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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
 
1700-1799Letter to Mrs Smith August 7 1784 'You and he too have this in common, that you both appear to most advantage on paper, where your diffidence does not stand in your way....Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] William CollinsAddress to simplicityPrint: Book
1900-1945'I had letter from Sir Hugh Clifford. He sends me six copies of his address to the Legislative Council.[...] The report is very interesting.' Joseph Conrad Hugh CliffordAddress to the Legislative Council of NigeriaPrint: Pamphlet
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
1800-1849'read Shelley's pamphlet.'Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe ShelleyAddress to the people on the death of the Princess...Print: Book
1700-1799'And Holcroft, reading Adelaide, which must have been one of her earliest plays, wrote on the back of the manuscript: at seventeen, when scenes like this occurred, you pr...Thomas Holcroft Amelia OpieAdelaideManuscript: Play script
1850-1899'Also I have been hearing ?Adelaide? many times; O! That is all I can say..'Robert Louis Stevenson Friedrich von MatthissonAdelaideUnknown
1850-1899'... I find I have nothing to say that has not been already perfectly said and perfectly sung in Adelaide.'Robert Louis Stevenson Friedrich von MatthisonAdelaidePrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Mary Gladstone ... devoured Julia Kavanagh's "Adele" (1858) ...'Mary Gladstone Julia KavanaghAdelePrint: 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 Dornford YatesAdele and CoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Livy - Adele de Senange - S reads Livy'Mary Shelley Madame de SouzaAdele de Senage, ou lettres de Lord SydenhamPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 December 1842: 'I like Madme de Genlis in many of her writings [...] Do you know [...] the story of the Duchesse de C. ...Elizabeth Barrett Comtesse de GenlisAdele et Theodore, ou Lettres sur l'EducationPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to William Wordsworth, 23 April 1812: 'We have not yet been sufficiently settled to read any thing but Novels. Adeline Mowbray made us quite sick befo...Wordsworth FamilyAmelia OpieAdeline Mowbray or Mother and DaughterPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Aristodemo with S. Walk out in the evening on the mole. Read the Adelphi of Terence'Mary Shelley TerenceAdelphiPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish the Adelphi of Terence - read Aristodemo'Mary Shelley TerenceAdelphiPrint: Book
1900-1945Pardon a word of unsolicited criticism about your venture. I think the contents are pretty creditable, but I think that the material presentation leaves something to be ...Arnold Bennett AdelphiPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Intellectually, he seems to have been most concerned with the affairs of Middleton Murry's new periodical, the "Adelphi". . . . doesn't like Murry's layout and advertis...Arnold Bennett Mioddleton MurryAdelphi, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Adieu/ John Mackintosh/ The earnest student'; [Text] 'Adieu to God what words can else express/ The parting, and the ...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine John MackintoshAdieuPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'A reading in parts of Barrie's "Admirable Crichton" was then given with considerable spirit & was much appreciated. The characters were read as follows [a list of 14 mem...Members of XII Book ClubJames M. BarrieAdmirable Crichton, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to bookseller Mr Dilly] There is in the world a set of books which used to be sold by the booksellers on the bridge, and which I must entreat you t...Samuel Johnson Richard BurtonAdmirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in En...Print: Book
1800-1849Byron to Samuel Rogers, 29 July 1816: 'I have read "Glenarvon" ... & have also seen Ben. Constant's Adolphe ... a work which leaves an unpleasant impression ...' George Gordon Lord Byron Benjamin ConstantAdolphePrint: Book


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