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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
 
1800-1849From John Wilson Croker's Note Books, 24 October 1825: 'The first time I ever saw [Germaine de Stael] was at dinner at Lord Liverpool's in Combe Wood [...] During di...John Wilson Croker Camille DesmoulinsjournalUnknown
1800-1849From John Wilson Croker's notes on conversations with the Duke of Wellington at Beaudesert: '"The Subaltern" [Mr Gleig's book, which I [Croker] had brought with me and...Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington Gleig'The Subaltern'
1800-1849
1850-1899		From Lady Ritchie (W. M. Thackeray's daughter)'s recollections of her first meeting with Charlotte Bronte:

'To say that we little girls had been given Jane E...		Thackeray sistersCharlotte BrontëJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		From letter of Elizabeth B. Ker, niece of Harriet Martineau: 'I regret infinitely that she desired all her letters to be destroyed. I had so large a boxful that it took ...Elizabeth B. Ker Harriet MartineauLife in the SickroomPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		From letter to Eleanor L. Sewell reproduced in [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics], written on 15 December 1906 by Miss [E.] Wordsworth , ...Elizabeth Wordsworth Elizabeth Missing SewellPreparation for the Holy CommunionPrint: Book
1900-1945From letter to Eleanor M. Sewell reproduced in [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics], written by 'M.H.', a former pupil of Elizabeth Sewell'...M. H. The GentlewomanPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		From letter to Elizabeth Missing Sewell reproduced in [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics], written in 1889 by the Rev. J. J. Lias, to acco...J. J. Lias Elizabeth Missing SewellLaneton ParsonagePrint: Unknown
1800-1849From letter to John Murray from his brother-in-law, Elliot, 27 June 1815: 'I was much alarmed by seeing in the newspapers that you had been knocked down and robbed of ... report of robbery of John MurrayPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849From Letter V, "Letters on Daily Life": 'I wonder whether you ever met with an old-fashioned story called "Eyes and no Eyes." It was written, I think, by Mrs. Barbauld....Elizabeth Missing Sewell Anna Laetitia Barbauld'Eyes, and No Eyes; or, The Art of Seeing'Print: Book
1850-1899From Letter VIII, [italics]Letters on Daily Life[end italics]: 'In what spirit of self-denial, and with what noble motives acting can be undertaken as a profession, we h...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Fanny KembleAutobiographyPrint: Book
1900-1945From Mukalla I made my way with a small caravan of donkeys, inland to the wadi Du'an [...] But in Du'an I sickened, and in the great wadi Hadhramaut I very nearly d...Freya Stark VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1900-1945From Mukalla I made my way with a small caravan of donkeys, inland to the wadi Du'an [...] But in Du'an I sickened, and in the great wadi Hadhramaut I very nearly d...Freya Stark VirgilGeorgicsPrint: Book
1850-1899From Phillips Brooks's journal (1883), on a visit to Tennyson's home: 'After dinner, Tennyson and I went up to the study [...] and I had him to myself for two or three...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonLocksley HallUnknown
1850-1899From Phillips Brooks's journal (1883), on a visit to Tennyson's home: 'After dinner, Tennyson and I went up to the study [...] and I had him to myself for two or three...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonSir GalahadUnknown
1850-1899From Phillips Brooks's journal (1883), on a visit to Tennyson's home: 'After dinner, Tennyson and I went up to the study [...] and I had him to myself for two or three...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaud (extracts)Unknown
1850-1899From Phillips Brooks's journal (1883), on a visit to Tennyson's home: 'After dinner, Tennyson and I went up to the study [...] and I had him to myself for two or three...Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson'dialect poems'Unknown
1800-1849From recollections of John Murray junior: 'Sometimes, though not often, Lord Byron read passages from his poems to my father. His voice and manner were very impressive...George Gordon Lord Byron George Gordon Lord ByronpoemsUnknown
1700-1799From Rev. John Hastie's diary, 29th September [1797]: 'Newspaper "Kelso Mail" begun to be taken this first week of October between Knox [William Knox, schoolmaster, Edro...William Knox [n/a]Kelso MailPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799From Rev. John Hastie's diary, 29th September [1797]: 'Newspaper "Kelso Mail" begun to be taken this first week of October between Knox [William Knox, schoolmaster, Edro...James Herriot [n/a]Kelso MailPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799From Rev. John Hastie's diary, 29th September [1797]: 'Newspaper "Kelso Mail" begun to be taken this first week of October between Knox [William Knox, schoolmaster, Edro...David Herriot [n/a]Kelso MailPrint: Newspaper


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