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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"Read in Robinson's 'Scripture characters' and in 'The wonders of the vegetable kingdom', which is a very instructive, amusing and well-written volume.'John Cole Wonders of the vegetable kingdom, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Now [after 1890] he [Gissing] read books that seemed to have had a direct impact on his development, turning him away from working-class subjects (to which he never retu...George Gissing Thomas HardyWoodlanders, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Colvin has brought home Woodstock from Nice and we have started reading it aloud, which is a huge institution.'Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottWoodstockPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta ward Walter RaleighWordsworthPrint: Book
1850-1899'after dinner began Duffield's translation of Don Quixote and Myers' Wordsworth'.George Eliot [pseud] Frederic William Henry MyersWordsworthPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Carlyle has not put it too strongly in Heroes. It is chiefly a matter of environment with the really great men what shape they take in their power; but with smaller ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rosaline MassonWordsworthPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Indeed you are darlings of a special sort. The birthday book of my beloved William [Wordsworth] is charming, and you know what I think of the oatcake and scones you ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Adelaide WordsworthWordsworth Birthday BookPrint: Book
1850-1899'[William Watson] sent a copy [of "Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems"] to [Thomas] Hardy, who replied appreciatively that he had already read it while staying with Edwar...Thomas Hardy William WatsonWordsworth's Grave and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau's American Journal, 31 October 1834: 'Read Norton's excellent, but supercilious, truth-telling Preface to work in disproof of Trinitarian doctrines, and...Harriet Martineau NortonWork "in disproof of Trinitarian doctrines"Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, c.October 1835, regarding possible visit to him: 'Don't expect [...] to find me improved in anything -- albeit I [italics]have[e...Elizabeth Barrett Collinswork 'upon necessity'Print: Book
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1850-1899		Benjamin Jowett to Alfred Tennyson [1858]: 'I have great pleasure in sending some books which I hope you will accept, the best books in the world (except the Bible), H...Benjamin Jowett Bunsenwork on BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849The Hon.J. W. Ward to Mary Berry, 11 May 1814: 'I have bought Mr Schlegel's book about the drama, which they have translated and printed here [Paris], but I have not had ...The Hon. J. W. Ward Schlegelwork on dramaPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to a friend, 14 December, 1798: 'During my illness I have finished the 2nd vol. of Wraxhall which I had just begun at Brandsby, and which I like better and bet...Mary Berry Wraxhallwork on period of Henry III (second volume)Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to a friend, 14 December, 1798: 'During my illness I have finished the 2nd vol. of Wraxhall which I had just begun at Brandsby, and which I like better and bet...Mary Berry Wraxhallwork on period of Henry III (second volume)Print: Book
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 5 March 1755: 'I read that part of the Bishop of Norwich's quarto which relates to the Stoic philosophy, but met with nothing the...Elizabeth Carter work on Stoic philosophyPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, on plans for, and execution of, her work on Toussaint L'Ouverture: 'I went to my confidante, with a sheetful of notes, and a heartful of longings to dr...anon Harriet Martineauwork on Toussaint L'OuverturePrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, in letter of August 1820: 'I have been reading after dinner, when it is too hot to write, "Anastatius." It is, as I had supposed, the substance of the MS. tr...Mary Berry ?Anastatius work on travels in EastPrint: Book
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1900-1945		'When she was thirteen or fourteen, [Constance] Maynard's businessman father used to read Monier Williams on the religions of the East, William Law, and Jacob Boehme alou...Henry Maynard Monier Williamswork/s on Eastern religionsPrint: Book
1900-1945'As I was keen to go abroad, and half fearful of the war ending before my dream was consummated, I was not to be tempted by Marian's opinions ... And so she proceeded to ...Vero Walter Garratt Workers' DreadnoughtPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Saint Teresa WorksPrint: Book


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