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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
 
1850-1899'Reading English History, Reign of George III. Shakespeare's King John.'George Eliot [pseud.] William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I have been keeping rather different hours--though the Priory is far from a late place [...] Wm. [Lady Caroline's husband William Lamb] & I get up about ten or 1/2 after...Lady Caroline Lamb William ShakespeareunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Henry Chorley, in Memorials of Mrs Hemans (1836): 'She [Felicia Hemans, nee Browne] was early a reader of Shakespeare; and, by way of securing shade and freedom from inte...Felicia Browne William ShakespeareplaysPrint: Book
1850-1899'Yesterday, sitting in Thornie's room I read through all Shakespeare's sonnets'.George Eliot [pseud] William ShakespeareSonnetsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have achieved little during the last week except reading on medical subjects - Encyclopaedia about the medical colleges - Cullen's life - Russell's Heroes of Medicine ...George Eliot [pseud] William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Bertie Greathead, 2 August 1798, on having got to know Mrs Siddons the previous winter: 'She read "Hamlet" to us one evening, in N. Audley-street, which was...Sarah Siddons William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'[Anna Seward's] training was not necessarily less rigorous for being informal and solitary. Seward scoffed at a male contemporary who claimed never to have read or studi...Anna Seward William Shakespeare[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849 'A Reverend Mr Darnell followed in this January of 1812. He too read Milton. This time it was Comus, and the whole party joined in, Annabella and her guests taking the ...Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke, Rev. Darnell and other house guestsWilliam ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1800-1849 'A Reverend Mr Darnell followed in this January of 1812. He too read Milton. This time it was Comus, and the whole party joined in, Annabella and her guests taking the v...William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Mary Berry, Journal, 2 January 1822, during stay at Guy's Cliff: 'Mrs Siddons read "Othello," the two parts of Iago and Othello quite [italics]a merveille[end italics].'Sarah Siddons William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1800-1849'My beloved hour of the day was when the [table] cloth was drawn, and I stole away from the dessert, and read Shakspere by firelight in winter in the drawing-room. My mo...Harriet Martineau William ShakespeareunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Robert Owen] told me [Harriet Martineau] that he knew the Bible so well as to have been heartily sick of it in his early youth. He owned that he had never read it sinc...Harriet Martineau William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1700-1799'At other times we studied Shakespeare, Milton and some other English poets as well as some of the Italians. We took long walks and often drew from nature. We read with g...Elizabeth Smith William Shakespeare[works]Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, Journal, 16 December 1837: 'Read Midsummer Night's Dream in the evening. Surprised to find how completely I remembered it.'Harriet Martineau William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's DreamPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read for some time with Harry, he manages Shakespeare tolerably well for a boy of his age'John Buckley and Harry CastieauWilliam Shakespeare[unknown]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849?for Hamlet & the trifling of his favour Hold it a fashion and a Toy in blood; A violet in the youth of primy nature Forward not permanent ? sweet not lasting The per...Lady Caroline Lamb William ShakespeareHamletUnknown
1900-1945'I did not move from my chair but reached for a book. Picked up a Shakespeare and read the closing scene, "Othello".' William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1850-1899'I read a story in the evening to the youngsters & then heard Harry read for marks. We were engaged in a dialogue from the Merchant of Venice when Mr Henry Smith of the A...John Buckley and Harry CastieauWilliam ShakespeareMerchant of VenicePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge William ShakespeareWorksPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge William ShakespeareStockdale's Edition of ShakespearePrint: Book


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