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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
 
1850-1899'Some three or four times during the reading of the French play...Charles ... neatly, but with becoming hesitation, spouted the Latin line.'Charles Thomas [French play]Print: Book
1800-1849'Upon one of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which displayed their leafy barrens along the quays of the Seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar ...Charles Manby Smith [unknown][French pocket dictionary]Print: Book
1700-1799'Doctor Marriott wrote the prettiest Verses in French of any Englishman I know'.[she then gives lengthy examples]Hester Lynch Thrale Dr Marriott[French poems]Unknown
1900-1945'The French postcards and magazines are very rude!!! Streets are cobbled only. I have some photographs and postcards of views.'Leslie Semple unknown unknown[French pornography]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Carter and Talbot read fiction and corresponded about it, including "Roderick Random", the novels of Eliza Haywood, French romances, and Charlotte Lennox's "Henrietta", ...Catherine Talbot [French romances]Print: Book
1600-1699'And God forgive me, did spent it in reading some little French Romances.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][French Romances]Print: Book
1850-1899'After dinner Meta & Flossy did their German; & I read French'Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [unknown][French]Print: Book
1700-1799'I then read french and wrote it, had one or two little interruptions'Elizabeth Gurney [n/a][French]Print: Book
1700-1799'I had a quiet afternoon on the sofa in my room reading Mason on self knowledge, French, and Job Scott's journal, which I like vastly and found really doing me good, at l...Elizabeth Gurney [unknown][French]Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent [Freudian psychology]Print: Book
1850-1899'Despite his grandmother's strictures on reading, Davies read widely. His first attraction was to the penny dreadfuls of his day, which he read in secret... The school bo...William Henry Davies Walter Scott[from 'The Lady of the Lake']Print: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Miss Stevens Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Ursula Unwin Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Reginald Robson Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Howard R. Smith Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Ernest E. Unwin Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Miss Cole Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1850-1899'The following programme of readings from Lewis Carroll's works as arranged by the committee of arrangements was then started [?] upon. The Mad Tea Party by Mr A.L. Goad...Mrs Cass Lewis Carroll [pseud.][from] Hunting of the Snark: an Agony in Eight Fit...Print: Book
1850-1899'The following programme of readings from Lewis Carroll's works as arranged by the committee of arrangements was then started [?] upon. The Mad Tea Party by Mr A.L. Goad...Maria Neild Lewis Carroll [pseud.][from] Sylvie and BrunoPrint: Book
1700-1799'I am desired by the Duchess of Rutland to Print a Discourse which I read at Belvoir-Chapel at the Funeral of the late Duke'.George Crabbe George Crabbe[funeral address for Duke of Rutland]Manuscript: Unknown


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