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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'In "Where Love and Friendship Dwelt" (1944), Marie Belloc remembered of her time as literary correspondent in late 1880s-early 1890s: "Even when I was in London, I read ...Marie Belloc unknownContemporary French novelsPrint: Book
1450-1499'In 1477 William Caxton presented his "History of Jason" to the 6-year-old future Edward V. Edward IV, the little prince's father, had instructed the child's governor tha...King Edward V William CaxtonHistory of JasonPrint: Book
1500-1599'In 1568 [Gabriel] Harvey purchased a copy of Aristotle's "Organon"; in 1572 he was given a copy of Aristotle's "Rhetoric". Both Greek texts were copiously annotated and ...Gabriel Harvey Aristotle OrganonPrint: Book
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1600-1699		'In 1568 [Gabriel] Harvey purchased a copy of Aristotle's "Organon"; in 1572 he was given a copy of Aristotle's "Rhetoric". Both Greek texts were copiously annotated and ...Gabriel Harvey Aristotle RhetoricPrint: Book
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1600-1699		'In 1584 [Gabriel Harvey] had acquired [...] Hugkel's "Semeiotice", 1560, a medical text which bases its diagnoses on Galenic theory and the four humours [...] The inscri...Gabriel Harvey Jacob HugkelSemeioticePrint: Book
1700-1799'In 1753 Catherine Talbot stayed with the Berkeley family and participated enthusiastically in readings of "Sir Charles Grandison".'Catherine Talbot Samuel RichardsonSir Charles GrandisonPrint: Book
1700-1799'In 1768, Burney read in rapid succession Elizabeth and Richard Griffith's "A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances" (1757) ... Oliver Goldsmith's "The Vica...Frances Burney Elizabeth and Richard GriffithA Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Fran...Print: Book
1700-1799'In 1768, Burney read in rapid succession Elizabeth and Richard Griffith's "A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances" (1757) ... Oliver Goldsmith's "The Vica...Frances Burney Oliver GoldsmithThe Vicar of WakefieldPrint: Book
1700-1799'In 1768, Burney read in rapid succession Elizabeth and Richard Griffith's "A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances" (1757) ... Oliver Goldsmith's "The Vica...Frances Burney Samuel JohnsonRasselasPrint: Book
1700-1799'In 1782 "Cecilia" [...] made its appearance [...] Burke called it an extraordinary performance, and the public were delighted with it.'Edmund Burke Frances BurneyCeciliaPrint: Book
1700-1799'In 1782 Hester Thrale read the Spectator to her daughters, who found hilariously improper the "Idea of a Lady saying her Stomach ach'd, or that something stuck between h...Hester Thrale Joseph AddisonThe spectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'in 1804 [Robert] Southey noted that Hartley Coleridge "never has read, nor will read, beyond Robinson's departure from the island."'Hartley Coleridge Daniel DefoeLife and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written by...Print: Book
1800-1849'In 1809 [Anne Isabella Milbanke] wrote the Lines supposed to be spoken at the Grave of Dermody. It is one of the earliest of her compositions extant [goes on to quote 11...George Gordon Lord Byron Anne Isabella Milbanke'Lines Supposed to be Spoken at the Grave of Dermo...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'In 1816, left alone in Bath by her husband, Mary Shelley records reading "The Solitary Wanderer", Charlotte Smith's "Letters of a Solitary Wanderer" (1799), a collection...Mary Shelley Charlotte SmithLetters of a Solitary WandererPrint: Book
1800-1849'In 1823 I read in Scott?s novel of ?Quentin Durward? the prophetic words of Martivalle, ?Can I look forward without wonder and astonishment to the lot of a succeeding ge...Charles Knight Sir Walter ScottQuentin DurwardPrint: Book
1800-1849'In 1826 and early 1827, E[lizabeth] B[arrett] B[arrett] struggled with a long poem, "The Development of Genius" [...] She showed it to her father in early February 1827 ...Edward Moulton-Barrett Elizabeth Barrett"The Development of Genius"Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'In 1835, [James] Edwards [Sewell, reader's brother] [...] had the curacy of Hursley. Mr. Gilbert Heathcote held the living, and Ellen [reader's sister] and I were sent ...Elizabeth Sewell Walter ScottPaul's Letters to his KinsfolkPrint: Book
1800-1849'In 1835, [James] Edwards [Sewell, reader's brother] [...] had the curacy of Hursley. Mr. Gilbert Heathcote held the living, and Ellen [reader's sister] and I were sent ...Elizabeth Sewell William ShakespeareworksPrint: Book
1800-1849'In 1840 Miss Yonge was a bright attractive girl, at least ten years younger than myself and very like her own Ethel in "The Daisy Chain". Great interest was expressed by...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Charlotte YongeDaisy Chain, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'In 1840 Miss Yonge was a bright attractive girl, at least ten years younger than myself and very like her own Ethel in "The Daisy Chain". Great interest was expressed by...Charlotte Yonge and her motherMrs MozleyFairy Bower, ThePrint: Book


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