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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's Grasmere Journal, Monday 15 March 1802: 'We sate reading the poems, and I read a little German.'William and Dorothy WordsworthWilliam WordsworthpoemsUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 15 March 1802: 'We sate reading the poems, and I read a little German.'Dorothy Wordsworth German text/sPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 16 March 1802: 'After dinner I read him [William Wordsworth] to sleep. I read Spenser while he leaned upon my shoulder.'Dorothy Wordsworth Edmund SpenserunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 17 March 1802: 'I went and sate with W. and walked backwards and forwards in the orchard till dinner time. He read me his...William Wordsworth William Wordsworth[poem]Manuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 17 March 1802: 'After dinner we [Dorothy and William Wordsworth] made a pillow of my shoulder -- I read to him and my Bel...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 17 March 1802: '... we sate a while ... [in the orchard]. I left ... [William Wordsworth], and he nearly finished the po...William Wordsworth William Wordsworth[poem]Manuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 20 March 1802: 'After tea Wm. read The Pedlar.'William Wordsworth William WordsworthThe PedlarManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 March 1802: 'After dinner ... I read German ...'Dorothy Wordsworth unknownGerman text/sPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 18 April 1802: 'I went to drink tea at Luff's ... William met me at Rydale ... We sate up late ... He met me with the conclu...Dorothy Wordsworth William WordsworthThe Robin and the ButterflyManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 21 April 1802: I went to bed after dinner, could not sleep, went to bed again. Read Ferguson's life and a poem or two --...Dorothy Wordsworth Adam FergusonLife of FergusonPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 21 April 1802: 'I went to bed after dinner, could not sleep, went to bed again. Read Ferguson's life and a poem or two -...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownpoemsUnknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 25 April 1802: We spent the morning in the orchard -- read the Prothalamium of Spenser.'William and Dorothy WordsworthEdmund SpenserProthalamiumPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 4 May 1802, describing excursion to local river and waterfall: 'We [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, and S. T. Coleridge] .....William Wordsworth William WordsworthversesManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 4 May 1802, describing excursion to local river and waterfall: 'We [Dorothy and William Wordsworth, and S. T. Coleridge] .....Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor ColeridgeversesManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 5 May 1802, 'I read The Lover's Complaint to Wm. in bed, and left him composed.'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareA Lover's ComplaintPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 6 May 1802, 'When we came in [from evening walk to Tail End] we found a Magazine, and Review, and a letter from Coleridge ...William and Dorothy Wordsworth unknownReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 8 May 1802, 'We sowed the Scarlet Beans in the orchard, and read Henry V. there.'William and Dorothy WordsworthWilliam ShakespeareHenry VPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 8 May 1802, 'Read in the Review.'William and Dorothy Wordsworth unknownReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Saturday 15 May 1802, 'It is now 1/2 past 10 ... A very cold and chearless morning ... I read in Shakespeare.'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Friday 21 May 1802, 'Wm. wrote two sonnets on Buonaparte, after I had read Milton's sonnets to him.'Dorothy Wordsworth John MiltonsonnetsPrint: Book


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