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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
 
1500-1599'and after I had reed some of bond of the suboth, I walked abroad: and so to supper'Margaret Hoby Bond[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her grandmother, the Countess Dowager Spencer, 3 August 1807: 'I walked an hour and read 50 pages of Bossuet ths morning before breakfast, wh...Lady Harriet Cavendish Bossuet[possibly] 'Sur l'histoire universelle'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her grandmother, the Countess Dowager Spencer, 12 August 1807: 'I have been, since I last wrote, going on with my [italics]usual[end italics]...Lady Harriet Cavendish Bossuet Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her grandmother, the Countess Dowager Spencer, 16 August 1807: 'I got up this morning at 6 and finished Bossuet -- I am very much pleased wit...Lady Harriet Cavendish Bossuet Print: Book
1800-1849'Have you Tom Davis's Life of David Garrick? I have been reading Boswell's Life of Johnson, and should like to peruse the life of his (Johnson's) contemporary. Mrs Hannah... BoswellLife of JohnsonPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Benjamin Jowett to Emily Tennyson, May 1868: 'I am glad that Alfred is thinking of Hildebrand. I remember a long time ago reading Bowden's Life of him, and either the ...Benjamin Jowett BowdenLife of HildebrandPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'the diverse collection of literature that Christopher Thomson, a sometime shipwright, actor and housepainter, worked his way through [...] included adventure stories suc...Christopher Thomson BoyleTravelsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read one of Bradley's Sermons and some pieces in The Sacred Lyre.'John Cole BradleySermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read one of Bradley's Sermons and some pieces in The Sacred Lyre.'John Cole BradleySacred Lyre, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 31 July 1832: 'I have the greatest pleasure in reading religious books. I find that I understand the Bible be...Harriet Countess Granville Bradley Print: Book
1900-1945'I'm afraid I just pick any books. I go in for light reading mostly. I've get two detective books for light reading, one by Scott, and "Night club Murder" by Brandon, an... BrandonNight club MurderPrint: Book
1800-1849?To comfort ourselves we had a most entertaining Voyage dans les Pays Bas, par M Breton, to read and the charming story of Mademoiselle de Clermont on Madame de Genlis?s ...Maria Edgeworth BretonVoyage dans les Pays BasPrint: Book
1800-1849'Procured the loan of Bridge's [sic] "History of Northamptonshire" from Birdsall's Library in order to consult it for my "History of Wellingborough".'John Cole BridgesHistory of NorthamptonshirePrint: Book
1850-1899'[William Robertson] Nicoll's boyhood reading included Scott, Disraeli, the Brontes, Bulwer Lytton, Shelley, Johnson, Addison, Steele, Goldsmith, Emerson, Lowell, Longfel...William Robertson Nicoll BronteunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Over the New Year [1922] [...] [Charlotte Mew] went down to Cambridge and, as a particular treat, Sydney [Cockerell, Mew's friend, and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum...Charlotte Mew BrontelettersManuscript: Letter
1850-1899'They used to read to each other when they had written so much. Their father never knew a word about it.'the Bronte sisters Bronte[works by all three sisters]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'J.J. Cooper introduced the subject of the Brontes with some excellent biographical notes & readings were given from the sisters' works by S.A. Reynolds, H.M. Wallis. C.I...Sylvanus A. Reynolds Bronte Print: Book
1900-1945'J.J. Cooper introduced the subject of the Brontes with some excellent biographical notes & readings were given from the sisters' works by S.A. Reynolds, H.M. Wallis. C.I...Henry Marriage Wallis Bronte Print: Book
1900-1945'J.J. Cooper introduced the subject of the Brontes with some excellent biographical notes & readings were given from the sisters' works by S.A. Reynolds, H.M. Wallis. C.I...Charles Evans Bronte Print: Book
1900-1945'J.J. Cooper introduced the subject of the Brontes with some excellent biographical notes & readings were given from the sisters' works by S.A. Reynolds, H.M. Wallis. C.I...Alfred Rawlings Bronte Print: Book


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