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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-18997 December 1879: 'I was a little chilly in the morning [...] and I feared I had taken cold, so I did not go out. Read over the fire. First Freeman's account of the Bay...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Makepeace ThackerayHumoristsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Geo Burrow then read portions of Thackeray's essay on Swift. H. R. Smith read several short extracts from the Journal to Stella. After supper Miss D. Brain read several ...George Burrow William Makepeace ThackerayEssay on Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 11 December 1847: 'I hardly ever felt delight equal to that which cheered me when I received your...Charlotte Bronte William Makepeace Thackeray Print: Unknown
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 29 March 1848:

'You mention Thackeray and the last number of "Vanity Fair." The more I re...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayVanity FairPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 14 August 1848:

'I regard Mr Thackeray as the first of modern masters, and as the legitimate high priest of Truth [...] H...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayVanity Fair (concluding instalment)Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 7 December 1848:

'I have not yet read the second number of "Pendennis." The first I thought rich in indication of ease, r...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayPendennis (first instalment)Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 1 February 1849:

'There are two volumes in the first parcel [sent on loan by Williams] which, having seen,...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayNotes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand CairoPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to Mrs Smith, 9 January 1850:

'You ask me what I think of [Thackeray's] Christmas Book. I think it is like himself, and all he says and writ...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayChristmas BookPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 15 January 1850:

'I have received the "Morning Chronicle." I like Mr Thackeray's letter. As you say, it is manly; it breath...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayunknownPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 16 March 1850:

'The last two or three numbers of "Pendennis" will not, I dare say, be generally thought sufficiently exciti...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayPendennis (instalments)Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 7 January 1851:

'I am glad "The Kicklebury's" is likely to be successful; it has that interest and that pith without whic...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayThe Kickeleburys on the Rhine: A new Picture-Book ...Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 12 May 1851:

'I fear it cannot be denied that Mr Thackeray has actually gone and written a poem. The whole of the ...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace Thackeray'May-Day Ode'Print: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to James Taylor, 15 November 1851:

'The BATH scene [in letter of Taylor's from India] amused me much. Your account of that operation talli...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayNotes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand CairoPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 11 March 1852:

'I have read the "Paris Sketches" slowly, and by regulated allowances of so much per diem. I was so afraid...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayParis SketchesPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, early November 1852:

'The third volume [of Thackeray's History of Henry Esmond] seemed to me to possess the most sparkle,...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry EsmondPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, May 1853:

'The "Lectures" arrived safely; I have read them through twice. They must be studied to be appreciated. I tho...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayLectures on the English Humorists of the Eighteent...Print: Book
1850-1899Patrick Bronte to George Smith, his daughter Charlotte's publisher before her death in 1855, 26 March 1860:

'Though writing is to me now something of a tas...		Patrick Brontė William Makepeace Thackeray[Comments accompanying 'The Last Sketch — Emma, a ...Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Meeting held at Eynsham, Shinfield Rd., 20.XII.33.
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7....		Sylvanus A. Reynolds William Makepeace ThackerayVanity FairPrint: Book
1850-1899'She [Emma Darwin] was especially devoted to Jane Austen's novels and almost knew them by heart... Scott was also a perennial favourite, especially ''The Antiquary''. Mrs...Emma Darwin William Makepeace ThackerayunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945''Finished "[The] Rose and Ring" (how satisfying) and turned over the "Assemblies of al-Hariri", which confirms my old opinion that there is but one book in Arabic and th...Ronald Storrs William Makepeace ThackerayThe Rose and the RingPrint: Book


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