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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
 
1850-1899Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '4370. Has been here 4 times, and is senten...anon [n/a]New TestamentPrint: Book
1850-1899Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '4429. Has been here 7 times. "I have learn...anon [n/a]New TestamentPrint: Book
1850-1899Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: 'Committed June 1st, 1849, sentenced to 2 y...anon [n/a]New TestamentPrint: Book
1850-1899Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: 'Sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment; was ...anon [n/a]New TestamentPrint: Book
1800-1849Report of prison chaplain on the progress of prisoner: "From his first arrival in gaol, he had been attended by the schoolmaster; and one day, when I examined his prog...J.G. Child's First BookPrint: Book
1800-1849Richard Hengist Horne to Edgar Allan Poe, 17 May 1845: 'Miss Barrett has read the "Raven" and says she thinks there is a fine lyrical melody in it. When I tell you tha...Elizabeth Barrett Edgar Allan Poe'The Raven'Print: Book
1800-1849Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, 10 June 1844: 'Leigh Hunt has shown me his copy [of A New Spirit of the Age] all marked through. He has marked with great...Leigh Hunt Richard Hengist HorneA New Spirit of the AgePrint: Book
1800-1849Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, 27 August 1843: 'Miss Mitford read to me -- and with what a melodious feeling she reads poetry -- your "House of Clouds."...Mary Russell Mitford Elizabeth Barrett'The House of Clouds'Unknown
1800-1849Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, 27 January 1844: 'Do you know Mrs Norton's poetry? Much I have seen, I thought very good of its kind. More high-minded in...Richard Hengist Horne Caroline Elizabeth Sarah NortonpoemsUnknown
1800-1849Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, letter postmarked 15 February 1844: 'Do you happen to know anything of the Irish tales of Carlton [sic]? Some [italics]extr...Richard Hengist Horne Wiliam Carleton'tales' (extracts)Print: Unknown
1700-1799Rise at 10. Mary read 'Cyrus'. Knited [knitted] till 7.Mary Stancliff Andrew Michael RamsayThe Travels of CyrusPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 13 December 1842: 'The only novelty we have had in books as yet, has been Macaulay's Lays of Rome -- a kind of revenge on that lite...Robert Browning Thomas Babington MacaulayLays of Ancient Rome (extracts)Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 13 July 1842: 'I send this with Tennyson's new vol -- The alterations are insane. WhatEVER is touched is spoiled [...] Locksley Ha...Robert Browning Alfred TennysonPoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 13 July 1842: 'Sir L. Bulwer has just published a set of sing-songs -- I read two, or one, in a Review -- & thought them abominable...Robert Browning Sir Edward George Bulwer-LyttonEva; the Ill-omened Marriage, and Other Tales and ...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 23 February 1845: 'Arnould is a happiness to see and know [...] I send, with this [letter], a Review with an article of his -- "Rabelais...Robert Browning Joseph Arnould'Rabelais and His Times' (review of various works ...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 5 March 1843: 'Here we are sound asleep. Bulwer's new Novel, "The Last of the Barons," is to be, he says, the last of Bulwer's -- ...Robert Browning Edward George Bulwer-LyttonThe Last of the Barons (extract)Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Robert Browning to Alfred Tennyson, 13 October 1864: 'I have been two months away, and only just find your book now [...] "Enoch" continues the perfect thing I thought...Robert Browning Alfred TennysonEnoch ArdenPrint: Book
1850-1899Robert Browning to Alfred Tennyson, 13 October 1864: 'I have been two months away, and only just find your book now [...] "Enoch" continues the perfect thing I thought...Robert Browning Alfred TennysonThe Northern Farmer Print: Book
1850-1899Robert Browning to Alfred Tennyson, 21 December 1876: 'True thanks again, this time for the best of Christmas presents, another great work, wise, good, and beautiful. ...Robert Browning Alfred TennysonHaroldPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Andre Victor Amadee de Ripert-Monclar, 30 July 1835: 'I have you to thank [...] for some very clever books by the Marquis de Fortia which I have rea...Robert Browning Agricole Fortia d'Urbanworks including Dissertation sur le Passage du Rho...Print: Book


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