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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
 
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 20 August 1751: 'You tell me nothing of Mrs Cockburn. I have read but little yet, but she seems to have had a most remarkable cle...Elizabeth Carter Alison Cockburnprose writing/sPrint: Unknown
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 24 October 1751: 'I am sick of all human greatness and activity, and so would you be if you had been turning over with me five gr...Catherine Talbot Bernard de MontfauconFrench AntiquitiesPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 23 December 1751: 'Do you know the Grandison family? [...] Oh, Miss Carter, did you ever call Pigmalion a fool, for making an ima...Catherine Talbot Samuel RichardsonSir Charles GrandisonUnknown
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 23 December 1751: 'I want to talk to you of Fontanelle's Plays, have you seen them? They are incomparable. Truth, virtue, simplic...Catherine Talbot Bernard le Bovier de FontenellePlaysPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 14 March 1752: 'I have begun reading a book which promises some laughing amusement, "The Female Quixote;" the few chapters I read...Catherine Talbot Charlotte LennoxThe Female QuixotePrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 14 March 1752: 'I have begun reading a book which promises some laughing amusement, "The Female Quixote;" the few chapters I read...Martin Benson Henry FieldingAmelia (volumes 1 and 2)Print: Book
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 30 March 1751: 'How to account for Miss Mulso's unmerciful severity to Amelia is past my skill, as it does not appear that she wa...Hester Mulso Henry FieldingAmeliaPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 22 April 1752: 'I thank you for your offer of sending me Miss Mulso's verses, Mr Richardson has been so good as to shew them to m...Catherine Talbot Hester MulsoversesUnknown
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 22 April 1752: 'At last we have begun Amelia, it is very entertaining. I do love Dr Harrison and the good Serjeant; and Mrs James...Catherine Talbot and family.Henry FieldingAmeliaPrint: Book
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 23 June 1752: 'I am heartily sorry, my dear Miss Talbot, to find by to-day's Paper that your apprehensions were too well grounded...Elizabeth Carter report of death of Bishop of DurhamPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752, following illness with fever]: 'What have I been doing since I came here [a 'pretty place in Surry']? giving troubl...Catherine Talbot 'Arlequin'Print: Unknown
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752, following illness with fever]: 'What have I been doing since I came here [a 'pretty place in Surry']? giving troubl...Catherine Talbot 'Princess Mesirida'Print: Unknown
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752, following illness with fever]: 'What have I been doing since I came here [a 'pretty place in Surry']? giving troubl...Catherine Talbot Con. [Teresia Constantia] PhillipsAn Apology for the Conduct of Mrs. T. C. PhillipsPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752, following illness with fever]: 'What have I been doing since I came here [a 'pretty place in Surry']? giving troubl...Catherine Talbot William ChaigneauThe History of Jack ConnorPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752]: 'I never answered you about the authoress of certain Miscellanies. Is it possible you could really admire them? Is...Catherine Talbot Mary JonesMiscellanies in Prose and VersePrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 17 December 1752: 'Did I ever tell you I was reading Madame de Maintenon's Letters? [...] She seems to have been both a great and...Catherine Talbot Françoise d'Aubigné de MaintenonLettersPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 17 December 1752: 'Pray can you tell me any history of a new paper called the Adventurer? We hope much from it, though we have se...Catherine Talbot and family The AdventurerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 29 January 1753: 'I like the Adventurers; we all like them exceedingly [...] They do not abound in hard words, they are varied wi...Catherine Talbot and family The AdventurerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, from Cuddesdon, 21 July 1753, in account of a day excursion in the local countryside (around Oxford): 'Yesterday we set off soon ...Catherine Talbot and familyMarie de Rabutin-Chantal de SevigneLetters (vol. 7)Print: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, from Cuddesdon, 21 July 1753, in account of a day excursion in the local countryside (around Oxford): 'Yesterday we set off soon ...Catherine Talbot and familySarah FieldingLettersPrint: Book


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