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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
 
1850-1899March 16, 1884 [Lisbon] 'I am now reading to C.S. [Charles Schreiber] that charming book Rob Roy. Scott never palls. In the steamer we amused ourselves with Barnaby Rud...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Walter ScottRob RoyPrint: Book
1800-1849'From that time [summer 1840] to the present [1845] I have not read much. I have, however, looked through Lord Byron's works, the "Memoirs of Mr William Hutton", and Dr S...Thomas Carter Walter Scott[works]Print: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottThe Heart of MidlothianPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottThe Bride of LammermoorPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottSt Ronan's WellPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book
1800-1849'My father, who was in the employment of Mr Cadell, Sir Walter's publisher, brought home "The Monastery" and "The Fortunes of Nigel", and several others, much to the ...Walter ScottThe MonasteryPrint: Book
1800-1849'My father, who was in the employment of Mr Cadell, Sir Walter's publisher, brought home "The Monastery" and "The Fortunes of Nigel", and several others, much to the ...Walter ScottThe Fortunes of NigelPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'the diverse collection of literature that Christopher Thomson, a sometime shipwright, actor and housepainter, worked his way through [...] included adventure stories suc...Christopher Thomson Walter ScottnovelsPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have heard, too, that several workmen in shops adjacent to Sutherland's library arranged with him for a reading of "The Heart of Midlothian" and "Rob Roy", one of the ...workmenWalter ScottHeart of MidlothianPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have heard, too, that several workmen in shops adjacent to Sutherland's library arranged with him for a reading of "The Heart of Midlothian" and "Rob Roy", one of the ...workmenWalter ScottRob RoyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I cried over Meg Merrilies when she met Brown again--at a little Inn at Cumberland & my tears are not apt to flow'.Lady Caroline Lamb Walter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1800-1849'I entirely deprecate your opinion concerning Manwaring [sic--Mannering] or sooner the opinion you had borrowed for I am convinced if you had read it through or even half...Lady Caroline Lamb Walter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1800-1849'I entirely deprecate your opinion concerning Manwaring [sic--Mannering] or sooner the opinion you had borrowed for I am convinced if you had read it through or even half...Lady Caroline Lamb Walter ScottWaverlyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Do you remember when Jeannie Deans went to London for her sister the gentle Gertie [sic--Geordie] Robertson gave her a [illegible] among the Robbers.'Lady Caroline Lamb Walter ScottThe Heart of MidlothianPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 9 March 1808: 'I went in the evening to Mrs. D[?amer]. Read "Marmion," just come out, to her.'Mary Berry Walter ScottMarmionPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 10 March 1808: 'Read some more of "Marmion".'Mary Berry Walter ScottMarmionPrint: Book
1800-1849'they read books together and discussed them; Scott's "Lord of the Isles" was sent to Byron by Murray. It they did not only discuss, for he pointed out to her, "with a mi...Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron Walter ScottLord of the IslesPrint: Book
1800-1849'they read books together and discussed them; Scott's "Lord of the Isles" was sent to Byron by Murray. It they did not only discuss, for he pointed out to her, "with a mi...George Gordon, Lord Byron Walter ScottLord of the IslesPrint: Book


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