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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
 
1800-1849[Marginalia]: marginal marks (x, }, |) plus occasional comments, either single words or short notes eg: p. 74 after the text 'His wit seemed to be incorporated with his v...George Pitts James HallTravels in Scotland, by an unusual route: with a t...Print: Book
1800-1849'Mr J. Plumptre. - "I never read a novel which interested me so very much throughout, the characters are all so remarkably well kept up & so well drawn, & the plot is so ...J. Plumptre Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Sir James Langham & Mr Sanford, having been told that it was much inferior to P.& P. - began it expecting to dislike it, but were very soon extremely pleased with it - &...Sir James Langham Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Sir James Langham & Mr Sanford, having been told that it was much inferior to P.& P. - began it expecting to dislike it, but were very soon extremely pleased with it - &...[Mr] Sanford Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Alethea Bigg. - "I have read M.P. & heard it very much talked of, very much praised. I like it myself & think it very good indeed, but as I never say what I do not thin...Alethea Bigg Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Charles - did not like it near so well as P. & P. - thought it wanted Incident.'Charles Austen Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Dickson. - "I have bought M.P. - but it is not equal to P. & P.'[Mrs] Dickson Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Lefroy - liked it, but thought it a mere Novel.'[Mrs] Lefroy Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Portal - admired it very much - objected cheifly [sic] to Edmund's not being brought more forward'.[Mrs] Portal Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Lady Gordon wrote "In most novels you are amused for the time with a set of Ideal People whom you never think of afterwards or whom you in the least expect to meet in co...Lady Gordon Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Pole wrote, "There is a particular satisfaction in reading all Miss A-s works - they are so evidently written by a Gentlewoman - most Novellists [sic] fail & betray ...[Mrs] Pole Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Adml Foote - surprised that I had the power of drawing the Portsmouth-Scenes so well.'[Admiral] Foote Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Creed - preferred S & S. and P & P. - to Mansfield Park.'[Mrs] Creed Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was finished. When not strongly tempted to play I was almos...Samuel Bamford anon[superstitious doctoring book]Print: Book
1800-1849'? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was finished. When not strongly tempted to play I was almos...Samuel Bamford Edward CockerCocker's Arithmetic, being a Plain and Easy Method...Print: Book
1800-1849'... at the end of my fourth year I drew a small weekly salary one half of which my father allowed me for my own use... I bought books, and read as much as possible, and ...Charles Manby Smith [unknown][various titles]Print: Book
1800-1849[Smith joins a reading group of seven with a view to self-improvement] 'We got a good room, with such attendance as we required, at the sum above named; and thus, for six...Charles Manby Smith [unknown][various]Print: Book
1800-1849'"My books" - I have a few of my own - pick up a loom where it can be had; so of course my reading is without choice or system.'William Thom [unknown][various]Print: Book
1800-1849?Milton?s miscellaneous works were still my favourites. I copied many of his poems into a writing book, and this I did, not only an account of the pleasure which I felt i...Samuel Bamford HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1800-1849?A publication of a different description also fell in my way. Mr Hale was a reader of "Cobbett?s Weekly Register", and as I constantly saw the tract lying on the desk at...Samuel Bamford William Cobbett[writings]Print: Unknown


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