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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
 
1850-1899'I have just finished Barrie's delicious book — to my great sorrow. It is a charming little work — the only pity of it is that she could not read it! 'Gertrude Bell James Matthew Barrie?Margaret Ogilvy: by her son J. M.BarriePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished Cloudesley - the interest is inexpressibly absorbing - there is a truth and majesty in the delineation of the passions, and a simplicity and grace i...Mary Shelley William GodwinCloudesleyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished Fanny Kemble's books, and when I say that I read them the next after your most charming volumes, and was amused, and on the whole much pleased with ...Barbara Hofland Mary Russell MitfordBelford Regis, or, Sketches of a Country TownPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished Fanny Kemble's books, and when I say that I read them the next after your most charming volumes, and was amused, and on the whole much pleased with ...Barbara Hofland Fanny KembleunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished Hugh Miller's 'First Impressions of England and its people'. His argument at the conclusion of the seventeenth chapter is excellent; he concludes ...Eliza Ellis Hugh MillerFirst Impressions of England and its PeoplePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished Miss Martineau's new romance. Toussaint the hero is a magnificent character, - and all connected with his personal private character is very interes...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Harriet MartineauHour and the Man, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished Miss Martineau's new romance. Toussaint the hero is a magnificent character, - and all connected with his personal private character is very interes...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Harriet MartineauDeerbrookPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have just finished reading your last book..'Robert Louis Stevenson William Dean HowellsA Modern InstancePrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just finished that wonderful book—"The Way of All Flesh". It is a wonderful book.'William Henry Hudson Samuel ButlerThe Way of All FleshPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot Walter ScottThe Lady of the LakePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William ShakespeareRichard IIPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William Shakespeare1 Henry IVPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William Shakespeare2 Henry IVPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William ShakespeareHenry VPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished Trelawney's Adventures of a Younger Brother. It is a book that excites whilst reading, and leaves behind it, many painful feelings. A true radical s...Sarah Harriet Burney Edward John TrelawneyAdventures of a Younger SonPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished your poem of "The Sisters", and tell you truly and fairly that I read it with an interest and delight which I cannot express. I like it better than ...Sir William Elford Mary Russell MitfordThe SistersPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just finished [italics] The Mill on the Floss[end italics]. Reading it and [italics] Adam Bede [end italics] have given me the most extraordinary pleasure. I begi...Antonia White George Eliot [pseud.]Mill on the Floss, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just finished [italics] The Mill on the Floss[end italics]. Reading it and [italics] Adam Bede [end italics] have given me the most extraordinary pleasure. I begi...Antonia White George Eliot [pseud.]Adam BedePrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just finished [italics] The Mill on the Floss[end italics]. Reading it and [italics] Adam Bede [end italics] have given me the most extraordinary pleasure. I begi...Antonia White George Eliot [pseud.]MiddlemarchPrint: Book


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