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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
 
1900-1945'Two books I remember reading at one sitting are "Dr. Syn" and "The return of Dr. Syn" (Russell Thorndyke), these I read straight off, mainly because I could not take my ...Russell ThorndykeDr SynPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening I read some little tit bits from Dr [Syntax?] to the youngsters'John Buckley Castieau [unknown]Dr SyntaxPrint: Book
1800-1849'That Man, I trow, is doubly curs't, Who of the best doth make the worst, ...'Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxWilliam CoombeDr Syntax in Search of the PicturesqueUnknown
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 4 October 1881, on Howells's new story, Dr Breen's Practice: "I won't forego the pleasure of letting you know ... what satisfaction t...Henry James Wiliam Dean HowellsDr. Breen's PracticePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Read through Middleton's Letter from Rome'George Eliot [pseud] Conyers MiddletonDr. Middleton's Letter From Rome, Showing an Exact...Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 30 August 1817, from Genoa: 'Mr. Wishaw leaves to-morrow for Florence. I showed him a sketch of the beginning for "The Life of Lady Russell," which ...Mr Wishaw Mary BerryDraft Life of Lady RussellManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Uvedale Price to Mary Berry, 19 January 1813, accompanying his ode on the burning of Moscow by French forces: 'I sent an early copy to Fitzpatrick, and Rogers happening t...Uvedale PriceDraft ode on French retreat from MoscowManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 22 September 1808, during stay at Bothwell Castle, seat of Lord Douglas: 'I read to Lady Douglas my sketch of a preface for the Letters [of Madame du...Mary Berry Mary BerryDraft preface to edition of Letters of Madame du D...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 24 April 1808: 'In the evening, after dinner, I read aloud the sketch of my preface [to the letters of Mme du Deffand], and finished the evening with...Mary Berry Mary BerryDraft preface to edition of letters of Mme du Deff...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding Pearl BuckDragon SeedPrint: Book
1900-1945'Father is rehearsing Drake's Drum for Wednesday'. Leslie Stephen Henry John NewboltDrake's DrumPrint: Book
1900-1945Thursday 9 January 1941: 'Desmond's book has come. Dipping I find it small beer. Too Irish, too confidential, too sloppy & depending upon the charm of the Irish voice. Ye...Virginia Woolf Desmond MacCarthyDramaPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge David Lyndsay [pseud]Dramas of the Ancient WorldPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Lindsays dramas & Telemaque'Mary Shelley David Lyndsay [pseud.]Dramas of theAncient WorldPrint: Book
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Alfred Domett, 16 July 1847: 'I find myself reading Paracelsus and the Dramatic Lyrics more often than any thing else in verse'.Joseph Arnould Robert BrowningDramatic LyricsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, mid-May 1837: 'I am very much obliged by your kindness in allowing me to read the MS dramatic poems -- it seems to me that...Elizabeth Barrett Lady Margaret Cocksdramatic poemsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Walter Savage Landor to Robert Browning, letter postmarked 10 November 1845: 'Before I have half re[a]d through your Dramatic Romances, I must acknowledge the delight ...Walter Savage Landor Robert BrowningDramatic Romances and LyricsPrint: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson notes S. T. Coleridge's annotations, at owners' requests, of copies of Barry Cornwall, Dramatic Scenes, and Charles Tennyson Turner, Sonnets and Fugitive Pi...Samuel Taylor Coleridge Barry CornwallDramatic ScenesPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Bryan Waller ProcterDramatic Scenes and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Medwin reads Dramatic scenes to us & a part of his journal in India'Thomas Medwin Barry Cornwall [pseud.]Dramatic Scenes, and other poemsPrint: Book


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