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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
 
1800-1849Byron's "Detached Thoughts" (15 October 1821-18 May 1822), on reading 'reviews', 15 October 1821: ' ... the first I ever read was in 1806-07.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknown[reviews]Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 17 May 1800: 'Worked hard, and read Midsummer Night's Dream, [and] Ballads ...'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownBalladsUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 1 June 1800: ' ... a sweet mild morning. Read Ballads; went to church.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownBalladsUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 4 June 1800: 'I walked to the lake-side in the morning, took up plants, and sate upon a stone reading Ballads.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownBalladsUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 6 June 1800: 'Sate out of doors reading the whole afternoon...'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 31 July 1800: '... we [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, with S. T. Coleridge] ... sailed down to Loughrigg. Read poems on t...Dorothy Wordsworth unknown[poems]Unknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 7 December 1800: 'A fine morning. I read.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 30 November 1801: '[after walk with William Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson] We came home and read ...'Wordsworth Family unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 8 December 1801: 'A dullish, rainyish morning ... I read Bruce's Lochleven and Life.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownLife of Michael BrucePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 14 December 1801: 'Sate by the fire in the evening reading.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 29 January, 1802: 'William was very unwell. Worn out with his bad night's rest. He went to bed -- I read to him, to endeavo...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 3 February, 1802: 'Read Wm. to sleep after dinner, and read to him in bed till 1/2 past one.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 3 February, 1802: 'Read Wm. to sleep after dinner, and read to him in bed till 1/2 past one.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 5 February, 1802: 'I read the story of [?] in Wanly [?].'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 8 February, 1802: 'It was very windy ... all the morning ... I read a little in Lessing and the grammar.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownGerman grammarPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 11 February, 1802: 'We made up a good fire after dinner, and William brought his Mattress out, and lay down on the floor. ...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownLife of Ben JonsonPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 14 February, 1802: '[after going on walk] I got tea when I reached home, and read German till about 9 o'clock.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknown[German text/s]Print: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 15 February, 1802: 'I got tea when I reached home [after walk], and then set on to reading German.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknown[German text/s]Print: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 February, 1802: '... after dinner read German Grammar.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownGerman GrammarPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 2 March 1802: 'After dinner I read German, and a little before dinner Wm. also read.'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownGerman text/sPrint: Book


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