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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
 
1800-1849'This same Doctor [Chalmers], as you will know wr[i]tes the first article in the late "Edinr review" - on the causes & cure of mendicity. After expatiating at considerabl...Thomas Carlyle Robert Southey[article in Quarterly Review]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have read Southey and think it so fair and reasonable a book, that I have little or nothing to say about it; so that I follow your advice and abandon it to any one who...Sydney Smith Robert SoutheyThe Life Of Wesley And Rise And Progress Of Method...Print: Book
1800-1849'read some of Kirke White's letters - slavish beyond all measure - begin History of the West Indies by Bryan Edwards'.Mary Godwin Robert SoutheyThe Remains of Henry Kirke White. With an account ...Print: Book
1800-1849'look over Roderick - very unwell'Mary Godwin Robert SoutheyRoderick; the last of the GothsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley]...Mary Godwin Robert SoutheyDon RoderickPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley]...Mary Godwin Robert SoutheyLetters from England; by Don Manuel Alvarez Esprie...
1800-1849'work and read Junius read Amadis'Mary Shelley Robert SoutheyAmadis of GaulPrint: Book
1800-1849'read Junius - Somnium Scipionis & work - read Amadis of Gaul'Mary Shelley Robert SoutheyAmadis of GaulPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read & finish Junius - finish Somnium Scipionis - work read amadis'Mary Shelley Robert SoutheyAmadis of GaulPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday Sept. 19th. Rise late [...] Read the Curse of Kehama & Emile [...] Read the [S]orcerer & Political Justice. Admire the Sorcerer very much'.Claire Clairmont Robert SoutheyThe Curse of KehamaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday Sept. 17th. [...] Shelley reads aloud the Curse of Kehama.'Percy Bysshe Shelley Robert SoutheyThe Curse of KehamaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday Sept. 20th. Rise late [...] Read Emile [...] Dine at Seven -- Shelley reads aloud Thalaba till Bed time.'Percy Bysshe Shelley Robert SoutheyThalaba the DestroyerPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday Sept. 23rd. Finish the Monk [...] Buy a Greek Anacreon [...] Read Greek [...] Shelley reads Thalaba aloud in the evening. Write a little Gre[ek] & learn four t...Percy Bysshe Shelley Robert SoutheyThalaba the DestroyerPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday Sept. 24th. [...] Read Lewis Tales of Wonder and Delight. Shelley reads aloud Thalaba in the Evening finishes it. Write Greek -- Read Smellie.' ...Percy Bysshe Shelley Robert SoutheyThalaba the DestroyerPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday Sept. 24th. [...] Read Lewis Tales of Wonder and Delight. Shelley reads aloud Thalaba in the Evening finishes it. Write Greek -- Read Smellie.' ...Percy Bysshe Shelley Robert SoutheyThalaba the DestroyerPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to her uncle, Samuel Moulton-Barrett, c. December 1816: 'every one here declares against [Southey] allowing him very few beauties [...] for my part h...Arabella Graham-Clarke Robert SoutheyThalaba the DestroyerPrint: Book
1800-1849Francis Horner to his sister, 26 October 1815: 'I told you I was reading Don Roderick the Goth; and notwithstanding the romance of the original story, it was with fa...Francis Horner Robert SoutheyRoderick, the Last of the GothsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have been reading "Southey's Life"; it does me a great deal of good. His life in a book and Mrs Charles Worsley's in actuality, have helped me more than any sermon. So...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Robert SoutheyLife and Correspondence of Robert SoutheyPrint: Book
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Robert SoutheyThalaba the DestroyerPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Robert SoutheyLetters written during a short residence in Spain ...Print: Book


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