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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
1850-1899		"William Carleton got the perusal of Gil Blas from a 'pedlar, who carried books about for sale, with a variety of other goods'."William Carleton Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening I stayed at home & read "Gil Blas" till it was time to go to bed'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'The weather was very wet all the evening so I was not able to go out & contented myself with reading Gil Blas till nearly bed-time'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'then returned home & amused myself for an hour reading "Gil Blas".'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'After Muster read "Gil Blas" for a while, then played "Bezique" with Polly.'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read "Gil Blas"'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening I was very lazily inclined & sat over "Gil Blas" for some time'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mustered in the afternoon & read "Gil Blas" till tea was ready. After tea went to "the Yorick", read for a while & chatted a little, then came away home'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read a little more of "Amelia", which is about the worst planned story I ever read - no plan at all in fact; "Gil Blas" has always some tangled connection and momentary ...John Ruskin Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1700-1799Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt...James Lackington Le SageGil Blas (probably)Print: Book
1700-1799'Printed diary[.] The ladies new and polite pocket memorandum-book, for ... 1765, completed in manuscript and containing details of expenditure on clothes and social enga...Alain-Rene LeSageGil Blas de Santillane
1800-1849
1850-1899		John Wilson Croker to Mr C. Phillips, 3 January 1854: 'As to my novel reading I confess that in my younger days I used to read them all from Charlotte Smith to Maria E...John Wilson Croker Theodore HookGilbert GurneyPrint: Book
1800-1849Statement about juvenile offender: "attended the Independent Sunday-school three years, also the national school three years (same time). Learned to read and write. Ca...J.S. GilderoyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 7 Marlborough Avenue 22/10/45
Arnold G. Joselin in the chair

1. The minutes of the previous meeting were read & signed.

...		Elsie Harrod J. M. ScottGino WatkinsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I sympathise most warmly in a great deal that is said in the 'Ginx's Baby' book, and do actually express my own sentiments in what I say about it. And I admire immensel...Margaret Oliphant Edward JenkinsGinx's BabyPrint: Book
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Pietro MetastasioGioas re de GiudaPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'From fine I turned to applied art, diverted by a periodical called The Girl's Own Paper. For a long period this monthly, which I now regard as quaint, but which I shall ...Arnold Bennett Girl's OwnPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899
1900-1945		'...in one matter father and son were united. We developed a mutual love of comic papers, and together taught ourselves to read them. He could read after a fashion before... [n/a]Girls' Own PaperPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I kept my hours conscientiously, but when I had no work to do I read continuously. I read parts of "The Times", the "Standard" and the "Morning Post" ever day. The theat...Zoe Procter [unknown]Girls' Own PaperPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘When I clamp-clump-clamp-clumped into the Poetry Bookshop on Thursday, the poetic ladies were not a little surprised. The Readings were from Rabindranath Tagore, rea...Wilfrid Owen Rabindranath TagoreGitanjaliPrint: Book


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