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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
 
1900-1945‘Shelley is a wash out here, as a general thing. I will try Keats next. But W. W. and R. B. really are the two. Please don’t send me any more for a bit. And then s’il...Ivor Bertie Gurney Percy Bysshe Shelley(poems)Print: Book
1800-1849From George Grote's diary, kept for his fiancee Harriet Lewin (1819): '[after 11pm] Read Hemsterhuis for an hour -- some beautiful passages on religion. Bed at 12.'George Grote Hemsterhuis(possibly) De l'Homme et de ses RapportsPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'A much greater man than Rousseau says, "The only remedy for the infectious disease of Fanaticism, is a philosophical temper, which spreading through society, at length s...James Lackington Voltaire(possibly) The Philosophical Dictionary for the po...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, from Eastnor Castle, c.October 1827: 'As Lady Margaret wished to see a part of my poem, I read her a few sheets, & when...Elizabeth Barrett Elizabeth Barrett(probably) "The Development of Genius"Manuscript: Sheet
1850-1899Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 18 February 1850: 'Such a magical act as conjuring up for me the sight of a new poem by Alfred Tennyson, is unneces...Robert and Elizabeth Barrett BrowningAlfred Tennyson(Probably) 'The Bugle Song' (opening 'The splendou...Unknown
1800-1849'Sunday July 16th. [...] Read Barber of Seville & Jerome Pointu.' ...Claire Clairmont (probably) Beaumarchais(probably) Le Barbier de SevillePrint: Book
1900-1945'[Tristan] Bernard is very engaging. I do not know why but he is.[...] It is very good of you to have sent me that volume with the others. [Elémir] Bourges--ah, that's an...Joseph Conrad Elémir Bourges(probably) Les oiseaux s'en volent et les fleurs t...Print: Book
1900-1945'I have read the MS. I have read it twice.' Hence follow 20 lines of quite strong but constructive criticism.Joseph Conrad Francis Warrington Dawson(probably) The Purser's Shilling an earlier versio...Manuscript: typescript (see additional information
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney William Wordsworth(Sonnets)Print: Book
1900-1945'May finished Only a Governess. Pr. ¼ past 9. 1 Cor vii.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook 1 Corinthians 7Print: BookUnknown
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William Shakespeare1 Henry IVPrint: Book
1900-1945'To-day I ... prepare myself for leaving England. I read, whilst [here] the "Ingoldsby Legends" entire, Second Part "King Henry IV," and more cursorily "Midsummer ...Wainwight Merrill William Shakespeare1 Henry IVPrint: Book
1900-1945 '- have you ever read a book called "1066 & all that" ?i t's very funny, & one of the authors is on board.' Benjamin Britten R J Yeatman1066 and all thatPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding W.C. Sellar1066 and All ThatPrint: Book
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1850-1899		'At the end of the year [1855] an unknown Nottingham artizan [sic] came to call. My father asked him to dinner and at his request read "Maud." It appears that the poor ma...Alfred Tennyson anon 12-canto poem on battle of WaterlooManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I have been laid up for days and days and your volume of H[udson]'s letters was the most welcome alleviation to the worry and general horror of the situation. I think th...Joseph Conrad William Henry Hudson153 Letters from W. H. Hudson Print: Book
1900-1945'Those famous sonnets, brought into prominence by the poet's death on the eve of the Dardanelles campaign, were then only just beginning to take the world's breath away, ...Vera Brittain Rupert Brooke1914Print: Book
1900-1945Saturday 27 February 1926: 'Mrs. Webb's book has made me think a little what I could say of my own life. I read some of 1923 this morning, being headachy again'.Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf1923 diaryManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'In his [Johnson's] manuscript diary of this year, there is the following entry: "Nov. 27. Advent Sunday. I considered that this day, being the beginning of the eccles...Samuel Johnson Virgil1st GeorgicPrint: Book
1800-1849'A chapter we read this morning tendered my spirit and raised it in aspirations to the God of my help. Describing by what a minister ought to prove himself a minister of ...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]2 CorinthiansPrint: Book


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