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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
 
1800-1849'I derived a three fold Pleasure from the Receipt of Rokeby, first from the book itself, the Article, the thing sold and bought, & for this I know how much I am indebted ...George Crabbe Walter ScottRokebyPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Crabbe relates how he has had a letter from a Lady who] 'enjoins and adjures me to go instantly & climb the Mountains & penetrate the Defiles & in short embue my Mind w...George Crabbe Walter ScottLay of the Last Minstrel, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Crabbe relates how he has had a letter from a Lady who] 'enjoins and adjures me to go instantly & climb the Mountains & penetrate the Defiles & in short embue my Mind w...George Crabbe Walter ScottMarmionPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Crabbe relates how he has had a letter from a Lady who] 'enjoins and adjures me to go instantly & climb the Mountains & penetrate the Defiles & in short embue my Mind w...George Crabbe Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Crabbe relates how he has had a letter from a Lady who] 'enjoins and adjures me to go instantly & climb the Mountains & penetrate the Defiles & in short embue my Mind w...George Crabbe Walter ScottRokebyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I will not mention my own nor my son's Judgment upon the Poem, which in spite of my Prohibition he stole for a solitary Perusal and came boasting, at the End of the firs...George Crabbe Walter ScottLord of the Isles, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I will not mention my own nor my son's Judgment upon the Poem, which in spite of my Prohibition he stole for a solitary Perusal and came boasting, at the End of the firs...John Crabbe Walter ScottLord of the Isles, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'We talk of Waverly [sic] and Guy Mannering: Lady Jersey sent me the former [italics] as yours [end italics]. I vote with the Multitude, yet some pretend to know more & t...George Crabbe Walter ScottWaverley; or, Tis Sixty Years SincePrint: Book
1800-1849'We talk of Waverly [sic] and Guy Mannering: Lady Jersey sent me the former [italics] as yours [end italics]. I vote with the Multitude, yet some pretend to know more & t...George Crabbe Walter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1850-1899'Colvin has brought home Woodstock from Nice and we have started reading it aloud, which is a huge institution.'Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottWoodstockPrint: Book
1800-1849'Do not suppose, however, that I am at present reading the ["Bride of Lammermoor" and "Legend of Montrose"] for the first time. I have had it by heart these five weeks. I...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottLegend of Montrose, APrint: Book
1800-1849'Do not suppose, however, that I am at present reading the ["Bride of Lammermoor" and "Legend of Montrose"] for the first time. I have had it by heart these five weeks. I...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottBride of Lammermoor, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Of his poem Waterloo she writes: "These are my honest opinions, just as I should give them to any third person: and let me fairly add that I by no means expected to be ...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottField of Waterloo, ThePrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Mr Scott must have thought me very ungrateful in returning no acknowledgements for being [italics] entrusted [end italics] with "Marmion", but I was prisoner with so sev...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottMarmionManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Mr Scott must have thought me very ungrateful in returning no acknowledgements for being [italics] entrusted [end italics] with "Marmion", but I was prisoner with so sev...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottLay of the Last Minstrel, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'With the same amusement [of secret knowledge about Scott's authorship] I now sit by the fire, sucking in the sagacious remarks I hear. Says one, who has a favourite rela...Walter ScottTales of my LandlordPrint: Book
1800-1849'In general the coterie here are disposed to think it not by the same author as "Waverley", etc., and to think it superior to all three. I myself place it above Guy and M...acquaintances of Louisa StuartWalter ScottTales of my LandlordPrint: Book
1800-1849'In general the coterie here are disposed to think it not by the same author as "Waverley", etc., and to think it superior to all three. I myself place it above Guy and M...acquaintances of Louisa StuartWalter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book
1800-1849'In general the coterie here are disposed to think it not by the same author as "Waverley", etc., and to think it superior to all three. I myself place it above Guy and M...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book
1800-1849'In general the coterie here are disposed to think it not by the same author as "Waverley", etc., and to think it superior to all three. I myself place it above Guy and M...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book


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