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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'Marjory Todd read [the books of Hesba Stretton, Mrs O.F. Walton and Amy le Feuvre but felt later that] "I would not now willingly expose a child of mine to the morbid re...Marjory Todd Amy Le Feuvre[pious novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'Marjory Todd read [the books of Hesba Stretton, Mrs O.F. Walton and Amy le Feuvre but felt later that] "I would not now willingly expose a child of mine to the morbid re...Marjory Todd Hesba Stretton[pious novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'Marjory Todd read [the books of Hesba Stretton, Mrs O.F. Walton and Amy le Feuvre but felt later that] "I would not now willingly expose a child of mine to the morbid re...Marjory Todd Mrs O.F. Walton[pious novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'Called one morning on the Rev S Hilliard & saw Bunyan's "Pitcher" and several pages of his writings in some documents there preserved.'John Cole John Bunyan[Pitcher and writings]Print: Book
1850-1899'went back to the Argus office where quite a crowd had assembled. Much excitement was occasioned by a placard which was posted outside "the Argus office" as follows "The...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][placard]Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster
1700-1799'[Mr Charles Burney] had been so much delighted with Johnson's "Rambler" and the "Plan" of his "Dictionary", that when the great work was announced in the newspapers as n...Charles Burney Samuel Johnson[Plan for his dictionary]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr Taylor told me, that Johnson sent his [italics] Plan [end italics; for Johnson's dictionary] to him in manuscript, for his perusal; and that when it was lying on his ...Dr Taylor Samuel Johnson[Plan or prospectus for his dictionary]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr Taylor told me, that Johnson sent his [italics] Plan [end italics; for Johnson's dictionary] to him in manuscript, for his perusal; and that when it was lying on his ...William Whitehead Samuel Johnson[Plan or prospectus for his dictionary]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[extract of a letter from the Earl of Orrery to Dr Birch] I have just now seen the specimen of Mr Johnson's dictionary, addressed to Lord Chesterfield. I am much pleased...John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery Samuel Johnson[Plan or prospectus for his dictionary]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'this morning a play bill was thrown into my house with this pompous blunder on the face of it [...].John Clare [playbill]Print: Handbill, playbill
1850-1899'As our roads home from school lay for a considerable distance in the same direction, Tommy Davies...and I generally walked home together, making numerous stoppages along...Thomas Wright [n/a][playbill]Print: Broadsheet, Poster, playbill
1850-1899'As our roads home from school lay for a considerable distance in the same direction, Tommy Davies...and I generally walked home together, making numerous stoppages along...Tommy Davies [n/a][playbill]Print: Broadsheet, Poster, playbill
1850-1899'The boy was reading a play bill, when the prisoner went up to him and struck him, knocking out one of his teeth.' [n/a][playbill]Print: Advertisement, Poster, playbill
1600-1699'While my wife dressed herself, Creed and I walked out to see what play was acted today, and we find it "The Sleighted mayde".'Samuel Pepys [unknown][playbill]Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster, playbill
1850-1899'I saw by the Bills that The Stranger was to be played to-night and as in duty bound I went to fulfil my promise to Mrs Poole.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][playbill]Print: Handbill, Poster, playbill
1800-1849'Shelley writes - reads Plato's Convivium - Gibbon aloud - Read several of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays'Mary Shelley Francis Beaumont[Plays, with Fletcher]Print: Book
1800-1849'Finish the 11th book of Tacitus - Read some of Beaumont & X Fletchers plays - work - S. write - reads some of the plays of Sophocles - & Antony & Cleopatra of Shakespear...Mary Shelley Francis Beaumont[Plays, with Fletcher]Print: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn George Bernard Shaw[plays]Print: Book
1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelle...Percy Bysshe Shelley William Shakespeare[Plays]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have been with a nice little party of college friends, to see King John, and for a week after, I could do nothing but read Shakespear.' [Siddings was performing in Cov...Sarah Harriet Burney William Shakespeare[plays]Print: Book


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