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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899[Read] 'Romanes, 'Theism'. Tiele, History of Religions. Odyssey.'George Eliot [pseud] George John RomanesCandid Examination of Theism, APrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to a Play-Reading of Bernard Shaw's Candida.'Members of XII book ClubGeorge Bernard ShawCandidaPrint: Book
1700-1799'She began Candide but "threw it aside, and nothing, I believe, will tempt me ever to look into it again."'Elizabeth Carter Francois-Marie VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1700-1799'On the next day (Saturday 9th) I went to Canterbury in the diligence, during w'ch I amused myself with reading part of Voltaire's "Candide", w'ch having read a great man...John Marsh VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished Voltaire's Candide again after many years' interval'.George Eliot [pseud] Voltaire (pseud.)CandidePrint: Book
1900-1945'After that I read Voltaire's "Candide", and at 12 o'clock adjourned for a pint to the local pub. Switched on the wireless again at 2.0 for the same reason as before, and... VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1800-1849'Her Royal Highness once read through the whole of 'Candide' to one of her ladies, who told me her opinion of it, which does her honour. She said, - "its character as a w...Princess Caroline Princess of Wales VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1800-1849'Her Royal Highness once read through the whole of 'Candide' to one of her ladies, who told me her opinion of it, which does her honour. She said, - "its character as a w...a lady in waiting to Princess Caroline VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1800-1849'Her Royal Highness once read through the whole of 'Candide' to one of her ladies, who told me her opinion of it, which does her honour. She said, - "its character as a w...Charlotte Bury VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1900-1945'I understand from Mr. Bagguley that it is you who are the craftsman of the binding of the "Candide" which he has been so kind as to give me. Will you allow me to offer ...Arnold Bennett VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1900-1945'It is years since I have read "Candide" of course in French. I must tell you I have been immensely pleased by the particular quality of this translation.'
[Henc...		Joseph Conrad François-Marie Arouet VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Thomas Phillips Lamb, 28 October 1792: 'If the Baron of Thundertentroncks castle had not been destroyd (said Dr Pangloss to Candidus) if Miss Cunegonda ...Robert Southey VoltaireCandide, ou l'OptimismePrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 22 November - 2 December 1793: 'Do not imagine that I am vindicating the stile of Candide when I differ with you in judgement...Robert Southey VoltaireCandide, ou l'OptimismePrint: Book
1700-1799'This Tale ["Rasselas"], with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English language is capable, leads us through the most importa...James Boswell Voltaire [pseud.]Candide: Or, All for the Best Print: Book
1700-1799'This Tale ["Rasselas"], with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English language is capable, leads us through the most importa...Samuel Johnson Voltaire [pseud.]Candide: Or, All for the Best Print: Book
1700-1799[Anne Donnellan to Samuel Richardson, 14 July 1750:] 'I must also thank you for the canons of Mr Warburton's antagonist, which I had read before I left London, but for...Anne Donnellan Thomas EdwardsCanons of CriticismPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 6 December 1801: 'In the afternoon we sate by the fire: I read Chaucer aloud, and Mary read the first canto of The Fairy Que...Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey ChaucerCanterbury TalesPrint: Book
1850-1899'Repeated Longfellow?s Psalm of Life. Read three first chapters of Chaucer's Prologue. I had been depressed and ill all the morning, a little intercourse with minds see...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Geoffrey ChaucerCanterbury TalesPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 20 October 1797: 'In Chaucer I for ever find the ribible — but nothing else & no explanation of that. now tho I have use...Robert Southey Geoffrey ChaucerCanterbury TalesPrint: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, December 1896 - March 1897, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source author notes that Wilde...Oscar Wilde Geoffrey ChaucerCanterbury TalesPrint: Book


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