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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 taken up the idea of my drama, "The Spanish Gipsy" again, and am reading on Spanish subjects - Bouterwek, Sismondi, Depping, Llorente etc'.George Eliot [pseud.] Jean Charles L?onard de Sismondi[unknown - on Spain]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have taken up the idea of my drama, "The Spanish Gipsy" again, and am reading on Spanish subjects - Bouterwek, Sismondi, Depping, Llorente etc'.George Eliot [pseud.] Georges Bernard Depping[unknown - on Spain]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have taken up the idea of my drama, "The Spanish Gipsy" again, and am reading on Spanish subjects - Bouterwek, Sismondi, Depping, Llorente etc'.George Eliot [pseud.] Juan Antonio Llorente[Spanish history]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I have tasted, sipped, and consumed the delectable nectar prepared surely with the milk of human kindness and spiced with your wit. [...]; This is delightful [...].' He...Joseph Conrad E.[Edward] V. [Verrall] LucasOver Bemerton's: An Easy-going Chronicle Print: Book
1850-1899'I have thanked you (mentally) very much for Folious Appearances, the humour, strength - and even affectation of which I like exceedingly. What is the name of the man, ag...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell John TuplingFolious appearances. a consideration on our ways o...Print: Book
1900-1945'I have the "Cambrian News" sent to me every week so I am able to read of the good work you and Friends are doing to Cheer up the Aber[ystwyth] Boys out here.' W. Joseph Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I have the "PTFL" proof; and it is very fourth rate, I am afraid; not quite [italics] dead [end italics] you know, but ailing − very ailing.'Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson"On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places"Print: Proof copy of RLS?s essay.
1900-1945'I have the complete text of "The Isle" in my possession.[...]. The short passage [on Giovanni de Procida, 13th century Sicilian doctor and instigator of the Sicilian Ves...Joseph Conrad Norman DouglasThe Isle of TyphoeusManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'I have the Daily Mail and the News of the World for sport. They're getting a bit better than they were, but they're still a bit poor. Yes, I should like to see more spor... Daily MailPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I have the Daily Mail and the News of the World for sport. They're getting a bit better than they were, but they're still a bit poor. Yes, I should like to see more spor... News of the worldPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I have the read the two July articles just before that period [of depression or at least writer's block] began. Evidently my dearest boy it is your synthesis, of course ...Joseph Conrad Stephen ReynoldsunidentifiedPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I have the whole of her novels before me. Even La Petite Fadette, for as long as it was in the house, I had not read.'Robert Louis Stevenson George SandLa Petite FadettePrint: Book
1900-1945'I have this day despatched to you in two book packets, a copy of "The Regent". You may take it positively from me that this book is all right. I have read nearly all o...Arnold Bennett Arnold BennettRegent, TheManuscript: manuscript of new novel (typescript?)
1700-1799'I have this day read Rasselas which is a book I like as it leads to deep affection'Elizabeth Gurney Samuel JohnsonThe History of Rasselas, Prince of AbissiniaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I have this Moment put into my Hand a Poem concerning the Geranium Flower; tis not very long, and tis I think exceedingly Ingenious: but so obscene I will not pollute my...Hester Lynch Thrale Andrew Erskine[a poem on a Geranium]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I have this moment received your very kind letter with the enclosure of verse for which I hasten to send you my warm thanks. The verse is very genuine and has appealed t...Joseph Conrad David Morton?Old Ships Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I have thought of your lines, and will claim your pardon when I suggest another alteration. The boy and the butterfly, though a beautiful, is a common image; and harebel...George Crabbe Samuel RogersHuman LifeManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I have to thank you for Morel's pamphlet which reached me from L'pool a few days ago.There can be no doubt that his presentation of the commercial policy and the adminis...Joseph Conrad E.(Edward) D.(Dene) MorelThe Congo Slave State.Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849'I have translated a portion of Schiller's History of the thirty years war (it is all about Gustavus and the fellow-soldados of Dugald Dalgetty your dearly-beloved friend...Thomas Carlyle Friedrich SchillerGeschichte des dreissigj?hrigen KriegsPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have tried to follow your advice about the Bible, what part of the Bible do you like best? I like the Gospels. Do you know which of them is generally reckoned the best...Charles Darwin BiblePrint: Book


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