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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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 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...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottAntiquary, ThePrint: 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...Mrs Weddell Walter ScottTales of my LandlordPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am still ... doing a pleasanter spell of work over the Waverley novels.'Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottWaverley novelsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have read one after another ... The Fortunes of Nigel.'Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottThe Fortunes fo NigelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Waverley is so poor and dull.'Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I believe most people would say of the four-and-twenty volumes, what I have known parents of large families do of their children: "you may think them a great many, yet t...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter Scott[Works]Print: Book
1800-1849'I am very glad you have enjoyed the court of Hayti, much the best part of the book in my opinion. I only barred your reading it out of propriety and for fear the other L...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1800-1849'I am very glad you have enjoyed the court of Hayti, much the best part of the book in my opinion. I only barred your reading it out of propriety and for fear the other L...Louisa Clinton Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1800-1849'I know not what Prince Leopold will say to it [the character of Athelstane]. He had a bad cold and Sir Robert Gardiner went to keep him company and read "Ivanhoe" to him...Robert Gardiner Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1800-1849'Your observation on the Waverley novels is perfectly just; instead of misleading one concerning the true history, or giving one a distaste for it, they make one relish i...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter Scott[Waverley Novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'Your observation on the Waverley novels is perfectly just; instead of misleading one concerning the true history, or giving one a distaste for it, they make one relish i...Louisa Clinton Walter Scott[Waverley Novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'This [talking about feuds between families] reminds me of "Ivanhoe". I take the introduction of Scripture phrases to be neither intentional profaneness in the author nor...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Scott (here) is as thorough-paced a lover of those books [The Waverley Novels] as either of us. I have been looking over the Ayrshire Legatees, which I do not like a...Mrs Scott Walter Scott[Waverley Novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'We have begun "Peveril", but not gone far in it. It is read aloud, and, [italics] entre nous [end italics], ill-read, and I can yet form no judgement, only I am indignan...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottPeveril of the PeakPrint: Book
1800-1849'I ought to have thanked you for "Redgauntlet" a fortnight ago, but I stayed to read it, and then to read it again. It has taken my fancy very particularly, though (not t...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottRedgauntletPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read her [Miss Murray] the legend of Steenie Steenson the other night, and we agreed it was in the author's very best manner. I felt disappointed, though, at Wandering...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottWandering Willie's TalePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have been feasting upon the Demonology and Witchcraft; yet some stories freshly rung in my ears, and I am sure fully equal to any of those you tell, give me a longing ...Louisa, Lady Stuart Walter ScottLetters on Demonology and WitchcraftPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am afraid that we do not admire "Waverley" as much as it deserves. The praise you give it would almost induce me to change my opinion, but I must be honest above all t...Anne Romilly Walter ScottWaverley; or, Tis Sixty Years SincePrint: Book
1800-1849'I am afraid that we do not admire "Waverley" as much as it deserves. The praise you give it would almost induce me to change my opinion, but I must be honest above all t...Maria Edgeworth Walter ScottWaverley; or, Tis Sixty Years SincePrint: Book


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