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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
 
1850-1899Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 21 December 1902: ' [...] as for the "Morgesons" and "Two Men," I read them long years ago (the first in queer green paper covers) whe...Henry James Elizabeth Drew StoddardTwo MenPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 23 January 1875: " ... I have had nothing since my return to town that is worth your hearing of. I have seen a certain number of ordi...Henry James unknown"dullish books"Print: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 29 July 1874: "I cut out of the Galignani the other day, to send you, a paragraph on Miss Lowe's marriage, at Venice, and have stupidl...Henry James wedding announcementPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 9 May 1873: "Some time since I began to read Tasso with Miss Bartlett and though he is very delicious I have let it become rather desu...Henry James and Miss BartlettTorquato TassounknownPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Sarah Orne Jewett, 5 October 1901: 'Let me not [...] delay to thank you for your charming and generous present of "The Tory Lover" [her historical novel]. ...Henry James Sarah Orne JewettThe Tory LoverPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to the Earl of Lovelace, 14 January 1906, thanking him for a copy of "Astarte", Lovelace's account of his grandparents Lord and Lady Byron's marriage: 'I am g...Henry James variousByron family papersManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Henry James to the Earl of Lovelace, 14 January 1906: 'I left home at Christmas for a few weeks' stay, which became a fortnight's absence, and, on my return a week ago, f...Henry James Ralph Gordon Noel King, second Earl of LovelaceAstartePrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Theodore E. Child, 13 May 1885: " ... the only thing I have read from la-bas [ie France] is the wondrous, and I must say in some ways admirable, Germinal."Henry James Emile ZolaGerminalPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Theodore E. Child, 30 May 1885: "I ought already to have thanked you for your friendly thought and delicate attention in sending me Maupassant's ineffable ...Henry James Guy de MaupassantBel-AmiPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Seregant Perry, 25 November 1883: "Her [Louise-Florence d'Epinay's] Memoirs I read years ago ..."Henry James Louise-Florence d'EpinayMemoirsPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Seregant Perry, 25 November 1883: "I have just been reading the two last [sixth and seventh] volumes of Mme de Remusat, just out -- her corresponden...Henry James Countess Claire-Elisabeth de RemusatCorrespondence (vols 6 and 7)Print: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Seregant Perry, 25 November 1883: "I shall thank you for the Senilia -- though I have been reading them all in German ..."Henry James Ivan TurgenevSeniliaPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Seregant Perry, 25 November 1883: "Yes, I have read Trollope's autobiography and regard it as one of the most curious and amazing books in all liter...Henry James Anthony TrollopeAutobiographyPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 18 April 1864: "I got Browning's plays from J[ohn].'s [La Farge] and have been reading them with deep interest."Henry James Robert BrowningplaysPrint: Book
Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 25 November 1883: 'I have read Trollope's autobiography and regard it as one of the most curious and amazing books in all literature...Henry James Anthony TrollopeAutobiographyPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 27 March 1860: "Have you ever read 'Eothen' a book of Eastern travels. I have just been reading it."Henry James A. W. KinglakeEothenPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 27 March 1860: "You asked me in one of your letters whether there were many English books in Geneva ... I have read very few. The re...Henry James Cornhill MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 27 March 1860: 'You asked me in one of your letters whether there were many English books in Geneva ... I have read very few. The re...Henry James magazines and newspapersPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 27 March 1868: "I read more or less, of course, but nothing noteworthy. A good deal of French, of which, at times, I get pretty sic...Henry James unknownFrench textsPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 28 October 1864: "What are you reading? I have just read Vaughan's Eng. Revolutions in Religion. Interesting subject but middling ...Henry James VaughanEnglish Revolutions in ReligionPrint: Unknown


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