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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 sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 27 August 1802: 'Ramsgate does not abound with incident [...] We get up at seven, and today for the first...Lady Harriet Cavendish  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 28 November 1807: 'I attribute my cold to going to Jermyn Street [grandmother's London residence] last ni...William Spencer William SpencerLatin epitaph on Mr SargentManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 6 November 1807: 'Lady Elizabeth [Foster, Lady Harriet's father's mistress] went to the play last night a...William Cavendish 'Hint to a Young Reviewer'Print: Serial / periodical, Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 6 November 1807: 'Lady Elizabeth [Foster, Lady Harriet's father's mistress] went to the play last night a...Lady Harriet Cavendish 'Hint to a Young Reviewer'Print: Serial / periodical, Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, during stay with her Spencer relations (c.1807): 'We are all as regular as clocks: read, work, and play o...Lady Harriet Cavendish and family  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Palgrave to John Murray: 'I have many thanks to give you for the kind present of my cousin's "Letters on Esthonia [ apparently Letters from the Baltic]," with w...Lady Palgrave Miss Rigby'Letters from Esthonia' [?i.e. Letters from the Ba...Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Theresa Lewis reproduces 1805 letter from Mary Berry (writing as Catherine Fanshawe) to Catherine Fanshawe, in response to poem written by Fanshawe as Berry, and len...Mary Berry Catherine Fanshawe"Ode, by Mary Berry."Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Theresa Lewis reproduces letter from Mary Berry to 'Mr. Everett' of Harvard College, of 25 August 1846, in which she praises, and discusses in detail, the 'inaugural...Mary Berry Mr EverettInaugural discourse given at Harvard CollegeUnknown
1700-1799Lady Theresa Lewis reproduces passages from posthumously-published writings of the 23-year-old Madame Roland, transcribed by Mary Berry when aged 22, 'as parallel to her ...Mary Berry Madame Roland(passages from) Reverie du Bois de VincennesUnknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		Lady Theresa Lewis's note to a reference in Mary Berry's journals to The Honourable Caroline Howe (who died in 1814, aged 93): 'She possessed an extraordinary force of mi...The Honourable Caroline Howe unknownClassical Greek textsPrint: Book
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1800-1849		Lady Theresa Lewis's note to a reference in Mary Berry's journals to The Honourable Caroline Howe (who died in 1814, aged 93): 'She possessed an extraordinary force of mi...The Honourable Caroline Howe unknownLatin textsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Lake of Killarney, by A.M. Porter. 3 vols. Rose de Blaguere, a foundling, is the heroine of the tale. Mr Clermont the hero. Mr O'Neil and his maiden sister bring up Rose...Ellen Weeton Anna Maria PorterLake of KillarneyPrint: Book
1850-1899Lancashire workman wrote to Cassell's that the first 23 volumes of the National Library "have done a great deal of good even in my own neighbourhood, for several of my ow...several Lancashire workman [n/a]Cassell's National Library (first 23 vols)Print: Book
1850-1899Lane's reader was John Buchan, who read 'A Man from the North' and liked it, although he said it would not be popular.John Buchan Arnold BennettThe Man from the NorthManuscript: Sheet, proofs
1900-1945Last night M. Besse read Anatole France—the charming tale of Celestin and Amicus, the hermit and the fawn.Freya Stark Anatole France'Amycus et Celestin'Print: Book
1900-1945Last night M. Besse read Anatole France—the charming tale of Celestin and Amicus, the hermit and the fawn.Antonin Besse Anatole France'Amycus et Celestin'Print: Book
1700-1799Last night sleep departed, I read almost all night Nelsons life of Bp Bull James ClreJames Clegg Robert NelsonLife of Dr. George BullPrint: Book
1700-1799Lay till 11. All day alone... Lay on the bed as much as I coud. Read 2 books of the Life of the Baron Debross, an old story.Gertrude Savile Eliza HaywoodMemoirs of the Baron de Brosse, who was broke on tPrint: Book
1700-1799Lay till near 11. Mary read 'cyrus', I winding silk.Mary Stancliff Andrew Michael Ramsay['Cyrus'] OR Travels of CyrusPrint: Book
1700-1799Lay till past 9. Read Dr Clark little. Went to King Street chapel...Gertrude Savile Samuel ClarkeA Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of GodPrint: Book


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