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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
 
1800-1849
1850-1899		Letter 16/8/1863 - Following a description of rural walk - "it was just like the beginning of a new novel of Sir Walter's. - Do you see what the French call him now: - (s...John Ruskin Sir Walter Scott Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?Of Sir Walter Scott I have heard Maturin speak in terms of rapture. He considered his extraordinary productions the greatest efforts of human genius, and often said that...Charles Robert Maturin Sir Walter Scottcomplete works to 1820Print: Book
1900-1945'Byron was a great genius. 'Don' Juan is a terrific work. But there is scarcely a page of it which does not show that an artistic conscience was not Byron’s strong poin...Arnold Bennett Sir Walter ScottQuentin DurwardPrint: Book
1850-1899'In another house I found a tattered copy of Scott's "Kenilworth" and a quite new copy of "Cranford". Among some old books in my grandmother's cottage I found a curious o...Hannah Mitchell Sir Walter ScottKenilworthPrint: Book
1850-1899'I also found a small library, which meant that many copper really needed for food were spent on borrowing books. At this time I read all Mrs. Henry Wood's novels, most o...Hannah Mitchell Sir Walter Scott[works]Print: Book
1800-1849?There are good characters I think in Guy [Mannering] ? the Scotch Lawyer ? the Farmer ? [...] the Gipsies[sic] & Brown himself as a Modern Tom Jones ? It certainly canno...Lady Caroline Lamb Sir Walter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1800-1849?There are good characters I think in Guy [Mannering] ? the Scotch Lawyer ? the Farmer ? [...] the Gipsies[sic] & Brown himself as a Modern Tom Jones ? It certainly canno...Lady Caroline Lamb Sir Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book
1800-1849'In 1823 I read in Scott?s novel of ?Quentin Durward? the prophetic words of Martivalle, ?Can I look forward without wonder and astonishment to the lot of a succeeding ge...Charles Knight Sir Walter ScottQuentin DurwardPrint: Book
1850-1899'"The Bride of Lammermoor" was one of the first books that Laura read with absorbed interest. She adored the Master of Ravenswood, his dark haughty beauty, his flowing cl...Flora Thompson Sir Walter ScottThe Bride of LammermoorPrint: Book
1800-1849'neither had read a romance since, in childhood, they had dipped into the "Waverley Novels" as they appeared in succession.'Philip and Emily GosseSir Walter ScottWaverley NovelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Our syllabus was large, covering at least twelve set books: two plays of Shakespeare's, two volumes of Milton and two of Keats; Chaucer, Sheridan, Lamb, Scott's "Old Mor...Norman Nicholson Sir Walter ScottOld MortalityPrint: Book
1850-1899'Readers of my generation owe a great debt of gratitude to the enterprise of Messrs. Dicks. My first introduction to great fiction dates from the publication by them of S...Thomas Okey Sir Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Scott was the first great writer to draw me under his spell - the first to open for me the golden gates of poetry and romance. I can well remember the time when, a mere ...William Henry Hudson Sir Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1850-1899'Scott was the first great writer to draw me under his spell - the first to open for me the golden gates of poetry and romance. I can well remember the time when, a mere ...William Henry Hudson Sir Walter ScottThe Lay of the Last MinstrelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Pleasant tea and "Nigel", but I much depressed all the afternoon.'John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottFortunes of NigelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Chess and "Quentin Durward".'John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottQuentin DurwardPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished "Quentin Durward"'John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottQuentin DurwardPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read "Ivanhoe" to end in evening.'John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1850-1899'In afternoon, the trance-teaching, and the reading of "Marmion" with companions...'John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottMarmionPrint: Book
1850-1899'Sound sleep after walk and long reading of "Old Mortality".'John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottOld MortalityPrint: Book


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