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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
 
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List of Percy Shelley's reading, 1819. Most texts are mentioned in journal entries so are not given separate entries here] 'Greek The Greek Tr...Percy Bysshe Shelley Pedro Calderon de la BarcaCyprianoPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List of Percy Shelley's reading, 1819. Most texts are mentioned in journal entries so are not given separate entries here] 'Greek The Greek Tr...Percy Bysshe Shelley Pedro Calderon de la BarcaEl magico prodigiosoPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List of Percy Shelley's reading, 1819. Most texts are mentioned in journal entries so are not given separate entries here] 'Greek The Greek Tr...Percy Bysshe Shelley Pedro Calderon de la BarcaLos dos amantes del cieloPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List of texts read by both herself and Shelley in 1819. All texts are mentioned in journal entries so are not given separate entries here] 'M&S...Mary and Percy ShelleyJohn MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Taylor to Elizabeth Gaskell, on the Bronte brother and sisters' religious reading and its relation to their depressive tendencies:] 'Cowper's poem The Castaway w...Bronte children (Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, Anne)William CowperThe TaskPrint: Book
1700-1799[Mary Wollstonecraft] 'told Everina that she had been reading Hugh Blair's "Letters on Rhetoric" and found them "an intellectual feast".'Mary Wollstonecraft Hugh BlairLetters on RhetoricPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary writes to Alexander Blackwood, asking if he might be inclined to accept for "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine" a tale by a Captain Abbott] 'The tale is long & would b...Mary Shelley James Abbott[story of India]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849[Mary's list of Percy Shelley's reading in 1819 - database entries are based on references in the journal]. s Euripides Lucretius Homer's Illiad and Odyssey' [...Percy Bysshe Shelley Euripides Print: Book
1800-1849[Mary's reading list for 1819, an x denoting Percy having read a text too. All texts are also mentioned in the journal so database entries are based on these references] ...Mary Shelley VirgilGeorgicsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary's reading list for Percy Shelley for 1818. Most volumes mentioned here are also mentioned in the journal so database entries are based on those references.] 'S Hu...Percy Bysshe Shelley MalthusEssay on PopulationPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary's reading list for Percy Shelley for 1818. Most volumes mentioned here are also mentioned in the journal so database entries are based on those references.] 'S Hu...Percy Bysshe Shelley PlatoApology of SocratesPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary's second reading list for 1818. Most volumes mentioned here are also mentioned in the journal so database entries are based on those references. An x denotes Percy ...Mary Shelley ClarkeTravelsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary's second reading list for 1818. Most volumes mentioned here are also mentioned in the journal so database entries are based on those references. An x denotes Percy ...Mary Shelley Vittorio AlfieriVita di Vittorio Alfieri ... scritta da essoPrint: Book
1700-1799[Matthew Pilkington was in England and was staying with Pope, upon Swift's recommendation. Having received a letter in which he said Pope was treating him handsomely, Lae...Laetitia Pilkington Alexander Pope[letter to Swift]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[Matthew Pilkington was in England and was staying with Pope, upon Swift's recommendation. Having received a letter in which he said Pope was treating him handsomely, Lae...Jonathan Swift Matthew Pilkington[letter to Laetitia Pilkington, about Pope]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899[Maud Montgomery and her foster brothers] 'read the "Wide Awake" magazines the boys' aunt sent them for a while - the last instalment of a serial Maud was reading was due...Lucy Maud Montgomery Wide Awake magazine - serialised storyPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899[Maud Montgomery and her foster brothers] 'read the "Wide Awake" magazines the boys' aunt sent them for a while - the last instalment of a serial Maud was reading was due...Lucy Maud Montgomery unknownThe Honey Stew of the Countess BerthaPrint: Book
1850-1899[Maud Montgomery and her foster brothers] 'read the "Wide Awake" magazines the boys' aunt sent them for a while - the last instalment of a serial Maud was reading was due...Lucy Maud Montgomery Hans Christian AndersenFairy TalesPrint: Book
1850-1899[Maud Montgomery] 'wrote her first poem after reading "Seasons", a book of poems by James Thomson, written in blank verse. Maud was so enraptured by them that she had to ...Lucy Maud Montgomery James ThomsonSeasons, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899[Maud wrote] 'pious tales inspired by a book she read on Sundays when she was only allowed to read religious works. She loved that book. It was called "The Memoir of Anzo...Lucy Maud Montgomery unknownThe Memoir of Anzonetta PetersPrint: Book


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