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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
 
1700-1799'While at Mitchelstown she brushed up on her French by reading Madame de Genlis's Letters on Education, Louis Sebastien Mercier's comedy "Mon Bonnet de Nuit", and the Bar...Mary Wollstonecraft Madame de GenlisLetters on EducationPrint: Book
1700-1799'While at Mitchelstown she brushed up on her French by reading Madame de Genlis's "Letters on Education", Louis Sebastien Mercier's comedy "Mon Bonnet de Nuit", and the B...Mary Wollstonecraft Louis Sebastien MercierMon Bonnet de NuitPrint: Book
1700-1799'While at Mitchelstown she brushed up on her French by reading Madame de Genlis's "Letters on Education", Louis Sebastien Mercier's comedy "Mon Bonnet de Nuit", and the B...Mary Wollstonecraft Baroness de MontoliereCaroline de LitchfieldPrint: Book
1700-1799'In Dublin, she complained that she was not reading a great deal, but in the same breath remarked that books provided her only relaxation. She must have at least browsed ...Mary Wollstonecraft William Cowper Print: Book
1700-1799'In Dublin, she complained that she was not reading a great deal, but in the same breath remarked that books provided her only relaxation. She must have at least browsed ...Mary Wollstonecraft John Hewlett[sermons]Print: Book
1700-1799'In Dublin, she complained that she was not reading a great deal, but in the same breath remarked that books provided her only relaxation. She must have at least browsed ...Mary Wollstonecraft William PaleyPrinciples of Moral and Political PhilosophyPrint: Book
1700-1799[Mary Wollstonecraft] 'told Everina that she had been reading Hugh Blair's "Letters on Rhetoric" and found them "an intellectual feast".'Mary Wollstonecraft Hugh BlairLetters on RhetoricPrint: Book
1700-1799'the book that prompted [Mary Wollstonecraft's] fullest comment was Rousseau's "Emile". It was bound to appeal to her; it was a treatise on education, a metaphysical essa...Mary Wollstonecraft Jean Jacques RousseauEmilePrint: Book
1700-1799[compiling the anthology "The Female Reader", Mary Wollstonecraft spent] 'long hours reading, for the extracts included came from widely scattered sources and might consi...Mary Wollstonecraft [various] [various works]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I am sorry for poor Hewlett - Betty Delane read his sermons with great pleasure...'Betty Delane John Hewlett[sermons]Print: Book
1700-1799'I am now reading Rousseau's "Emile", and love his paradoxes. He chuses a common capacity to educate - and gives as a reason, that a genius will educate itself - however ...Mary Wollstonecraft Jean Jacques RousseauEmilePrint: Book
1700-1799'I had rather you would not read Dr Price's sermons, as they would lead you into controversial disputes, and your limited range of books would not afford you a clue - the...Mary Wollstonecraft Richard PriceSermons on the Christian Doctrine, as Received by ...Print: Book
1700-1799'I had rather you would not read Dr Price's sermons, as they would lead you into controversial disputes, and your limited range of books would not afford you a clue - the...Mary Wollstonecraft Richard PriceFour DissertationsPrint: Book
1700-1799'M. Necker, the late Minister...has written a book entitled "De l'Importance des opinions Religeuses", it pleases me and I want to know the character of the man in domest...Mary Wollstonecraft Jacques NeckerDe l'Importance des opinions ReligeusesPrint: Book
1700-1799'I am so fatigued with poring over a German book, I scarcely can collect my thoughts or even spell English words.'Mary Wollstonecraft [probably] Christian Gotthilf Salzmann[probably] Moralisches ElementarbuchPrint: Book
1700-1799'Whenever I read Milton's description of paradise - the happiness, which he so poetically describes fills me with benevolent satisfaction - yet, I cannot help viewing the...Mary Wollstonecraft John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1700-1799'Delighted with some of her husband's letters, [Mrs Barlow] has exultingly shewn them to me; and, though I took care not to let her see it, I was almost disgusted with th...Mary Wollstonecraft Mr Barlow[letters to his wife]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'I have just cast my eye over your sensible little pamphlet, and found fewer of the superlatives, exquisite, fascinating &c, all of the feminine gender, than I expected. ...Mary Wollstonecraft Mary HaysCursory RemarksManuscript: Unknown, MS version of pamphlet
1700-1799'I have sent you the "Gossip Story" to review, as you wish to read it, but I would thank you if you would do it immediately, because Johnson is in want of materials for t...Mary Wollstonecraft Jane WestA Gossip's StoryPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Mrs Robinson... has read your novel, and was very much pleased with the main story; but did not like the conclusion. She thinks the death of Augustus the end of the stor...Mrs Robinson Mary HaysMemoirs of Emma CourtneyPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown


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