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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
 
1850-1899'My father sat passive, taking no notice, with his paper, not perceiving much I believe, and poor Willie, tucked in the study that had been made for him, copying for me, ...Willie Wilson unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899We are very curious and interested about "Adam Bede", which we see advertised and criticised in the "Athenaeum".'Margaret Oliphant unknownReview of Adam BedePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I have read and sewed to-day, but not written a word'.Katherine Mansfield unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'To say the truth, much as I like reading them & specially Balzac and Sand, & little as I am given to overstrictness in my tastes, I do believe that the commonplace criti...Leslie Stephen unknown[French novels]Print: Book
1800-184919/6/1847 ? 'I have been reading the life of Sarah Martin; it made me shed many tears, from the sense of her superior virtue, and my own inferiority. What an example she ...Amelia Opie unknownLife of Sarah MartinPrint: Book
1800-1849'I believe simple moral tales the very best mode of instructing the young and the poor ? else why do the pious of all sects and beliefs spread tracts in stories over the ...Amelia Opie unknown[moral tales]Print: Book
1900-1945'He did a good deal of research, reading up the "Victoria History of the Potteries" and various other documentary sources'.Arnold Bennett unknownVictoria History of the PotteriesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Dora Montefiore, sent to Holloway [as suffragette] in October 1906, recalls the decor of her cell: "On the shelf were a Bible, a wooden spoon, a salt cellar, and one oth...Dora Montefiore unknownunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have read the greater part of the History of James I and Mrs. Montagues?s essay on Shakespeare, and a great deal of Gibbon'.Thomas Babington Macaulay unknownHistory of James IPrint: Book
1900-1945'...he read widely about working-class life in the district.'Arnold Bennett unknown Print: 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 unknownThe Honey Stew of the Countess BerthaPrint: 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
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, from school in Geneva, 26 January 1860: 'I fully intended to study Greek when I came here, but have not now the time ... I needn't b...Henry James unknownunknownPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, from Cambridge, Mass., 15 August 1867: "Here I have been ... all summer and here I expect to stay. You may imagine that existence h...Henry James unknownunknownPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 27 March 1868: "I read more or less, of course, but nothing noteworthy. A good deal of French, of which, at times, I get pretty sic...Henry James unknownFrench textsPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Grace Norton, 16 July 1871: "I have been looking up Innsbruck in various works at the Athenaeum, so that I may at least spend a few summer hours with you i...Henry James unknownvarious works (dealing with Innsbruck)Print: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Grace Norton, 16 July 1871, describing life at family home: " ... I make a very pleasant life of it. I linger in a darkened room all the forenoon, reading...Henry James unknown"lightish books"Print: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs Henry James Sr, 17 February 1873: "I read Italian regularly for a short time daily and find it very easy."Henry James unknownItalian textsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Grace Norton, 14 January 1874, describing daily routine in Florence: "I write more or less in the mornings, walk about in the afternoons, and doze over a b...Henry James unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 23 January 1875: " ... I have had nothing since my return to town that is worth your hearing of. I have seen a certain number of ordi...Henry James unknown"dullish books"Print: Book


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