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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'read Tales of the castle'Mary Godwin Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St aubin, Marquise de Silley, Comtesse de GenlisLes Veilles du ChateauPrint: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Translation of Madame la Countess de Genlis invocation at the beginning of her own history. London 1825'. This ...Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin Comtesse de GenlisMemoirs of the Countess of Genlis, Written by Hers...Print: Book
1800-1849'I send you a new novel of Madame de Genlis' 'Mademoiselle de la Fayette'. I think it will interest and amuse you at the same time. The subject is taken from the reign of...Princess Caroline, Princess of Wales Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de GenlisMademoiselle de La Fayette : ou le siecle de Louis...Print: Book
1800-1849'I send you a new novel of Madame de Genlis' 'Mademoiselle de la Fayette'. I think it will interest and amuse you at the same time. The subject is taken from the reign of...Princess Caroline, Princess of Wales Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de GenlisLes voeux temeraires : ou L' enthousiasmePrint: Book
1800-1849'For once I must think differently from Mr Edgeworth. I have none of the fears that he has for the fate of "Little Plays for Children". Those of Madame de Genlis have alw...Anne Romilly Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis[children's plays]Print: Book
1700-1799'After supper [Mama] read us "L'amour maternelle" of Mde. de Genlis.'Agathe Wynne Stephanie Felicite, Comtesse de GenlisL'amour maternellePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Mama read the story of Mde. de Genlis to us that is called "Zelie" or the "Ingenue" it is very fine. I like it the best of all the pieces by that author.'Agathe Wynne Stephanie Felicite, Comtesse de GenlisZeliePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'This evening we read "Olympe and Theophile" (by Mde. de G.) We all cried so much there was not one of us that was capable of reading. [Eugenia says: 'Mesdames de Bombell...the Wynne family and friends, including Betsey, Eugenia and several womenStephanie Felicite, Comtesse de GenlisOlympe et TheophilePrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I shall send you back the volumes of Madame de Genlis's [underline] petits romans [end underline] as soon as possible, and I should be very much obliged for one or two m...Thomas Babington Macaulay Stephanie-Felicite de Genlis Print: Book
Charles Garvice in interview with T.P.'s Weekly, 5 May 1911 (p.556): 'I once found my daughter reading a book. I asked her what it was. "Oh," she replied, "It's Maggie"...Miss Garvice Stephen CraneMaggie: A Girl of the StreetsPrint: Book
Charles Garvice in interview with T.P.'s Weekly, 5 May 1911 (p.556): 'I once found my daughter reading a book. I asked her what it was. "Oh," she replied, "It's Maggie"...Charles Garvice Stephen CraneMaggie: A Girl of the StreetsPrint: Book
1900-1945'That same night, in a perfect, clear, still moonlight, I lay in a tent, obsessed by insomnia... And I will interpolate that, for myself, I had been reading, actually, ...Ford Madox Ford Stephen CraneThe Red badge of couragePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read the "Badge" It won't hurt you --or only very little. Crane-ibn-Crane el Yankee is all right. The man sees the outside of many things and the inside of some.'Joseph Conrad Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of CouragePrint: Book
1850-1899'But my great excitement was reading your stories. Garnett's right. "A Man and some others" is immense. I can't spin a long yarn about it but I admire it without reserve....Joseph Conrad Stephen CraneA Man and Some OthersPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'But my great excitement was reading your stories.Garnett's right. "A Man and some others" is immense. I can't spin a long yarn about it but I admire it without reserve. ...Joseph Conrad Stephen CraneThe Open BoatPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Do you think Stephen will be home for Christmas? His story in B. ["Blackwood's Magazine"] is magnificent. It is the very best thing he has done since "The Red Badge [of ...Joseph Conrad Stephen CraneThe Price of the HarnessPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I have lately re-read here the complete works of Conrad and Henry James and am engaged on reading all the books of Stephen Crane that I can lay my hands on—for the to ...Ford Madox Ford Stephen CraneMaggie, together with George's Mother and The Blue...Print: Book
1800-1849'27/1/1833 - In the evening read some pages of S. Crisp's "Sermons" - admirable! Read Newton's "Cardiphonia" and in the Acts; an edifying evening, still to bed discourage...Amelia Opie Stephen CrispSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799Queen Caroline's discovery of the poetry of Stephen Duck, as recorded by Joseph Spence in 'A Full and Authentick Account of Stephen Duck' (1731): '"the QUEEN [...] upon s...Queen Caroline Stephen DuckpoemsUnknown
1900-1945Wednesday 5 December 1917: 'L[eonard]. reading Life of Dilke [...] I'm past the middle of Purgatorio, but find it stiff, the meaning more than the language, I think.' ...Leonard Woolf Stephen Gwynne and Gertrude TuckwellLife of Sir Charles Wentworth DilkePrint: Book



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