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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
 
1800-1849In ... [a] letter to Maria Lewis, of September 1840 ... [George Eliot] enthusiastically advised her to 'recommend to all your married friends "Woman's Mission" a 3/6d boo...George Eliot [pseud] Sarah LewisWoman's MissionPrint: Book
1500-1599In a 1573 letter, Gabriel Harvey 'alludes to his study of Cicero's "Topica", of the German philologist Hegendorff's writings on law logic, and of the first book of the "I...Gabriel Harvey HegendorffWritings on lawPrint: Book
1500-1599In a 1573 letter, Gabriel Harvey 'alludes to his study of Cicero's [italics]Topica[end italics], of the German philologist Hegendorff's writings on law logic, and of the ...Gabriel Harvey CiceroTopicaPrint: Book
1500-1599In a 1573 letter, Gabriel Harvey 'alludes to his study of Cicero's [italics]Topica[end italics], of the German philologist Hegendorff's writings on law logic, and of the ...Gabriel Harvey unknownInstitutesPrint: Book
1800-1849In a joking letter to her niece, Anna Austen, Jane Austen writes, 'Miss Jane Austen begs her best thanks may be conveyed to Mrs Hunter of Norwich [...] Miss Jane Austen's...Jane Austen Rachel HunterLady Maclairn, the Victim of VillainyPrint: Book
1850-1899In a long letter to Edward Garnett, in which Conrad outlines some aspects of his family history, he writes that his father Apollonius N. Korzeniowski translated into Pol...Joseph Conrad William ShakespeareThe Two Gentlemen of Verona Manuscript: Codex, Sheet, One page of his father's translation into Polish.
1850-1899In a notebook entry for 12 July 1896, Mattison expresses regret over the death of oscialist activist Caroline Martyn, mentioning that he has read of her illness in the La...Alf Mattison Keir HardieLabour LeaderPrint: Broadsheet, Newspaper
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 17 November 1813, on his and Lady Oxford's shared enthusiasm for Lucretius: '[Lady Oxford] is an adept in the text of...Lady Oxford LucretiusunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 17 November 1813, on his and Lady Oxford's shared enthusiasm for Lucretius: '[Lady Oxford] is an adept in the text of...Lady Oxford Busby[translation of Lucretius]Print: Book
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 17 November 1813: 'I wish I could settle to reading again, - my life is monotonous, and yet desultory. I take up boo...George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown[books]Print: Book
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 22 November 1813: 'I remember the effect of the first Edinburgh Review [containing negative review of his work] on me...George Gordon, Lord Byron VariousEdinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 23 November 1813: "Redde the Ruminator - a collection of Essays, by a strange, but able, old man (Sir E[gerton] B[ryd...George Gordon Lord Byron Sir Egerton BrydgesThe Ruminator: containing a series of moral, criti...Print: Book
In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 26 November 1813: "Two letters, one from **** [Lady Frances Webster] ... **** [Lady Frances]'s contained also a very ...George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Frances Wedderburn Websterletter with poemManuscript: Letter
In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813, on pleasure at learning of his works' popularity in the USA: "The greatest pleasure I ever derived, ...George Gordon Lord Byron George Frederick CookeMemoirs of George Frederick Cooke, late of the The...Print: Book
In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813, on pleasure at learning of his works' popularity in the USA: "The greatest pleasure I ever derived, ...George Frederick Cooke George Gordon Lord ByronEnglish Bards and Scotch ReviewersPrint: Book
In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), ?27 November 1813: "Redde the Edinburgh Review of Rogers [with himself and other contemporary authors also discussed]...George Gordon Lord Byron VariousThe Edinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): '... [Madame de Stael] writes octavos, and talks folios. I have read her books - like most of them, and delight in t...George Gordon, Lord Byron Madame Germaine de Stael-HolsteinunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): 'I never in my life read a composition [of his own], save to Hodgson, as he pays me in kind. It is a horrible thing ...George Gordon, Lord Byron George Gordon, Lord ByronunknownUnknown
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): 'Read Burns to-day.'George Gordon, Lord Byron Robert BurnsunknownUnknown
1800-1849In Chapter XII [sic], "Letters on Daily Life": 'In my young days we used to read Miss Edgeworth's story of "To-morrow", in which the procrastinator gives the history o...Elizabeth Missing Sewell ?Maria ?Edgeworth'To-morrow'Print: Book


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