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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Theodore Watts-Dunton remembers Algernon Swinburne's fondness for reading aloud during his last years at Watts-Dunton's home: "... he would read for the hour together fr...Algernon Swinburne William Makepeace Thackeray[unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'On learning that [Hall] Caine was to present twenty-four lectures in Liverpool on "Prose Fiction" ... [D. G. Rossetti] insisted that he read the works [of English noveli...Hall Caine William Makepeace Thackeray[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'As a collier [Joseph Keating]... heard a co-worker sigh, "Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate". Keating was stunned: "You are quoting Pope". "Ayh", replied ...Joseph Keating William Makepeace Thackeray Print: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 February 1852, after having been lent the first volume of W. M. Thackeray, "Henry Esmond", in manuscript by her publishers: 'It has b...Charlotte Bronte William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry Esmond (volume I)Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, May 1853: 'The "Lectures" arrived safely; I have read them through twice. They must be studied to be appreciated ... I was present at t...Charlotte Bronte William Makepeace ThackerayLecturesPrint: Book
1900-1945'[In The Saturday Review, 19 November 1904], "A Mother" records the books consumed since July by her sixteen-year-old daughter ... [who is] on the point of going in for t...William Makepeace ThackerayThe VirginiansPrint: Book
1850-1899'"[Penny dreadfuls] were thrilling, absolutely without sex interest, and of a high moral standard", explained London hatmaker Frederick Willis. "No boy would be any the w...Frederick Willis William Makepeace Thackeray Print: Book
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1900-1945		'David Copperfield was puzzling, too. He was a 'posthumous child' and was born with a 'caul'. The French dictionary, the only one I had, gave posthumous; posthume, which ...Gwen Raverat William Makepeace ThackerayHenry EsmondPrint: Book
1900-1945[L.M. Montgomery] 'read a great deal; she mentions fifty different authors in her journal which covers the years 1910 to 1921. Titles range from Gibbon's "Decline and Fal...Lucy Maud Montgomery William Makepeace ThackerayVanity FairPrint: Book
1850-1899'Began to read Egmont after dinner, then "The Hoggarty Diamond".'George Eliot [pseud] William Makepeace ThackerayThe Great Hoggarty DiamondPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'We are reading Gall's Anatomie et Physiologie du Cerveau in the evening, with, occasionally, Carpenter's Comparative Physiology. The Newcomes as light fare after dinner'...George Eliot and G.H. LewesWilliam Makepeace ThackerayThe NewcomesPrint: Book
1900-1945'on his eighth birthday, 27 February 1920, an ox-cart drew up outside Everleas Lodge with a present for him - a huge parcel of books. His father had bought him a complete...Lawrence Durrell William Makepeace Thackeray[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'O! "Esmond"! That book marks its own year in one's life. I never did any justice to Thackeray before; and I cannot now read "Vanity Fair". But the pub...Harriet Martineau William Makepeace ThackerayHeny EsmondPrint: Book
1800-1849'My [Harriet Martineau's] first real interest in [Thackeray] arose from reading M. A. Titmarsh in Ireland, during my Tynemouth illness.'Harriet Martineau William Makepeace ThackerayThe Irish Sketch-Book by M. A. TitmarshPrint: Book
1850-1899'"Esmond" appears to me [Harriet Martineau] [italics]the [end italics] book of the century, in its department. I have read it three times; and each time with new wonder ...Harriet Martineau William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry Esmond EsqPrint: Book
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1850-1899		'While at Cromer [...] I read "Pendennis" with such intense enjoyment [...] that the notion of trying my hand once more at a novel seized upon me'.Harriet Martineau William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1900-1945'I will not tell you my exact state of health day by day, but will give you a diary of my reading, which is perhaps a good index of my physical state. Friday morning. F...Donald William Alers Hankey William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry EsmondPrint: Book
1850-1899'It [central London] was truly a wonder world, for I seeing it not merely with my eyes of flesh but with the eyes of heightened imagination; -seeing it not only through s...Thomas A. Jackson William Makepeace Thackeray[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Later on I found at the bottom of a cupboard some of volumes -Addison's "Spectator", Pope's "Homer", and a few other things. My grandmother -who also devoured books in g...William Makepeace Thackeray[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'Later on I found at the bottom of a cupboard some of volumes -Addison's "Spectator", Pope's "Homer", and a few other things. My grandmother -who also devoured books in g...Thomas A. Jackson William Makepeace ThackerayVanity FairPrint: Book


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