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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
 
1800-1849John Murray to Walter Scott, on reception of Tales of My Landlord, 14 December 1816: 'Lord Holland said, when I asked his opinion: "Opinion? we did not one of us go to...Richard Heber Walter ScottTales of My LandlordPrint: Book
1800-1849John Murray to Walter Scott, on reception of Tales of My Landlord, 14 December 1816: 'Lord Holland said, when I asked his opinion: "Opinion? we did not one of us go to...Walter ScottTales of My LandlordPrint: Book
1800-1849John Murray to Walter Scott, on reception of Tales of My Landlord, 14 December 1816: 'Lord Holland said, when I asked his opinion: "Opinion? we did not one of us go to...Henry Hallam Walter ScottTales of My LandlordPrint: Book
1800-1849John Murray to Walter Scott, on reception of Tales of My Landlord, 14 December 1816: 'Lord Holland said, when I asked his opinion: "Opinion? we did not one of us go to...Lord and Lady GlenbervieWalter ScottTales of My LandlordPrint: Book
1800-1849John Murray to Walter Scott, on reception of Tales of My Landlord, 14 December 1816: 'Lord Holland said, when I asked his opinion: "Opinion? we did not one of us go to...John Hookham Frere Walter ScottTales of My LandlordPrint: Book
1800-1849John Murray to Walter Scott, on reception of Tales of My Landlord, 14 December 1816: 'Lord Holland said, when I asked his opinion: "Opinion? we did not one of us go to...Lord Holland and familyWalter ScottTales of My LandlordPrint: Book
1900-1945John Partridge on popularity of Charles Garvice's fiction: '[at Easter 1911] I looked round a large kiosk at a popular seaside place and observed that Mr Charles Garvice'...John Partridge The Daily ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849John Playfair to Mary Berry, 22 September 1810, in response to her edition of the Letters of Madame du Deffand, received three days previously: 'The preface is excellent,...John Playfair Mary BerryPreface and notes to Letters of Madame du DeffandPrint: Book
1800-1849John Playfair to Mary Berry, 22 September 1810, in response to her edition of the Letters of Madame du Deffand, received three days previously: 'The preface is excellent,...John Playfair Madame du DeffandLettersPrint: Book
1700-1799John Playfair to Mary Berry, 8 May 1796: 'I have lately seen a posthumous work of Condorcet's; it is a very curious book, full of false views and unsound principles, ming...John Playfair Condorcet[unidentified posthumously-published work]Print: Book
1700-1799John Playfair to Mary Berry, 8 May 1796: 'I waited with much impatience for the "Life and Miscellaneous Works of Gibbon," and if I have not been quite so much delighted a...John Playfair The Life and Miscellaneous Works of GibbonPrint: Book
1800-1849John Playfair to Mary Berry, from Cambridge, 28 September 1804: 'In going into a great library, it often occurs to me to take up some remarkable book, open it by chan...John Playfair Theatrum CometicumPrint: Book
1800-1849John Ramsay to James Graham-Clarke, 14 October 1826: 'Some time ago I sent a Copy of the little work of your highly-gifted, elegant-minded Niece [Elizabeth Barrett] ...anon Elizabeth BarrettAn Essay on Mind, with Other PoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899John Ruskin to Alfred Tennyson, from Strasburg (1860): 'I have had the "Idylls" in my travelling desk ever since I could get them across the water, and have only not w...John Ruskin Alfred TennysonIdylls of the KingPrint: Book
1800-1849John Stuart Mill to George Grote, January 1849: 'I have just finished reading the two volumes with the greatest pleasure and admiration. 'The fifth volume seems to ...John Stuart Mill George GroteA History of Greece (vols 5 and 6)Print: Book
1800-1849John Stuart Mill to W. J. Fox, c.25 June 1833: 'I send "Pauline," having done all I could, which was to annotate copiously in the margin and sum up on the fly-leaf. ...John Stuart Mill Robert BrowningPaulinePrint: Book
1850-1899John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'In the year 1885 [...] were published Tiresias, and Other Poems, by Alfred Lord Tennyson. For a copy of this remarkable volume...John Tyndall Alfred TennysonTiresias and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'It may be worth while to mention here how I first made the acquaintance of "Maud." Rachel had come to the Haymarket Theatre, f...John Tyndall Alfred TennysonMaudPrint: Book
1850-1899John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'It may be worth while to mention here how I first made the acquaintance of "Maud." Rachel had come to the Haymarket Theatre, f...John Tyndall Alfred TennysonMaudPrint: Book
1850-1899John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'Under the date of Sunday, 20th October, 1850, I find the following [journal] entry: "Up at 6 A.M. and began the day by reading...John Tyndall Alfred TennysonPoems including 'The Two Voices'Print: Book


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