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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
 
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: 'I am reading the Cid.'Dorothy Wordsworth Robert SoutheyChronicle of the Cid, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Mary Hutchinson, 1 February 1813: 'Willy [Wordsworth, the poet's son] is now beside me ... He has taken up a book, and there he reads fragments of a...Willy Wordsworth [nursery rhymes]Print: Book
1800-1849Transcribed from title page to edition of Don Quixote in 30 May 1813 letter from William Wordsworth to Basil Montagu: 'The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Er...William Wordsworth Miguel CervantesDon QuixotePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson [about 14 Sept. 1813]: 'We have had no time to read Newspapers [with decoration of Rydal Mount] but have been obliged to content ...Wordsworth Family  Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'I was resolved not to write until I had read your Husband's Book, of which literally I have not even now read...Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas ClarksonMemoirs of the Private and Public Life of William ...Print: BookManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'My whole summer's reading has been a part of two volumes of Mrs Grant's American Lady, which Southey lent to ...Dorothy Wordsworth Anne GrantMemoirs of an American LadyPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'My whole summer's reading has been a part of two volumes of Mrs Grant's American Lady, which Southey lent to ...Dorothy Wordsworth Robert SoutheyLife of NelsonPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'My whole summer's reading has been a part of two volumes of Mrs Grant's American Lady, which Southey lent to ...Dorothy Wordsworth  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'My whole summer's reading has been a part of two volumes of Mrs Grant's American Lady, which Southey lent to ...Dorothy Wordsworth ['readings with the Bairns']Unknown
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 5 May 1814: 'I have to thank you for a Present of your Volume of Poems, received some time since, through the hands of Southey. I ha...William Wordsworth Samuel RogersPoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 11 November 1814: 'I saw two sections of Hazlitt's Review [of William Wordsworth, The Excursion, in the Examiner] at Rydale, and...Dorothy Wordsworth William HazlittReview of The ExcursionPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 11 November 1814: 'I saw two sections of Hazlitt's Review [of William Wordsworth, The Excursion, in the Examiner] at Rydale, and...Dorothy Wordsworth Examiner, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Writing to Catherine Clarkson, 11 November 1814, Dorothy Wordsworth gives transcription of version of William Wordsworth, "Yarrow Visited". Dorothy Wordsworth William WordsworthYarrow VistedManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 11 November 1814: 'Your anecdote of Tom [?Thomas Clarkson] that he sate up all night reading William's poem gave me as much plea...Tom ?Clarkson William Wordsworth?Excursion, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814: 'I have to thank you ... for Egbert, which is pleasingly and vigorously written, and proves that with a due sacrif...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesEgbert, or, The SuicideUnknown
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814: 'I have peeped into the Ruminator, and turned to your first letter, which is well executed, and seizes the attenti...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesRuminator, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814: 'Your longer poem I have barely looked into ... 'William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesChilde Alarique, a poet's reverie with other poemsPrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814: 'I thank you for the Queen's Wake; since I saw you in Edinburgh I have read it. It does Mr. Hogg great credit. O...William Wordsworth James HoggQueen's Wake, TheUnknown
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 22 December 1814: 'When your Letter arrived I was in the act of reading to Mrs W[ordsworth] your Exile, which pleased me more, I thin...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesExile, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 22 December 1814: 'I have read the Ruminator, and I fear that I do not like it quite as much as you would wish. It wants depth and s...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesThe RuminatorPrint: Book


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