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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
 
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale George LilloFatal Curiosity: A True Tragedy of Three ActsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson's newly written Lives are delightful, but he is too hard on Prior's Alma: he will be keenly reproached for his Toryism, but what cares he? he calls himself a Tor...Hester Lynch Thrale Philip MassingerFatal Dowry, ThePrint: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale Thomas SouthernFatal marriage, The; or, the innocent adulteryPrint: Book
1800-1849'read Family of Montorio'Mary Shelley Charles R. MaturinFatal Revenge; or the Family of MontorioPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish the Family of Montorio'Mary Shelley Charles R. MaturinFatal Revenge; or the Family of MontorioPrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was given to Edmund Gosse. H.M. Wallis spoke about Edmund Gosse the man & his work for the public services, & the conflict of personalities as sh...Henry Marriage Wallis Edmund GosseFather & Son: A Study of Two Temperaments Print: Book
1800-1849On literary life of Amelia Opie, 1804-25: 'It must have been something [...] to breakfast with Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott: the gifted man condescending to tell ...Walter Scott Amelia OpieFather and DaughterPrint: Book
1800-1849'I went to Norwich & past two Days with Mrs Opie who has written some pleasant books, particularly the [italics] Father & Daughter [end italics].'George Crabbe Amelia Alderson OpieFather and Daughter, The: a Tale in Prose, with an...Print: Book
1900-1945'Read Xtian Observer on War ... Began Father & Son by Goss. 9. May filled hot water bottle & brought hot water. To bed 9.30.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Edmund GosseFather and Son: A Study in Two TemperamentsPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'My warmest thanks for the inscribed copy which arrived yesterday. The first time I read the book was in 1908, the last was in '12 or early '13 when the copy disappeared ...Joseph Conrad Edmund GosseFather and Son:A Study of Two TemperamentsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Thanks ever so much for the book ["Father Archangel of Scotland, and Other Essays"]. I have read it once so far. The more I read you the more I admire. This is a str...Joseph Conrad Robert Bontine Cunninghame GrahamFather Archangel of Scotland, and Other EssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'Took a book on Father Damien into the Park.'Vere Hodgson Piers ComptonFather DamienPrint: Book
1850-1899Louis announced that he had written something he wanted us to hear. When we had taken our seats round the centre table he stood before us with a manuscript in his hand......Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis StevensonFather Damien, an Open Letter to the Reverend Dr H...Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'As to your sketch (for it is that) in last "B'wood", it has pleased me immensely. The simplicity of treatment is effective.'Joseph Conrad Hugh CliffordFather RouelletPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'The Earl of Carlisle having written a tragedy, entitled "The Father's Revenge", some of his Lordship's friends applied to Mrs. Chapone to prevail on Dr. Johnson to read ...Samuel Johnson Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of CarlisleFather's Revenge, TheManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'James Hanley's workmates laughed when he taught himself French by reading the Mercure de France...Working the night shift at a railway station, Hanley withdrew into the ...James Hanley Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevFathers and SonsPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the late 1880s Gissing immersed himself in contemporary European fiction, as he had during previous periods of his life. Gissing's wide reading has been often noted b...George Gissing Ivan TurgenevFathers and SonsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Now [after 1890] he [Gissing] read books that seemed to have had a direct impact on his development, turning him away from working-class subjects (to which he never retu...George Gissing Ivan TurgenevFathers and SonsPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'June. Aldworth. Tourgueneff [sic] the Russian novelist (whose Lisa and Pere et Enfants A. liked much) and Mr Ralston arrived. To...Alfred Tennyson Ivan TurgenevFathers and SonsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Noted by 17-year-old Alice Thompson in her diary: 'I have been reading Fatima and I don't quite think I know what love is.'Alice Thompson unknownFatimaUnknown


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