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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
 
1800-1849Fanny Kemble, 20 April 1846: 'My friend has given me a charming little Sicilian song, of which the following is a free translation. The pathetic and graceful idea is, ho...Fanny Kemble Anon[Sicilian song]Unknown
1800-1849'? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was finished. When not strongly tempted to play I was almos...Samuel Bamford anon[superstitious doctoring book]Print: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding AnonBook of GenesisPrint: Book
1850-1899'Looked into the "Marmi" of Doni... read Saccheti and Boccaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla - one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nig...George Eliot [pseud.] anonArabian Nights, story of the Little HunchbackPrint: Book
1700-1799'My master said to me one day, he was surprized that I did not learn to write my own letters, and added, that he was sure that I could learn to do it in a very short time...James Lackington anonvarious scraps of writingManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'As to the little knowledge of literature I possess, I acquired that by dint of application. In the beginning I attached myself very closely to the study of divinity and ...James Lackington anonvarious on divinity and moral philosophyPrint: Book
1850-1899[reminiscing about the Ugly Duckling, first story he remembers reading when he was 6 or so] 'When the ugly duckling at last flew away on his strong pinions, and when he m...Arnold Bennett AnonUgly DucklingPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much of it [ie. 'the daily instruction I received'] consisted in the books I read by myself, and my father's discourses to me, chiefly during our walks. From 1810 to the...John Stuart Mill anonThe Annual RegisterPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'... I took up a London paper, and the first object in it which struck my eye, was the death of Charles Lamb. I felt it as a friend of the deceased for, although I had ne...John Cole anonnewspaperPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 16 March 1811: 'I had heard from Lord Stafford, at Lady Spencer's the night before, that the "Scotch Review," with the criticism upon "Madame du Deff...Mary Berry anonReview of Mary Berry, ed., Letters of Madame du De...Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 29 July 1790: 'I have most seriously been house-hunting for you. I saw two bills on doors in Montpellier-row, but neither are furnished.'Horace Walpole anonbills advertising houses for sale/to letPrint: Advertisement, Poster
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 31 March 1793: 'On Wednesday morning about eight o clock we sallied forth. my travelling equipage consisting of my diary — writing book...Robert Southey anonAddress to the major of NottinghamPrint: Handbill
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 21 April 1794: 'I have found on my table a rhapsody in verse on my recovery, so extravagant that, coupled with the post-mark [italics]Islewo...Horace Walpole anonpoem on recovery of Horace Walpole [apparently fro...Manuscript: Unknown
1500-1599'Two days after being elected to his fellowship at Trinity Hall, Harvey [...] received from [Spenser] the copy of "Howleglas" now in the Bodleian, in which he wrote the f...Gabriel Harvey anonHowleglasPrint: Book
1500-1599'One of [Gabriel] Harvey's leisure time interests in London at this time [1580s] is suggested by an interesting broadsheet with his signature dated "1588", some manuscrip...Gabriel Harvey anonBroadsheet listing merchandise (including pharmace...Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet
1800-1849'For the benefit of my children read "Wonders of the human body" [underlined] describing and explaining by diagram the eye [underlined]. Looked over Pulley's "Etymologica...John Cole anonWonders of the human bodyPrint: Book
1800-1849 'Read in Sir Phillip's "Personal Tour" - curios of natural history... Read a portion of Blair on death.'John Cole AnonCurios of natural historyPrint: Book
1800-1849'One day my [Harriet Martineau's] mother was distressed at finding in the "Times" a ribald song addressed to me.'Elizabeth Martineau anon"ribald" song about Harriet MartineauPrint: Newspaper
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1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: Title = 'Epitaph on an idiot'; Text = 'If innocence has its reward in heaven/ And God but little asks, where little's given/Th...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine AnonEpitaph on an IdiotPrint: Unknown
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1850-1899		[Transcription from a commonplace book]: Title = 'Epitaph on a tomb in Melrose Abbey'; text [4 lines] = 'The yerthe walketh on ye earthe glyttering lyke golde/ The yerthe...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine AnonEpitaph on a tomb in Melrose AbbeyPrint: Unknown


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