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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'read a little of Petronius - a most detestable book... in the evening read Louvet's memoirs'.Mary Godwin PetroniusSatyriconPrint: Book
1800-1849Charles Poulett Thomson to Mary Berry, [1828]: 'I return you your book [vol. 1 of "The Comparative View of Social Life in France and England" with many thanks for the ins...Charles Poulett Thomson Mary BerryThe Comparative View of Social Life in France and ...Print: Book
1800-1849'read a little of Petronius - a most detestable book... in the evening read Louvet's memoirs'.Mary Godwin Jean-Baptiste Louvet de CouvraiM?moires de Louvet de CouvraiPrint: Book
1800-1849Joanna Baillie to Mary Berry, [1831]: 'I have just read your proof-sheet [of second volume of Berry's "Comparative View of Social Life in France and England"] [goes on to...Joanna Baillie Mary BerryThe Comparative View of Social Life in France and ...Print: In proof
1800-1849'S. reads aloud to us in the evening out of Adolphus's lives'.Percy Bysshe Shelley John AdolphusBiographical Memoirs of the French RevolutionPrint: Book
1800-1849'Shelley writes his critique & then reads Edgar Huntley to us all all day and all the evening'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Charles Brockden-BrownEdgar Huntley; or, the Sleep-walkerPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry to 'Mrs Somerville', from Bellevue, September 1834: 'I have just finished reading your book [apparently on astronomy], which has [italics]entertained[end itali...Mary Berry Mrs Somerville[work on astronomy]Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry to Thomas Babington Macaulay, 15 October 1834: 'Have they sent you among your books "Victor Jaquemont's Letters?" they are perfectly original [...] I never kne...Mary Berry Victor JaquemontLetters describing a journey in IndiaPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry to Earl Granville, Monday 18 November 1834, on recent dissolution of Government: 'On Saturday, Lady Lansdowne read the paragraph in the "Times" to her lord at ...Lady Lansdowne The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Mary Berry to 'a friend at Paris,' October, 1835: 'I have read with much attention the "notice" on the life of M. Gouthier that you lent me at Paris, and on which you ask...Mary Berry unknownNotice on life of M. GouthierPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Mary Berry , Journal, 18 September 1836: 'I have been unequal this day to anything but reading my Bible for amusement; for I cannot say that I am capable of any reasoning...Mary Berry The BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry on the Life and writings (including memoirs) of the Princess Dashkoff, published 1840: 'The whole work -- of which I saw only the first part, which comes down ...Mary Berry Princess DashkoffLife and WritingsPrint: Book
1800-1849The Rev. Sydney Smith to Mary Berry, [1840]: 'I am reading again Madame du Deffand.'Rev. Sydney Smith Madame du DeffandLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry to a friend, [1841]: 'I have read every word of Mazzini, and agree entirely with him in his views of what civil liberty ought to be, and with most of his state...Mary Berry MazziniunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Lord Francis Jeffrey to Mary Berry, [1842]: 'I have been amusing myself lately by looking over the catalogue of the Strawberry Hill collections, and, as you may suppose, ...Lord Francis Jeffrey unknownCatalogue of Strawberry Hill collectionsPrint: Book, catalogue
1800-1849Lord Francis Jeffrey to Mary Berry, 22 April 1842 ('Friday Evening'): 'I have just been reading over your admirable letter for a third time, and, after nourishing the med...Lord Francis Jeffrey Mary BerryLetter to Lord Francis JeffreyManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Lord Francis Jeffrey to Mary Berry, 23 April 1842 (in letter begun 22 April): 'I still read a good deal [...] I have just finished the last number of the "Edinburgh Revie...Lord Francis Jeffrey The Edinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Lord Francis Jeffrey to Mary Berry, 23 April 1842 (in letter begun 22 April): 'I still read a good deal [...] I have just finished the last number of the "Edinburgh Revie...Lord Francis Jeffrey Thomas Babington Macaulayarticle on Frederick of PrussiaPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Sydney Smith to Mary Berry, [1843]: 'I saw a piece of news the other day, in which a gentleman made his good fortune known to the world in the public papers: -- "Last wee...The Rev. Sydney Smith Church appointment noticePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Mary Berry to Joanna Baillie, 24 October 1844: 'I have been reading "Mrs. Grant's Letters" with considerable amusement. She often writes very well, and [italics]thinks[e...Mary Berry Anne GrantLetters from the Mountains; being the real corresp...Print: Book


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