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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
 
1850-1899June Badeni on readings by 13-year-old Alice Thompson, as recorded in her notebook: 'She has been reading more of Scott and Dickens, is plunging through the novels of Geo...Alice Thompson Walter ScottnovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899June Badeni on readings by 13-year-old Alice Thompson, as recorded in her notebook: 'She has been reading more of Scott and Dickens, is plunging through the novels of Geo...Alice Thompson Charles DickensnovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899June Badeni on readings by 13-year-old Alice Thompson, as recorded in her notebook: 'She has been reading more of Scott and Dickens, is plunging through the novels of Geo...Alice Thompson George EliotnovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899June Badeni on readings by 13-year-old Alice Thompson, as recorded in her notebook: 'She has been reading more of Scott and Dickens, is plunging through the novels of Geo...Alice Thompson Edward Bulwer LyttonnovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899June Badeni on readings by 13-year-old Alice Thompson, as recorded in her notebook: 'She has been reading more of Scott and Dickens, is plunging through the novels of Geo...Alice Thompson William Makepeace ThackeraynovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899June Badeni on readings by 13-year-old Alice Thompson, as recorded in her notebook: 'She has been reading more of Scott and Dickens, is plunging through the novels of Geo...Alice Thompson Nathaniel HawthornenovelsPrint: Book
1800-1849Just after ten read aloud to my aunt the very favourable review of Lallah Rookh; an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore...The extracts from this poetic romance are very beau...Anne Lister Thomas MooreLallah Rookh or 'Review'Unknown
1800-1849Just before tea... read from p.126 to 168, collections and recollections the last article a pretty well done account of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby.Anne Lister John StewartCollections and recollectionsPrint: Book
1850-1899Juvenile schoolroom at Holloway Prison: 'Mr Barre, the teacher, [was] busy with a class of boys, who were reading their primers. The lessons consisted of monosyllables, ...juvenile male prisoners at Holloway [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Katherine Cockell to Elizabeth Barrett, 30 June 1843: 'I could not put Orion out of my hands for my needful food, -- nor out of my head for my more needful sleep. I ...Katherine Cockell Richard Hengist HorneOrionPrint: Book
1800-1849Lady Callcott to John Murray (c.1835): 'Let me thank you for Mrs. Butler: very clever, very romantic, some excellent feelings, but (may I say) not as [italics]womanl...Lady Callcott Fanny Kemble ButlerJournal [of her residence in America]Print: Book
1850-1899Lady Cardwell to Alfred Tennyson, 9 April 1878: 'It may interest you to know another instance of the solace you have given those in distant lands severed from all thos...C. E. Gordon Alfred Tennyson Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray (1816): 'Thank you for Holcroft's "Life," which is extremely curious and interesting [...] I send you a book; pray read it -- "Lady C...Lady Caroline Lamb ?Thomas ?HolcroftLife [?of Thomas Holcroft]Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray (1816): 'Thank you for Holcroft's "Life," which is extremely curious and interesting [...] I send you a book; pray read it -- "Lady C...Lady Caroline Lamb 'Lady Calantha Limb'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray (1816): 'They say a black mare of mine (not the one I ride, but a beautiful one) has broken its back. This is all the news I have, ex...Lady Caroline Lamb The Morning ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray (May 1823 [sic]): 'Do tell Captain Lyon that I, and others far better than I am, are enchanted with his book.'Lady Caroline Lamb Captain LyonPrivate Journal during the recent Voyage of Discov...Unknown
1800-1849Lady Charlotte Lindsay to Mary Berry, 25 April 1828, on vol.1 of Berry's "Comparative View of Social Life in France and England": 'Your book is [italics]quite new[end ita...Lady Charlotte Lindsay Mary BerryThe Comparative View of Social Life in France and ...Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Dacre to John Murray, 27 May 1835: 'Thousands of thanks, dear Mr. Murray, for allowing us to read those sheets of the wonderful Fanny's "Journal" in their rough s...Lord and Lady DacreFanny Kemble ButlerJournal [of residence in America]Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Georgiana Fullerton [nee Leveson Gower] to her mother, Harriet, Countess Granville [from letter enclosed in letter of 4 April 1844 from Lady Granville to her sister ...Lord Clarendon Lady Georgiana Leveson GowerEllen MiddletonPrint: Unknown, In proof
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her brother, the Marquis of Hartington (b. 1790), 1 February 1809: 'How surprized Barrow's sermons must have been upon first opening to see y...William Spencer Cavendish and 'Sir William' BarrowSermonsPrint: Book


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