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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
 
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 2 November 1848:

'I am glad [...] to hear that "Madeleine" is come out at last, and was happy to see a favourable notice ...		Charlotte Brontë [review of Julia Kavanagh, Madeleine, and The Thre...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 16 November 1848:

'To-day I have received the "Spectator" and the "Revue des deux Mondes." The "Spectator" consistently m...		Charlotte Brontë [Review of Poems of Ellis, Acton and Currer Bell]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'The two Examiners came on Wednesday: we like them much.'Thomas Carlyle The ExaminerPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Some three weeks ago, a packet of Books arrived here, accompanied with a Letter addressed A l'Auteur de l'Article intitule, Caractere de notre Epoque, the whole perfectl...Thomas Carlyle L'Organisateur inc Nos 32 & 36Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Some three weeks ago, a packet of Books arrived here, accompanied with a Letter addressed A l'Auteur de l'Article intitule, Caractere de notre Epoque, the whole perfectl...Thomas Carlyle Le Producteur, journal philosophique de l'industri...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 25 April 1850:

'Thank you for the "Leader" which I read with pleasure — the notice of Newman's work ...		Charlotte Brontë [article on 'Newman's work']Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Mary Taylor to her schoolfriend Charlotte Bronte, 25 April 1850:

'Yesterday, I went along the shore past two wharves and several warehouses on a st. where I ...		Mary Taylor [Publisher's circular from Smith and Elder]Print: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		Mary Taylor to her schoolfriend Charlotte Bronte, 25 April 1850:

'Yesterday, I went along the shore past two wharves and several warehouses on a st. where I ...		Mary Taylor The Manchester ExaminerPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thank you for your green book which I have read with the greatest of interest.'Joseph Conrad Gold Coast Blue BookPrint: Book
1850-1899

[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 14 May 1854:]


'I took the time of the Leeds-Keighley-Skipton trains from Mr Clapham's Feby Time-Table and when I go...

Charlotte Bronte Railway timetable for February [?1854]Print: Timetable
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte's schoolfriend, Mary Taylor, to Elizabeth Gaskell, 30 July 1857:

'I am unaccountably in receipt by post of two vols containing the "Life of ...		Mary Taylor [Reviews of Elizabeth Gaskell, Life of Charlotte B...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899

[Sidney Biddell to Ellen Nussey, 15 February 1885:]


'I am having a great treat in Cross's "Life of George Eliot." Most wonderful woman! — At 34 ...

Sidney Biddell and 'Sonie' [also Biddell?] The Life of George Eliot (vol. 1)Print: Book
1900-1945'I fully share your admiration for Bradshaw tho' I think he goes too much into detail so that all sense of reality is lost and the book produces the effect of being a mer...Joseph Conrad The ABC or Alphabetical Railway GuidePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Thank you heartily for the Bible, which is exquisite.'Robert Louis Stevenson BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'I am sending back the pamphlet of the rules of the [National] Club. It is very interesting but but it occurs to me, my dear Gardiner [...] I cannot very well belong to t...Joseph Conrad [Rule Book of the National Club]Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'I am better now and hasten to thank you for the more than generous sample of the "Criterion" which is really very good and did help me through some pretty bad sleepless ...Joseph Conrad The CriterionPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thank you for the magazines and books. I haven't yet dipped into the novel. I am very touched by the favourable response of the critics to the translation [of "A Set of ...Joseph Conrad Robotnik (The Worker)Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I am pretty sure that J[oseph] C[onrad] read it [the bound Christmas annual of "Boy's Own Paper"] after I had gone to bed because I found little spills of cigarette ash ...Joseph Conrad Boy's Own AnnualPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1900-1945'He enjoyed stories that were really funny but had no time for anything that was indecent though he was not a prude and often bought "La vie parisienne" and, for light re...Joseph Conrad La Vie ParisiennePrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1900-1945'He enjoyed stories that were really funny but had no time for anything that was indecent though he was not a prude and often bought "La vie parisienne" and, for light re...Joseph Conrad PunchPrint: Serial / periodical


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