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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[List of books read during 1944]: 'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ...Hilary Spalding Stella GibbonsChristmas at Cold Comfort FarmPrint: Book
1850-1899Leon Edel, introducing Henry James's letters from 1869-70: " [James] traveled in 1869, reading Goethe, Stendhal, the President de Brosses and Hawthorne."Henry James Stendhal unknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Alice James, 8 November (letter begun 7 November) 1869: "I have of course no company but my own [in Rome], but in the intervals of sightseeing find a rare ...Henry James Stendhal unknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 8 February 1847: 'Robert is a warm admirer of Balzac & has read most of his books [...] we read together the othe...Robert and Elizabeth Barrett BrowningStendhal Le Rouge et le noirPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 26 May 1935: 'I'm writing at Aix-en-Provence on a Sunday evening [...] I'm dipping into K.M.'s letters, Stendhal on Rome [...] Cant formulate a phrase for K.M. All...Virginia Woolf Stendhal 'on Rome'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 April 1845: 'I must beg you to order & read "Le rouge et le noir" by a M. de Stendhal .. a "nom de guerre" I fancy. I wis...Elizabeth Barrett Stendhal Le rouge et le noirPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'[Gwen Raverat's father] was disgusted by Stendhal's "Le Rouge et le Noir" when I lent it to him; though I am still surprised that he did not appreciate the romantic fire...George Darwin Stendhal (pseud -Marie-Henri Beyle) Le Rouge et le NoirPrint: Book
1900-1945'It is now about time that Tertia read "La Chartreuse de Parme". Maguerite has just read it.

[. . .]

I have subscribed to the M[anchester] Guardia...		Arnold Bennett Stendhal (pseud.) La Chartreuse de ParmePrint: Book
1900-1945[her governess Helen Roothman] 'introduced Edith to the works of Verlaine, Rimbaud and Mallarme. Though Edith had had a taste for Baudelaire through Swinburne's translati...Edith Sitwell Stephane Mallarme[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899Letter 9/8/1857 (Inverness)- 'Please tell me why you don't like Mme de Genlis. And then I'll tell you, if you like, why I like her.' John Ruskin Stephane-Felicite de Genlis Print: Book
1850-1899Letter 6/9/1857 (Bridge of Allan) - 'I am very glad those are the reasons for your dislike of Mme de Genlis - both because I can entirely agree in the general principle o...John Ruskin Stephane-Felicite de GenlisunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'We have all been reading le Siege de la Rochelle. As I leave others to make their own remarks, I shall only tell you my own opinion, which is, that though I think it al...Lady Caroline Lamb Stephanie de GenlisLe Siege de la Rochelle, ou le malheur et la consc...Print: Book
1800-1849'I also sent for Bishop Watson's Apology for the Bible, in Letters to T. Paine; Bishop Porteus's Compendium of the Evidences of Christianity, Butler's Divine Analogy, Pal...James Lackington Stephanie de GenlisReligion considered as the only Basis of Happiness...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Lessons of a Governess to her Pupils by Madame de Silery- Brulart (formerly Countess de Genlis) 3 vols. For further remarks see page 11th.Ellen Weeton Stephanie de Genlis BrulartLessons of a Governess to Her PupilsPrint: Book
1700-1799'We read today in the "Veilees du Chateau" I think that book very good for the young people'.Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Stephanie Felicite de GenlisVeilees du Chateua ou Cours Morale a l'usage des E...Print: Book
1800-1849?We saw today the residence of the Prince de Cond? - and of a long line of princes famous for virtue and talents ? the celebrated palace of Chantilly, made still more int...Maria Edgeworth Stephanie Felicite de Genlis (Comtesse)Mademoiselle de ClermontPrint: Book
1800-1849'What paltry stuff the Memoirs of poor vain Genlis are!'Sarah Harriet Burney Stephanie Felicite Brulart, comtesse de GenlisMemoiresPrint: Book
1800-1849Felicia Browne to her aunt, Miss Wagner, 19 December 1808: 'I have been reading a most delightful French romance, by Madame de Genlis, "Le Siege de la Rochelle".'Felicia Browne Stephanie Felicite de Crest de St-Aubin, comtesse de GenlisLe Siege de la RochellePrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 12-13 January 1793: 'Whether or not man has the stain of original sin I leave to theologians & metaphysicians. That education tends to ...Robert Southey Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Aubin (Madame de Genlis)Theatre de l'EducationPrint: Unknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		'My dear Caroline, I am very glad to have an opportunity of answering your agreable [sic] little Letter. You seem to be quite my own Neice [sic] in your feelings towards...Jane Austen Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St Albin Comtesse de GenlisOlympe et TheophilePrint: Book


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