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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
 
1850-1899From Elizabeth Missing Sewell's recommendations of works 'which I can guarantee myself' in 'Hints on Reading': 'Christie's Faith, by the author of "Owen, a Waif," is...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Frederick William RobinsonChristie's FaithPrint: Book
1800-1849From Ellen Nussey's reminiscences of her schoolfriends Charlotte Bronte and Mary Taylor:

'A time came that both Charlotte and Mary were so proficient in scho...		Charlotte Brontë Hugh BlairLectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresPrint: Book
1800-1849From Emily Bronte's 'diary paper' of 30 July 1841: 'It is Friday evening, near 9 o'clock -- wild rainy weather. I am seated in the dining-room alone [...] Papa is in t...Elizabeth Branwell Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's diary (1865): 'June 8th. We went home by Winchester and slept there, and lunched with the Warburtons [...] He [Tennyson] and Mr Warburton compare...Alfred Tennyson Book of JobPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's diary (1865): 'Oct. 6th. A. read me some Lucretius, and the 1st Epistle of St Peter. (At work on his new poem of "Lucretius.")'Alfred Tennyson Lucretius  Print: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's diary (1865): 'Oct. 6th. A. read me some Lucretius, and the 1st Epistle of St Peter. (At work on his new poem of "Lucretius.")'Alfred Tennyson St PeterFirst EpistlePrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's diary: 'Oct. 17th. [1858] He [Alfred Tennyson] read aloud "The Rape of the Lock," and noted the marvellous skill of many of the couplets.'Alfred Tennyson Alexander PopeThe Rape of the LockPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'July 14th. A. travelled down from London with G. H. Lewes, who took him to his house at Witley and introduced him to Mrs Lewes (...Alfred Tennyson George EliotAdam BedePrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'July 14th. A. travelled down from London with G. H. Lewes, who took him to his house at Witley and introduced him to Mrs Lewes (...Alfred Tennyson George EliotScenes of Clerical LifePrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'July 14th. A. travelled down from London with G. H. Lewes, who took him to his house at Witley and introduced him to Mrs Lewes (...Alfred Tennyson George EliotSilas MarnerPrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'July 14th. A. travelled down from London with G. H. Lewes, who took him to his house at Witley and introduced him to Mrs Lewes (...Alfred Tennyson George EliotRomolaPrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'June. Aldworth. Tourgueneff [sic] the Russian novelist (whose Lisa and Pere et Enfants A. liked much) and Mr Ralston arrived. To...Alfred Tennyson Ivan TurgenevLisaPrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'June. Aldworth. Tourgueneff [sic] the Russian novelist (whose Lisa and Pere et Enfants A. liked much) and Mr Ralston arrived. To...Alfred Tennyson Ivan TurgenevFathers and SonsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal (1873): 'Oct. 28th. London. 4 Seamore Place. We took up our abode at Seamore Place in the house we shared with Lady Franklin, and A. like...Alfred Tennyson HintonThe Mystery of MatterPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal (1873): 'Sept. 5th. [...] Bauer-Sierre. Returned through Domo d'Ossola over the Simplon. The coming over was a great disappointment. Thic...Alfred and Emily TennysonGeorge SandLeliaPrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal (1874): 'Lately we have been reading Holinshed and Froude's Mary, for A. has been thinking about a play of "Queen Mary," and has sketched...Alfred and Emily Tennyson HolinshedChroniclesPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal (1874): 'Lately we have been reading Holinshed and Froude's Mary, for A. has been thinking about a play of "Queen Mary," and has sketched...Alfred and Emily Tennyson Froude"Mary"Print: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal, 1 December 1867: 'A. is reading Hebrew (Job and the Song of Solomon and Genesis)'.Alfred Tennyson Book of JobPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal, 1 December 1867: 'A. is reading Hebrew (Job and the Song of Solomon and Genesis)'.Alfred Tennyson Song of SolomonPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal, 1 December 1867: 'A. is reading Hebrew (Job and the Song of Solomon and Genesis)'.Alfred Tennyson Book of GenesisPrint: Book


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