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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'I have continued reading Milne-Edwards aloud, and have also read Harriet Martineau's article on Missions in the "Westminster", and one or two articles in the "National"....George Eliot (pseud) unknownThe Lover's SeatPrint: Book
1800-1849'[The Comtesse] has a [italics] library [end italics] of novels - literally; so that I wonder she has not, by filling her head with such a mass of trash, committed half a...Lady [-] unknown[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'[Barrett Wendell] has [...] sent me his new book on Shakespeare, in which I have been (I had read some laudatory notice of it) much disappointed. Besides being critical...Henry James unknownreview of Barrett Wendell's critical study of Shak...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899[When in hospital in Renfrew, Canada, W.H. Davies] 'commented on the inappropriateness of some of the reading matter supplied him - "Freddie's Friend", "Little Billie's B...William Henry Davies unknownFreddie's FriendPrint: Book
1850-1899[When in hospital in Renfrew, Canada, W.H. Davies] 'commented on the inappropriateness of some of the reading matter supplied him - "Freddie's Friend", "Little Billie's B...William Henry Davies unknownLittle Billie's ButtonPrint: Book
1850-1899[When in hospital in Renfrew, Canada, W.H. Davies] 'commented on the inappropriateness of some of the reading matter supplied him - "Freddie's Friend", "Little Billie's B...William Henry Davies unknownSally's SacrificePrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to W. Morton Fullerton, 7 November 1902: 'Your two little periodicals have just come in [...] I immediately read the Zola in it [sic] [...] because I promised...Henry James unknownarticle on ZolaPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'A dense fog and a sense of ailing kept me indoors. I read the life of Francois de Sales.'George Eliot (pseud) unknown[Life of Francois de Sales]Print: Book
1900-1945Leon Edel quotes John Buchan, in "Memory Hold-the-Door" (1940), pp.151-52: 'an aunt of my wife's [Lady Lovelace], who was the widow of Byron's grandson, asked Henry J...Henry James and John Buchan unknownByron family papersUnknown
1900-1945Henry James to Mrs W. K. Clifford, 18 May 1912: 'I am reading the Green Book in bits -- as it were -- the only way in which I [italics]can[end italics] read (or at least ...Henry James unknown"the Green Book"Print: Book
1800-1849Fanny Kemble, 20 August 1832, on board ship to America: 'I have done more in the shape of work to-day, than any since the first two I spent on board; translated a German ...Fanny Kemble unknownGerman fablePrint: Book
1800-1849Fanny Kemble, 3 December 1832: 'Arrived at Amboy [from New York], we disembarked [from steamboat] and bundled ourselves into our coach, ourselves, our namesake, and a pre...Fanny Kemble unknownunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Fanny Kemble to Harriet St. Leger, 14 July 1844: 'I read but very little. My leisure is principally given to my German, in which I am making some progress.'Fanny Kemble unknownGerman text/sPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Sunday [2 Apr.] We went to St. James?s Church?heard a very indifferent Preacher, & returned to read better sermons of our own chusing.' Frances Burney unknown[sermons]Print: Book
1900-1945[List of favourite things of 1945]: 'My favourite Books: The Keys of the Kingdom. The Good Companions Authors: Daphne du Maurier Poems: Squinency Wort. The Hound of ...Hilary Spalding unknownSquinency WortPrint: 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 UnknownBackground to the Life of ChristPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read "Le Moyen Age", chiefly on Popular superstitions; looking also through other parts to see if it is worth while for me to keep the work.'George Eliot [pseud.] unknownLe Moyen Age IllustrePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read, in the Athenaeum, an interesting article on Bishop Colenso's (of Natal), Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the toleration of Polygamy in converts to Christ...George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[article in the Athenaeum]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I was better in the evening and read aloud to G. an article in National on the discoveries of Bunsen and Kirchoff'.George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[article in the National]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Not well in the evening so that I read nothing but an article on the Mormons in the W.R.'George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[article on Mormons in Westminster Review]Print: Serial / periodical


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