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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
 
1700-1799Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt...James Lackington Le SageGil Blas (probably)Print: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal, 1869: 'Sept. 13th. [...] Read the "Idylls" through in their proper sequence during these months, also Tom Hughes' Alfred the Great, Pres...Emily Tennyson LeckyEuropean MoralsPrint: Book
1850-189914 July 1878: 'Enid amused me with a book by Ouida, called Friendship, founded on the life of Mrs. Ross, Sir A. Gordon's daughter, very mischievous. Presently C[harles...Lady Charlotte Schreiber LeckyHistory of the Eighteenth Century in EnglandPrint: Book
1800-1849'excellent, some antidote is salutary amidst such frivolities'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth LeightonSermon on Divine Grace and ObediencePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Missing Sewell on being read to as a child by her mother, Jane Sewell (nee Edwards; married 1802): 'I can recall now the pleasure with which (taking turns wit...Jane Sewell LemprierTour to MoroccoPrint: Book
1900-1945Monday 26 June 1933: 'The present moment. 7 o'clock on June 26th: [...] I after reading Henry 4 Pt one saying whats the use of writing; reading, imperfectly, a poem by Le...Virginia Woolf Leopardi[poem]Print: Book
1800-1849I was soon able to make my way in a volume of tales by Herder, Lessing , and others. My school prospered for I took care to attend to its duties assiduously; and yet kep...Thomas Cooper Lessing[volume of tales]Print: Book
1800-1849"Have you seen the last Edinr review? There are several promising articles in it - Scott's 'Lord of the Isles,' Standard Novels, Lewis' & Clarke's travels up the Missouri...Thomas Carlyle Lewis & ClarkeTravels up the MissouriPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'In February 1896, seven titles were added to his [Oscar Wilde's] store. These were: Dante's "Divina commedia", accompanied by an Italian grammar and dictionary to help W...Oscar Wilde Lewis and ShortLatin DictionaryPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau on reading for research toward her series of 'Tales', during 1832: 'The scenery was furnished by books of travel obtained from the Public Library [...] ...Harriet Martineau Lichtenstein"South Africa"Print: Book
1800-1849Monday, 4 April 1831: 'Mr. Liddell and Hay Mackenzie left us this morning. Liddell shewd me yesterday a very good old fashioned poem worthy of Pope or Churchill in old...Walter Scott LiddellThe SavoyardUnknown
1850-1899'In February 1896, seven titles were added to his [Oscar Wilde's] store. These were: Dante's "Divina commedia", accompanied by an Italian grammar and dictionary to help W...Oscar Wilde Lidell and ScottGreek LexiconPrint: Book
1900-1945'I think astrology is the most reliable way of telling the future. Astrologers are so often right. I read him and study him regularly, and I find it's a great help.......... Lindoeastrology books / articlesPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 30 October 1807: 'In the evening began reading the "Life of Clarendon".'Mary Berry ListerLife of ClarendonPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 11 November 1807: 'In the evening I read aloud "Clarendon's Life".'Mary Berry ListerLife of ClarendonPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 16 November 1807: 'Read "Clarendon's Life" aloud in the evening.'Mary Berry ListerLife of ClarendonPrint: Book
1850-1899Harriet Martineau on the inspirations for her project of translating Comte: 'I obtained something like a clear preparatory view, at second-hand, from a friend [...] What ...Harriet Martineau Littre"epitome" (relating to Auguste Comte)Print: Unknown
1800-1849'I have cast up my reading account, and brought it to the end of the year 1835. [?] During the last thirteen months I have read Aeschylus twice; Sophocles twice; Euripide...Thomas Babington Macaulay LivyunknownPrint: Book
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1850-1899		[Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "His manuscript notes extend through the long range of Greek authors from Hesiod to Athenaeus, and of Latin authors from Cat...Thomas Babington Macaulay Livy Print: Book
1500-1599Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "[Gabriel] Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr., read through the third decade [of Livy's Romanae histori...Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr. LivyRomanae historiae principis, Decades tres cum dimi...Print: Book


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