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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 see the Nineteenth Century has a full list each month of its articles and contributors, which is put in the windows and on the counters of the booksellers.' Oscar Wilde Nineteenth CenturyPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I see there is a little reference to him [Drake] in a rude interview with me in the [underlined] World [end underlining] that I send you.'Ford Madox Ford [n/a]World, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I see your name mentioned among the writers in Constable's Encyclopaedia; pray tell me what articles you have written: I shall always read anything which you write. The ...Sydney Smith Archibald Constable [ed.]Encyclopaedia BritannicaPrint: Book
1850-1899'I seem to have been reading nothing but about young girls lately — Miss Bronte, Miss Edgeworth, the Burneys, the Winkworths.'Emma Darwin Frances or Sarah BurneyUnknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I seem to have been reading nothing but about young girls lately — Miss Bronte, Miss Edgeworth, the Burneys, the Winkworths.'Emma Darwin unknown unknown[Biography of Catherine and Susannah Winkworth]Print: Book
1900-1945'I send back "The Windlestraw" by return of post. In this sort of apologue you are simply incomparable.' Hence follows a page of praise. Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe WindlestrawManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I send back the MS tonight.The chapters are all as they should be. The last line excellent. Good luck to the book.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyJocelynManuscript: Unknown, probably a typed MS
1850-1899'I send you a characteristic letter from John Collier, which please keep for me. I suspected Pollock from the first; but did not think Collier himself had had a hand in i...Robert Louis Stevenson John Collier Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I send you a new novel of Madame de Genlis' 'Mademoiselle de la Fayette'. I think it will interest and amuse you at the same time. The subject is taken from the reign of...Princess Caroline, Princess of Wales Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de GenlisLes voeux temeraires : ou L' enthousiasmePrint: Book
1800-1849'I send you a new novel of Madame de Genlis' 'Mademoiselle de la Fayette'. I think it will interest and amuse you at the same time. The subject is taken from the reign of...Princess Caroline, Princess of Wales Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de GenlisMademoiselle de La Fayette : ou le siecle de Louis...Print: Book
1900-1945'I send you back "L'Etape" — I don't think Bourget is well suited to the character of a writer of tracts.' Gertrude Bell Paul BourgetL' EtapePrint: Book
1800-1849'I send you back 'Ambarvalia' with many thanks; I am also much obliged to you for sending me Mr Espinasse's prospectus, which had before excited my attention'.Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Francis Espinasse[prospectus]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'I send you back 'Ambarvalia' with many thanks; I am also much obliged to you for sending me Mr Espinasse's prospectus, which had before excited my attention'.Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Arthur Hugh CloughAmbarvaliaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I send you my affectionate thanks for the book ["The Plattner Story and Others"] and for the terms of the inscription on the fly-leaf; for the more I know of you--in our...Joseph Conrad H.G. Wells The Plattner Story and OthersPrint: Book
1800-1849'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequ...Anne Romilly George Gordon, Lord ByronFare thee wellPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequ...Anne Romilly George Gordon, Lord ByronSketch from Private Life, APrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequ...Anne Romilly [n/a]Morning ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequ...Samuel Romilly George Gordon, Lord ByronSketch from Private Life, APrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequ...Samuel Romilly George Gordon, Lord ByronFare thee wellPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I send you some verses which I read in the Examiner; I think them very witty, although very abominable'. [What follows is Charle's Lamb's poem, 'The Triumph of the Whale...Matthew Lewis Charles Lamb'The Triumph of the Whale'Print: Serial / periodical


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