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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
 
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, recalling acquaintances of her youth: 'Mr. Hallam one day called, when, as it was the first day of the month, my table was spread with new periodicals,...Mr Hallam The Monthly RepositoryPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'One day my [Harriet Martineau's] mother was distressed at finding in the "Times" a ribald song addressed to me.'Elizabeth Martineau anon"ribald" song about Harriet MartineauPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'[The eldest Hallam daughter] died [...] while her mother was reading to her. She exclaimed "Stop!" and was dead within five minutes'. unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849'My [Harriet Martineau's] pleasure in [R. Monckton Milnes's poems] was greatest when I read them in my Tynemouth solitude. My copy is marked all over with hieroglyhics i...Harriet Martineau R. Monckton MilnespoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] saw much of Fanny [Kemble] in America [...] She showed me the proof-sheets of her clever "Journal," and, as she chose to require my opinion of it, ...Harriet Martineau Fanny KembleJournalManuscript: proofs
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] was spending a couple of days at Mrs. Marsh's, when she asked me whether I would let her read to me "one or two little stories" which she had writt...Mrs Marsh Mrs MarshThe Admiral's DaughterManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Mrs. Marsh asked me what I thought of getting her tales published. I offered to try if, on reading the manuscript at home, I thought as well of it ["The Admiral's Daugh...Harriet Martineau Mrs MarshTwo Old Men's Tales (including The Admiral's Daugh...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'[S. T. Coleridge] told me [Harriet Martineau] that he (the last person whom I should have suspected) read my tales as they came out on the first of the month'.Samuel Taylor Coleridge Harriet MartineauTalesPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'[Wiliam Godwin] told me [Harriet Martineau] [...] that he wrote the first half of "Caleb William" in three months, and then stopped for six, -- finishing it in three mor...Harriet Martineau William GodwinCaleb WilliamsPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau on her first acquaintance with Robert Browning's poetry, 'a wonderful event': 'Mr. Macready put "Paracelsus" into my hand, when I was staying at his hou...Harriet Martineau Robert BrowningParacelsusPrint: Book
1800-1849'The unbounded expectation I [Harriet Martineau] formed from "Paracelsus"[...] was sadly disappointed when "Sordello" came out. I was so wholly unable to understand it t...Harriet Martineau Robert BrowningSordelloPrint: Book
1800-1849'Among the eminent women who sought my [Harriet Martineau's] acquaintance by letter [in the early 1830s], and whom I have never seen, [is] [...] Miss Kelty, the author of...Harriet Martineau Miss KeltyThe Favourite of NaturePrint: Book
1800-1849'A neighbour lent me [Miss Bremer's] novel, "Brothers and Sisters," the first volume of which we thought admirable: but the latter part about Socialism, Mesmerism, and al...Harriet Martineau and neighbourFrederika BremerBrothers and SistersPrint: Book
1800-1849The elderly Harriet Martineau reflects upon her altered reading capacity: 'I could not now read "Lalla Rookh" through before breakfast, as I did when it appeared. I cann...Harriet Martineau Thomas MooreLalla RookhPrint: Book
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] remember my mother and sister coming home with swollen eyes and tender spirits after spending an evening with Miss Opie, to hear "Temper," which sh...Amelia Opie Amelia OpieTemper, or Domestic Scenes: A TaleManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] remember my mother and sister coming home with swollen eyes and tender spirits after spending an evening with Miss Opie, to hear "Temper," which sh...Elizabeth Martineau and daughterAmelia OpieTemper, or Domestic Scenes: A TalePrint: Book
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] was completely carried away by the article on St. Domingo in the Quarterly Review, (vol.xxi.) which I lighted upon, one day at this time [c.1837], ...Harriet Martineau unknown[Article on St. Domingo]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] was completely carried away by the article on St. Domingo in the Quarterly Review, (vol.xxi.) which I lighted upon, one day at this time [c.1837], ...Harriet Martineau Biographie UniversellePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, on plans for, and execution of, her work on Toussaint L'Ouverture: 'I went to my confidante, with a sheetful of notes, and a heartful of longings to dr...anon Harriet Martineauwork on Toussaint L'OuverturePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, on inspiration for an ultimately abandoned novel: 'There was a police report, during that winter [?1837], -- very brief, -- only one short paragraph, -...Harriet Martineau unknown[Police report]Print: Newspaper


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