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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
 
1850-1899Henry James to the Earl of Lovelace, 14 January 1906, thanking him for a copy of "Astarte", Lovelace's account of his grandparents Lord and Lady Byron's marriage: 'I am g...Henry James variousByron family papersManuscript: Unknown
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
1800-1849Byron to John Hanson, 11 July 1815: 'Dear Sir -- I have called about my Will -- which I hope is nearly ready. -- I also wish to have the robe and sword sent up to my hous...George Gordon Lord Byron Byron family pedigreeUnknown
1900-1945'My library book now is "Byron in Italy" by Peter Quennell. I have not read much of Byron's poetry for many, many years. You probably remember the large volume of his wor...Peter QuennellByron in ItalyPrint: Book
1900-1945Saturday 29 February 1936: 'I read Quennel [sic] on Byron: dont like that young mans clever agile thin blooded mind'.Virginia Woolf Peter QuennellByron. The Years of FamePrint: Book
1900-1945'Owing to his giving me the books, am now reading C by M. Baring. I am surprised to find it as good as it is. But how good is it? Easy to say it is not a great book. But ...Virginia Woolf Maurice BaringCPrint: Book
1900-1945 I offer you my sincere & almost violent congratulations on 'C'. I have been greatly impressed by it. It held me throughout its immense length. Arnold Bennett Maurice BaringCPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 31 July-2 August 1796: 'Have you read Cabal & Love? in spite of a translation for which the translator deserves hanging — the...Robert Southey Johann Christoph Friedrich von SchillerCabal and LovePrint: Book
1600-1699'Thence with Mr Moore to the Wardrobe and there sat while my Lord was private with Mr Townsend about his accounts an hour or two - we reading of a merry book against the ...Samuel Pepys Sir John BirkenheadCabala, or An impartial account of the non-conform...Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence with Mr Moore to the Wardrobe and there sat while my Lord was private with Mr Townsend about his accounts an hour or two - we reading of a merry book against the ...Henry Moore Sir John BirkenheadCabala, or An impartial account of the non-conform...Print: Book
1600-1699'and Creed did also repeat to me some of the substance of letters of old Burleigh in Queen Elizabeth's time which he hath of late read in the printed "Cabbala", which is ...John Creed [unknown]Cabala, sive Scrinia SacraPrint: Book
1900-1945'Wrote up, finished O. Henry's "Cabbages and Kings" (an inferior S. American "South Wind" but good) and some more G. [Geoffrey] Scott. Bed 10.'Ronald Storrs O. Henry (pseud)Cabbages and KingsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I agree with you that Mr Collins's volumes are very good, but I don't agree with you about Mr Trollope, whose 'Caesar' I cannot read without laughing - it is so like Joh...Margaret Oliphant Anthony TrollopeCaesarPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read during 1944]: 'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ...Hilary Spalding George Bernard ShawCaesar and CleopatraPrint: Book
1700-1799Very miserable. 'Like a poor Lunitick that Makes his Moan And for a time beguiles the Lookers-On He reasons well, his Eyes their Wildness lose And vows the keepers his w...Gertrude Savile Nathaniel LeeCaesar Borgia. A TragedyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read a little book of verse entitled "Cage Without Grievance", by a "modern Scot", W.S. Graham. Montgomerie's gift; and inscribed on it by him is Marston's line: "I fear...William Soutar W.S. GrahamCage Without GrievancePrint: Book
1900-1945Virginia Stephen to Violet Dickinson, 25 December 1906: 'I am reading now a book by Renan called his Memories of Childhood [Cahiers de Jeunesse, 1906]: O my word it ...Virginia Stephen Ernest RenanCahiers de JeunessePrint: Book
1800-1849'read Cain'Mary Shelley George Gordon, Lord ByronCainPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 1 January 1822: 'I think "Cain" most wicked, but not without feeling or passion. Parts of it are magn...Granville Leveson Gower George Gordon Lord ByronCainPrint: Book
1800-1849Walter Scott to John Murray, regarding Byron's Cain: 'I do not know that his Muse has ever taken so lofty a flight amid her former soarings. He has certainly matched M...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronCain, a MysteryPrint: Book


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