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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
 
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Robert Browning, 19 December 1847: 'My dear Browning do you know the German transcendental writers at all -- especially [italics]Fichte[end italics...Joseph Arnould Johann Gottlieb FichteThe Nature and Vocation of the ScholarPrint: Book
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Robert Browning, 19 December 1847: 'My dear Browning do you know the German transcendental writers at all -- especially [italics]Fichte[end italics...Joseph Arnould Johann Gottlieb FichteThe Destination of ManPrint: Book
1850-1899Joseph Arnould to Robert Browning, 25 April 1850: 'I have read re-read marked learned & [italics]]really[end italics] inwardly digested your last Poem [...] Well then ...Joseph Arnould Robert BrowningChristmas-Eve and Easter-DayPrint: Book
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Robert Browning, 27 November 1842: 'Finding it utterly impossible to express in prose the tumult of delight which your most noble Dramatic Lyrics h...Joseph Arnould Robert Browning'Waring'Print: Book
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Robert Browning, 27 November 1842: 'Finding it utterly impossible to express in prose the tumult of delight which your most noble Dramatic Lyrics h...Joseph and Maria ArnouldRobert BrowningBells and Pomegranates III (Dramatic Lyrics)Print: Book
1700-1799Joseph Croswell, journal of readings: "'In the evening realized some [spiritual] quickenings in reading the believer's journey to the heavenly Canaan, by Mr. Erskine.'"Joseph Croswell Mr. Erskine[spiritual autobiography]Unknown
1700-1799Joseph Croswell, journal of readings: "'In the evening realized some [spiritual] quickenings in reading the believer's journey to the heavenly Canaan, by Mr. Erskine.'"Joseph Croswell Mr. Erskine Unknown
1800-1849Josephine Butler [nee Grey] remembered her mother's '[assembling] us daily for the reading aloud of some solid book ... by a kind of examination fllowing the reading alou...Grey Family  Print: Book
1800-1849Journal 20 Dec 1837: 'Afterwards I went to Clapham to visit a poor dying converted Jew, who had sent a letter to beg me to go and see him ... A man of pleasing countenanc...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Book
1800-1849Journal 20 Dec 1837: 'Afterwards I went to Clapham to visit a poor dying converted Jew, who had sent a letter to beg me to go and see him ... A man of pleasing countenanc...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945Journal entry of March 1916 entitled "Notes on Dostoevsky" gives 2 pages of notes on "The Idiot" and "The Possessed".Katherine Mansfield DostoevskyThe IdiotPrint: Book
1900-1945Journal entry of March 1916 entitled "Notes on Dostoevsky" gives 2 pages of notes on "The Idiot" and "The Possessed".Katherine Mansfield DostoevskyThe PossessedPrint: Book
1800-1849Journal of Miss Fraser, Newgate prison visitor, dated 29 Nov 1834: 'I spent an interesting time in Newgate, Mrs Fry and I went there together for several hours. She went ...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Journal of Miss Fraser, Newgate prison visitor, dated 29 Nov 1834: 'I spent an interesting time in Newgate, Mrs Fry and I went there together for several hours. She went ...James [n/a]Bible (New Testament)Print: Book
1800-1849Journal, Boulogne 28 May 1843: 'The afternoon of the Sabbath I paid a distressing visit to the St Lazare Prison; such a scene of disorder and deep evil I have seldom witn...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Journals of Mary Shelley "M. & S. walk to the shore of the lake & read the description of the seige of Jerusalem in Tacitus"Percy Bysshe Shelley TacitusHistories Book VPrint: Book
1800-1849Journals of Mary Shelley "We go out on the rocks & Shelley & I read part of Mary a fiction"Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary WollstonecraftMary, a fictionPrint: Book
1800-1849Journals of Mary Shelley "We read Abbe Barruel"Percy Bysshe Shelley Augustin BarruelMemoirs illustrating the History of JacobinismPrint: Book
1800-1849Journals of Mary Shelley "We read part of l'Abbe Barruels histoire de Jacobinism"Percy Bysshe Shelley Augustin BarruelMemoirs illustrating the History of JacobinismPrint: Book
1800-1849Journey into Scotland in Aug 1834 with husband and two daughters: 'At Kenmore, they enjoyed a quiet Sunday and tolerable highland accommodation. In the evening, anxious t...Elizabeth Fry Joseph John GurneyLetter to a Friend on the Authority, Purpose and E...Print: Book


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