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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
 
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her mother, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (December 1804): 'I have been reading a great deal of Italian, there are a thousand beauties in ...Lady Harriet Cavendish MetastasioIsaccoPrint: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her mother, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (September 1804): 'My sister and I finished the 3rd volume of Cowper yesterday. I am enthusiasti...Lady Harriet Cavendish and Lady Georgiana Morpeth Cowper Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her mother, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 15 October 1804: 'We have finished Cowper and have begun to read Charles the Vth.'Lady Harriet Cavendish and Lady Georgiana Morpeth Cowper Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her mother, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 15 October 1804: 'We have finished Cowper and have begun to read Charles the Vth.'Lady Harriet Cavendish and Lady Georgiana Morpeth 'Charles the Vth'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth (February 1803): 'I have been crying my eyes out over "le Nouveau pere de famille." I wonder I did not hear...Lady Harriet Cavendish 'le Nouveau pere de famille'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth (February 1803): 'I have been crying my eyes out over "le Nouveau pere de famille." I wonder I did not hear...Lady Harriet Cavendish Germaine de StaelDelphinePrint: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (1806): 'Mama is too good to me. She tells me she shall like to read with me. We have begun Paley's Theolo...Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and Lady Harriet Cavendish Paley'Theology'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (c. August 1802): 'Mama, my aunt, Corisande and Caro Ponsonby have been spending 2 or 3 days at Brocket Ha...William Lamb poetryPrint: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (c. August 1802): 'Mama, my aunt, Corisande and Caro Ponsonby have been spending 2 or 3 days at Brocket Ha...William Lamb and Caroline Ponsonby 'tales of wonder'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (December 1806): 'We had the Examiner yesterday. Mr. Hunt's jokes are really wretched. I am more convinced...Devonshire familyLeigh Hunt et alThe ExaminerPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (January 1803): 'I am now going for 2 or 3 hours to experience that most delightful of pleasures; solitude...Selina Trimmer  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 10 November 1805: 'Lady B[essborough]. [aunt] has just been at the Priory of which, allowing for her usua...William and Caroline Lamb  Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 10 November 1805: 'Lady B[essborough]. [aunt] has just been at the Priory of which, allowing for her usua...Lord and Lady Aberdeen  Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 12 December 1807: 'I see in the papers today that Lord Granville is set out upon his journey and it is li...Lady Harriet Cavendish report of Lord Granville's embarkationPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 14 November 1807: 'Miss Trimmer [former governess and companion] went out of town yesterday morning and I...Georgiana, Countess Dowager Spencer and Lady Harriet Cavendish ForbesLife of BeattiePrint: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 14 November 1807: 'Miss Trimmer [former governess and companion] went out of town yesterday morning and I...Georgiana, Countess Dowager Spencer and Lady Harriet CavendishFrancis Garden'travelling Memorandums'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 16 December 1807: 'Lady Elizabeth is reading Semple's travels through Spain and says they are excessively...Lady Elizabeth Foster Semple'travels through Spain'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 19 November 1803 ('Friday evening'): 'I just this moment found these lines in one of Madame de Sevigne's ...Lady Harriet Cavendish Madame de SevigneLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 22 November 1805: 'In the morning I read by myself for two hours, and this though not a large portion of ...Lady Harriet Cavendish  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 23 September 1802: 'I am now going, my dearest G. (depending upon your secrecy), to transcribe for you so...Lady Harriet Cavendish George Lamb'John O'Thanet'Manuscript: Unknown


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