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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
 
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a 'vagrant' of 18 years of age: "Of a night ...we'd read stories about Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin, and all through that set. They were large...anon William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a 'vagrant' of 18 years of age: "Of a night ...we'd read stories about Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin, and all through that set. They were large...anon William Harrison AinsworthRookwoodPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse: "My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig...anon Watts Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse: "My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig...anon John Wesley Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse: "My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig...anon religious magazinesPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse: "My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig...anon ClarkLives of PiratesPrint: Book, Serial / periodical, numbers collected into volume by library?
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse: "My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig...anon Tales of ShipwrecksPrint: Serial / periodical, probably penny numbers
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse: "My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig...anon Family HeraldPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse: "My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig...anon William Harrison AinsworthWindsor CastlePrint: Book, Serial / periodical, unsure if penny numbers or book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse: "My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig...anon William Harrison AinsworthThe Tower of LondonPrint: Book, Serial / periodical, unsure if penny numbers or book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 17, an inmate of a London workhouse: "I thought I should make my fortune in London -I'd heard it was such a grand place. I had read in...anon  Print: Book, Serial / periodical, penny books
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister: "I went to school to learn to write and cipher,...anon BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister: "...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake...anon Thomas Paine Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister: "...We often had ministers to dinner and supper...anon BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister: "...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake...anon Volney Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister: "...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake...anon George Jacob Holyoake Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister: "...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake...anon Edward Bulwer-Lytton Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister: "...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake...anon Charles Dickens Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		Evidence of Abel Heywood to Select Committee considering abolition of newspaper stamps: "This 'Court of London' I consider is a test of the taste of the readers genera...Abel Heywood G.W.M. ReynoldsThe Mysteries of the Court of LondonPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		Evidence of Abel Heywood to Select Committee considering abolition of newspaper stamps: "I take home the 'Family Herald', and read it with a great deal of pleasure, an...Abel Heywood Family HeraldPrint: Serial / periodical


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