardson has been so good as to send me four volumes of his most charming work, and I heartily wish, for...Elizabeth Carter Samuel RichardsonSir Charles GrandisonPrint: Book
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 23 June 1752: 'I am heartily sorry, my dear Miss Talbot, to find by to-day's Paper that your apprehensions were too well grounded...Elizabeth Carter report of death of Bishop of DurhamPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 24 March 1751: 'Well according to your advice I have given Mr Richardson another reading, and confess myself to have been too muc...Elizabeth Carter Samuel Richardson'Rambler' [essay]Print: Serial / periodical


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