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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
 
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal, 1870: 'March 1st. Aldworth. Hallam read the 4th Aeneid with A.; they study Virgil together daily.'Alfred and Hallam TennysonVirgil Aeneid IVPrint: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of 'My Father's Illness [1888]': 'He read or had read to him at this time the following books or essays: Leaf's edition of the Iliad; th...Alfred Tennyson Virgil Georgics (II)Print: Book
1800-1849'There are besides, Sir Adam Fergusson, Colin Mackenzie, James Hope, Dr. James Buchan, Claud Russell, and perhaps two or three more of and about the same time period. Bu...Walter Scott Virgil AeneidUnknown
1850-1899'"The flowing beauty of his oral translations in class, whether of Thucydides, Plato, or Virgil was," one of his peers recalled, "a thing not easily to be forgotten." He ...Oscar Wilde Virgil  Print: Book
1700-1799From chapter entitled 'Madame d'Arblay': 'Whilst her mother read Pope's works and Pitt's AEneid with her eldest daughter Esther, Fanny [Burney] sat by and listened, ...Esther Burney and daughter (also Esther)Virgil AeneidPrint: Book
1900-1945'In her role as literary mentor, Madge [Vaughan] had been reading some of Virginia's short narratives, all apparently lost, unless one was "Phyllis and Rosamond", dated...Madge Vaughan Virginia Stephenshort storiesManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Virginia Stephen, 29 April 1912: 'I've read two of your MSS from one of which at any rate one can see that you might write something astonishingly goo...Leonard Woolf Virginia Stephenfiction MSSManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'There is a trifling scene in Virginia's book where a charming young creature in a bright fantastic attitude plays the flute: it positively frightens me - to realise this...Katherine Mansfield Virginia WoolfNight and DayPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Ethel] Mannin was firmly rooted in the autodidact tradition. In her father's library she enjoyed Gissing and Wells, "Adam Bede" and "The Cloister and the Hearth". A Cla...Ethel Mannin Virginia WoolfOrlandoPrint: Book
1900-1945[Virginia Woolf's] 'masterpiece, in Rosamond's opinion, was her biography of Roger Fry, although the novels were also revered - "To the Lighthouse" above all - even if so...Rosamond Lehmann Virginia WoolfRoger Fry: A BiographyPrint: Book
1900-1945[Virginia Woolf's] 'masterpiece, in Rosamond's opinion, was her biography of Roger Fry, although the novels were also revered - "To the Lighthouse" above all - even if so...Rosamond Lehmann Virginia WoolfTo the LighthousePrint: Book
1900-1945'Sunday 3 October. I am reading "A Room of One's Own". Most delightful and profound - if I had the time I would write an essay about life in the WRNS'Barbara Pym Virginia WoolfA Room of One's OwnPrint: Book
1900-1945Virginia Woolf to Gwen Raverat, 11 March 1925: 'I don't think you would believe how it moves me that you and Jacques should have been reading Mrs Dalloway, and likin...Gwen Raverat Virginia WoolfMrs DallowayPrint: Unknown, In proof copy
1900-1945'Hugh Walpole's The Apple Tree, a volume of reminiscences, was published for Christmas 1932. The first words of the book are: "There is a fearful passage in Virginia Wo...Hugh Walpole Virginia WoolfThe WavesPrint: Book
1900-1945Virginia Woolf to Stephen Spender, 10 July 1934: 'I'm so happy that you read the Lighthouse with pleasure, when there are so many other books you might be reading.' Stephen Spender Virginia WoolfTo the LighthousePrint: Book
1900-1945Virginia Woolf to Philip Morrell, 3 February 1938: 'I'm delighted with -- first: your liking Jacobs Room [...] second, that you should actually have read, still more m...Philip Morrell Virginia WoolfJacob's RoomPrint: Book
1900-1945Virginia Woolf to Philip Morrell, 3 February 1938: 'I'm delighted with -- first: your liking Jacobs Room [...] second, that you should actually have read, still more...Philip Morrell Virginia WoolfNight and DayPrint: Book
1900-1945Virginia Woolf to Benedict Nicolson, 13 August 1940: '[opens] Just as I began to read your letter, an air raid warning sounded. I'll put down the reflections that occu...Benedict Nicolson Virginia WoolfRoger FryPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been horribly remiss in writing to thank you for "Mrs Dalloway", but as I didn't want to write you the 'How-charming-of-you-to-send-me-your-book-I-am-looking-forw...Vita Sackville-West Virginia WoolfThe Common ReaderPrint: Book
1900-1945'I shall have, however, to give up reading your works at dinner, for they are too disturbing. I can't explain, I'll have to explain verbally some day. Unless you can gu...Vita Sackville-West Virginia WoolfunknownUnknown


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