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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 18 January 1848: 'I have not read "Azeth", but I did read or begin to read a tale in the "New Monthly" from the same pen, and ... must co...Charlotte Bronte Eliza Lynn Lintonstory in New Monthly MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte postscript to letter to William Smith Williams, 12 May 1848: 'I find -- on glancing over yours, that I have forgotten to answer a question you ask respec...Charlotte Bronte William Smith Williamsletter to Charlotte BronteManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Mary Taylor to Charlotte Bronte, 24 July 1848: 'About a month since I received and read "Jane Eyre".'Mary Taylor Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, September 1848: ' ... of ["Ellis Bell's" poetry's] merit I am deeply convinced, and have been from the moment the MS. fell int...Charlotte Bronte Emily BrontepoemsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: 'I put your most friendly letter [recommending homeopathic treatments] into Emily's hands as soon as I had m...Charlotte Bronte William Smith WilliamsletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: 'I put your most friendly letter [recommending homeopathic treatments] into Emily's hands as soon as I had m...Emily Bronte William Smith WilliamsletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: '"The North American Review" [containing reviews of the Bronte sisters' works in which the authors are presu...Charlotte Bronte The North American ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 29 March 1849: 'I read your kind note to Anne and she wishes me to thank you sincerely for your friendly proposal.'Charlotte Bronte Ellen NusseynoteManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 12 April 1849: 'I read Anne's letter [of 5 April] to you; it was touching enough ...'Charlotte Bronte Anne Bronteletter to Ellen NusseyManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 16 August 1849: '"The North British Review" duly reached me. I read attentively all it says about E. Wyndham, J. Eyre, and F....Charlotte Bronte The North British ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 1 November 1849: 'I have just received the "Daily News." [containing review of "Shirley"] ... when I read it my heart sickened...Charlotte Bronte The Daily NewsPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Gaskell, "Life of Charlotte Bronte" (1857): '[Charlotte Bronte's] hosts [in London] took pleasure in showing her the sights of London. On one of the days which...Charlotte Bronte The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Maria Branwell to Patrick Bronte, 18 November 1812: 'On Saturday ev[enin]g about the time when you were writing your description of an imaginary shipwreck, I was reading ...Maria Branwell Letter from sisterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'This dream I knew not what to make of but I took some encouragement from it and the next day I was reading in pilgrims progress and was by a quotation directed to the 33...Joseph Mayett John BunyanPilgrim's progressPrint: Book
1800-1849'It was at this time that I read the remaining seven volumes of the "Spectator"; to which I added the "Rambler", the "Tatler", and some others of the "British Essayists"....Thomas Carter [n/a]The SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849They that cultivate literary small-talk have been greatly attracted for some / time by the late number of Blackwoods (formerly the Edinr) Magazine. It contains many slan...Thomas Carlyle Blackwoods MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849 'After an arduous str[uggle] with sundry historians of grea[t and] small renown I sit down to answer the much-valued epistle of my friend. Doubtless you are disposed to...Thomas Carlyle various[histories]Print: BookManuscript: Letter
1800-1849It is long since I told you that I had begun Wallace, and that foreign studies had cast him into the shade. The same causes still obstruct my progress You will perhaps ...Thomas Carlyle William Wallace'Fluxions' in Encyclopedia BritannicaPrint: Book
1800-1849I suppose I had read Hume's England when I wrote last; and I need not repeat my opinion of it.Thomas Carlyle David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1800-1849I suppose I had read Hume's England when I wrote last; and I need not repeat my opinion of it. My perusal of the continuation - eight volumes, of history as it is called...Thomas Carlyle Tobias SmollettHistory of EnglandPrint: Book


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