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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		?To my mind Hugo is far more dramatic in spirit than Fielding, though his method involves (as you show exceedingly well) a use of scenery & background wh. would hardly be...Leslie Stephen Henry Fielding Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		?To my mind Hugo is far more dramatic in spirit than Fielding, though his method involves (as you show exceedingly well) a use of scenery & background wh. would hardly be...Leslie Stephen Samuel Richardson Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		?Now I do not know what you imagined in reading Sully?s Memoirs, but I always imagined the Arsenal was one large building, with a fa?ade to it like a very large hotel or ...Maria Edgeworth Maxmillian de Bethune SullyMemoirsPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to Charles Cuthbert Southey, 26 August 1850, regarding possible publication of letters between herself and Robert Southey: 'I have now read them and feel...Charlotte Bronte Robert and Charlotte Southey and BrontelettersManuscript: Letter
1800-1849
1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to Charles Cuthbert Southey, 26 August 1850: ' ... the perusal of his [Robert Southey's] "Life and Correspondence" arranged by yourself has much deepened...Charlotte Bronte Robert SoutheyLife and CorrespondenceUnknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 19 January 1850: 'Mr Nicholls having finished "Jane Eyre" is now crying out for the 'other book' [Shirley] ...'Arthur Bell Nicholls Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Patrick Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, June 1853, regarding Gaskell's planned visit to Haworth: 'From what I have heard my Daughter say of you, and from the perusal of your...Patrick Bronte Elizabeth GaskellnovelsPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		In her edition of Mary Gladstone's "Diaries and Letters", Lucy Masterman would suggest that it was under her father's influence that Mary read Butler's "Analogy".Mary Gladstone Joseph ButlerThe Analogy of ReligionPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Elizabeth Sewell's brother William, seeing her reading Butler's "Analogy", exclaimed 'You can't understand that', which made her reticent for years about the comfort and ...Elizabeth Sewell Joseph ButlerThe Analogy of ReligionPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Octavia Hill found "Tom Brown's Schooldays" 'one of the noblest works I have read' ...Octavia Hill Thomas HughesTom Brown's SchooldaysPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Phyllis Browne, "What Girls Can Do" (1880): 'When I was a girl I was passionately fond of reading ... I went to stay with a friend in the country, who had by some means o...Phyllis Browne miscellaneous novelsPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Phyllis Browne, "What Girls Can Do" (1880): '[Having agreed with her father that she would read only books approved by him] I begged him to give me something to read. He...Thomas DickChristian PhilosopherPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Phyllis Browne, "What Girls Can Do" (1880): '[Having agreed with her father that she would read only books approved by him] I begged him to give me something to read. He...Phyllis Browne Thomas DickChristian PhilosopherPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'... [Dorothea Beale] learnt to love Shakespeare through her father reading it aloud ...'Miles Beale William Shakespeare Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'... [Dorothea Beale] read history and general literature with her mother ... 'Dorothea Beale and mother historyPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'... [Dorothea Beale] read history and general literature with her mother ... 'Dorothea Beale and mother general literaturePrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", ...Dorothea Beale historyPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", ...Dorothea Beale The Edinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", ...Dorothea Beale The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", ...Dorothea Beale Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical


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