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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
 
1500-1599'In ["Ciceronianus" (published 1577; delivered c.1575)] [...] Harvey says he has been for nearly twenty weeks in his Tusculan villa, i.e. at his father's house in Saffron...Gabriel Harvey Osorius Works including On GloryPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to her father, Edward Moulton-Barrett, c. November 1817: 'I have been reading Lord Byrons Corsair &c how foolish I have been not to read them before ...Elizabeth Barrett George Gordon, Lord ByronWorks including The CorsairPrint: Book
1850-1899"Cicely Hamilton, who had read all of Scott by the time she was eleven, wrote that one of his short stories, 'The Tapestry Chamber': 'was a disturber of my rest for years...Cicely Hamilton Walter ScottWorks including The Tapestry ChamberPrint: Book
1800-1849' I have got Wiffin's Garcilaso - He mentions in it that he meant to publish a Spanish Anthology - did he ever?' [letter to John Bowring who was helpiing Mary with Spa...Mary Shelley Jeremiah Holmes Wiffin [ed. / trans.]Works of Garcilaso de la VegaPrint: Book
1700-1799'In spring 1789 W[ordsworth]translated Horace's Ode to Apollo (Ode I xxxi) with the help of [Christopher] Smart's translation.'William Wordsworth HoraceWorks of Horace. Translated into English Prose, f...Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'That my father was a student of the Bible, those who have read "In Memoriam" know. He also eagerly read all notable works within his reach relating to the Bible, and tra...Alfred Tennyson works on BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899The Earl of Bessborough describes events following Lady Charlotte Schreiber and her husband's sale of 'a gourd-shaped bottle of Wedgwood ware' bought at Rotterdam in 1873...Charles and Lady Charlotte Schreiber Pottierworks on ceramicsPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		" ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo...Viscountess Rhondda works on economicsPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Shall I confess to you that I have some dread of this wonderful lady [Harriet Martineau]...I agree with a good, simple lady of my acquaintance that "political economy is...Catharine Sedgwick Harriet Martineauworks on political economyPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		" ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo...Viscountess Rhondda works on political sciencePrint: Unknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		" ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo...Viscountess Rhondda works on psychologyPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'I must tell you about my way of life, which is regular to a degree. Breakfast 8.30; during breakfast and my smoke afterwards until ten, when I begin work, I read Reforma...Robert Louis Stevenson unknownworks on the ReformationPrint: Book, Unknown
1600-1699'So home to look on my new books that I have lately bought; and then to supper and to bed.' Pepys records the following in his diary the previous day (15 April): 'Then...Samuel Pepys Richard HookerWorks... in eight books of ecclesiastical polityPrint: Book
1850-1899MS notes and dates of reading include: "Top of Beamerside while electioneering at Melrose, July 6th, 1868"; p.40: "Weybridge 1872. St. George's Hill, returning from takin...George Otto Trevelyan Horace Works; ed by MacleanePrint: Book
1850-1899'Stayed in all yesterday in crashing rain, and was busy at something all day till 1 at night, except reading "World" on run-away racehorse and pigeonshooting at lunch. Fr...John Ruskin [n/a]WorldPrint: Unknown
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding Hermione GingoldWorld is Square, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I've nearly finished "World's End" by Sinclair Lewis. It's a grand book. I started it because I enjoyed 'Between Two Worlds' so much. I enjoy a good novel.' Sinclair LewisWorld's EndPrint: Book
1900-1945'I see there is a little reference to him [Drake] in a rude interview with me in the [underlined] World [end underlining] that I send you.'Ford Madox Ford [n/a]World, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899I mentioned the periodical paper called "The Connoisseur." He said it wanted matter. No doubt it has not the deep thinking of Johnson's writings. But surely it has just v...Samuel Johnson [n/a]World, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Worsted Work'; [Text] 'Oh! Talk not of it lightly in an tone of scornful mirth/ It brings to me glad visions of the c...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine [Maria] AbdyWorsted workPrint: Unknown


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