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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
 
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 20 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"), on evening arrival at inn: 'nine o clock -- going to bed ... women gabbling below -- read a French translati...George Gordon Lord Byron Johann Christoph von SchillerunknownUnknown
1800-1849After tea procured 'The Hull Advertiser' and looked over the Advertisement of a Bookselling & Stationary Business to be disposed of at Scarborough.John Cole The Hull AdvertiserPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 22 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"): 'Passed a rock -- inscription -- 2 brothers -- one murdered the other ...'George Gordon Lord Byron anon[inscription on rock]Manuscript: inscriptionUnknown
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole Salomon GessnerThe Death of AbelPrint: Book
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1800-1849'Murray had written to Byron on September 12 [1816] that he had carried the manuscript of the third canto of Childe Harold to [William] Gifford [his literary advisor]... ...William Gifford George Gordon Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage Canto IIIManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole Alexander PopeHomerPrint: Book
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole CiceroLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole Elizabeth, or the Exile of SiberiaPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 5 October 1816: 'I have read the last E[dinburgh] R[eview] they are very severe on the Germans -- and their idol Goethe -- I have also read Wedderbu...George Gordon Lord Byron anonreview of Goethe, Aus meinem Leben, Dichtung und W...Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole Samuel JohnsonRasselasPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 5 October 1816: 'I have read the last E[dinburgh] R[eview] they are very severe on the Germans -- and their idol Goethe -- I have also read Wedderbu...George Gordon Lord Byron James Wedderburn WebsterWaterloo and Other PoemsManuscript: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 5 October 1816: 'I have read the last E[dinburgh] R[eview] they are very severe on the Germans -- and their idol Goethe -- I have also read Wedderbu...George Gordon Lord Byron H. Gally KnightIlderim: A Syrian TaleUnknown
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 5 October 1816: 'I have read the last E[dinburgh] R[eview] they are very severe on the Germans -- and their idol Goethe -- I have also read Wedderbu...George Gordon Lord Byron The PamphleteerPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in 'Zara', Sir Charles Racket &c and purchased & read a ...John Cole William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 15 October 1816, from Milan: 'What has delighted me most is a manuscript collection (preserved in the Ambrosian library), of original love-letters...George Gordon, Lord Byron Lucretia de Borgia[unknown]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 6 November 1816: 'Among many things at Milan, one pleased me particularly, viz. the correspondence ... of Lucretia Borgia wth Cardinal Bembo ... I ...George Gordon Lord Byron Cardinal; Lucretia Bembo; de BorgialettersManuscript: Letter, Unknown
1800-1849During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in 'Zara', Sir Charles Racket &c and purchased & read a g...John Cole Aaron HillZaraPrint: Book
1800-1849During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in 'Zara', Sir Charles Racket &c and purchased & read a g...John Cole John HomeDouglas: A TragedyPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 6 November 1816: ' ... by the way Ada [his daughter]'s name is the same with that of the Sister of Charlemagne -- as I read the other day in a boo...George Gordon Lord Byron unknown"book treating of the Rhine"Print: Book


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