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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
 
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 9 July 1836: 'You have not my dear kind friend thought me unkind and thankless in not writing my gratitude to you the mome...Elizabeth Barrett Mary Russell MitfordDramatic Scenes, Sonnets and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge William ShakespeareDramatic WorksPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge William ShakespeareDramatic WorksPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Paul Bourget, 15 May 1900, thanking him for copy of his collection of tales, Drames de Famille: 'I have read the whole thing with the intensity [italics] q...Henry James Paul BourgetDrames de FamillePrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift, as he used to do upon all occasions. "The 'Tale of ...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftDrapier's Letters, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Geo Burrow then read portions of Thackeray's essay on Swift. H. R. Smith read several short extracts from the Journal to Stella. After supper Miss D. Brain read several ...T. C. Elliott Jonathan SwiftDrapier's Letters, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'9. Charles Stansfield then read his paper on Charles Lamb. He gave us a clear picture of Lamb in his family relationships, beginning with a delightful study of Lamb’s ...Mary Pollard Charles LambDream ChildrenManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding Kenneth GrahameDream DaysPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding Henry WilliamsonDream of Fair Women, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Sorry I forgot to mail you my opinion of Israel Zangwill. I admire him enormously and like him about as much. He reminds me often of the author of Revelations in his...Charles Hamilton Sorley Israel ZangwillDreamers of the GhettoPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Queen [Victoria] ... read the sequel [to "Uncle Tom's Cabin"], "Dred: A Tale of the Dismal Swamp" (1856), and considered it as good ...'Queen Victoria Harriet Beecher StoweDred: A Tale of the Dismal SwampPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Davy's Chemistry with Shelley - read Curt. and Ides travels. Shelley reads Montaigne and Don Quixote aloud in the evening'.Mary Godwin E. Ysbrants IdesDriejaarige reize naar China, te lande gedaan door...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Ides travels. S. reads Don Quixote aloud in the evening'.Mary Godwin E. Ysbrants IdesDriejaarige reize naar China, te lande gedaan door...Print: Book
1800-1849'Sunday May 27th. [...] Read Congres de Vienne de M. Pradt.' [also records 'Read Congres de Vienne' on 28 May 1821, and 'Finish Congres de Vienne' on 4 June]. Claire Clairmont Dominque Dufour de PradtDu Congres de ViennePrint: Book
1800-1849'Except a brief visit to Ruthwell, I have scarcely been from home since my arrival - my excursions in the world of literature have scarcely been wider. Rousseau's "Contr...Thomas Carlyle Jean-Jacques RousseauDu Contrat SocialPrint: Book
1900-1945I have been re-reading 'Du Côté.' Well, it is marvellous. I have also been re-reading 'Anna Karenina'. Well, it is more marvellous. I have also been re-reading 'Les F...Arnold Bennett Marcel ProustDu Coté chez SwannPrint: Book
1900-1945'I?m glad you like the Shaw. Stanley bought me one of the early editions ? I haven?t read it through yet ? I?m trying to get through Spengler?s second volume of The Dec...Winifred Agnes Moore Marcel ProustDu Cote de Chez SwannPrint: Book
1900-194518 April 1918: 'I went to Guildford. I don't see how to put 3 or 4 hours of Roger's conversation into the rest of this page [...] it was about all manner of things [......Roger Fry Marcel ProustDu Cote de chez SwannPrint: Book
1900-1945'In his diary (1 March 1922) Forster recorded, while on the boat returning from India, his early impressions of Proust: "Bought Du Cote de Chez Swann at Marseilles and no...Edward Morgan Forster Marcel ProustDu Cote de chez SwannPrint: Book
1850-1899'I [...] was singing after my own fashion "Du hast diamentem und Perlen"[...]'Robert Louis Stevenson Heinrich HeineDu hast Diamenten und PerlenPrint: song


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