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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'In the evening we all went over to the Camerons. Several Pre-Raphaelite artists were there to meet Tennyson; Hunt and Rossetti and one or two whose names I did not gath...Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred, Lord TennysonMorte d'ArthurUnknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Maybe to neutralise the Penny Dreadful, Cassells brought out the Penny Classics. These had a bluish-green cover and were world famous novels in abridged form, but sixty ...Joseph Stamper Alfred, Lord Tennyson[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'So that, whatever may have been its deeper cause, the love which filled my imagination was of a kind that seemed, to me, to have little to do with what I meant by sex. "...Norman Nicholson Alfred, Lord TennysonMaud [and other poems?]Print: Book
1850-1899'... such cursed nonsense as the last thing in Good Words. Oh! Alfred Tennyson! Alfred Tennyson, oh!'Robert Louis Stevenson Alfred, Lord Tennyson'1865-1866'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899?I have just been reading "Maud". Do not fear, dear; it has not been unpleasant to me; I see and know and accept all the limitations without a grudge.? Robert Louis Stevenson Alfred, Lord TennysonMaud; A MonodramaPrint: Book
1800-1849''Tennyson' has arrived safe, without a shadow of damage and thanks without end for it. I have been half-opening the pretty golden leaves, and peeping here and there at o...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Alfred, Lord Tennyson[Poems]Print: Book
1800-1849[Gaskell describes handing over the gift of a signed copy of Tennyson's poems to Samuel Bamford] 'I said, 'Look at the title page', for I saw he was fairly caught by some...Samuel Bamford Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Sleeping Beauty, The'Print: Book
1800-1849[Gaskell tells John Forster of Samuel Bamford who knows many of Tennyson's poems by heart and recites them, but does not have his own copy - she later asks Forster if he ...Samuel Bamford Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Sleeping Beauty, The'Print: Book
1800-1849[Gaskell tells John Forster of Samuel Bamford who knows many of Tennyson's poems by heart and recites them, but does not have his own copy - she later asks Forster if he ...Samuel Bamford Alfred, Lord TennysonOenonePrint: Book
1800-1849'I like your expression of 'an unwritten tragedy'. It quite answers to the sadness which fills my heart as I look on some of those deserrted old halls. Do they not remind...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Deserted House, The'Print: Book
1900-1945[the curriculum at the Dragon School] included much memorizing of poetry, particularly Tennyson's 'Ulysses' and 'Morte d'Arthur'. John learned a lot of poetry by heart an...John Betjeman Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Ulysses'Print: Book
1900-1945[the curriculum at the Dragon School] included much memorizing of poetry, particularly Tennyson's 'Ulysses' and 'Morte d'Arthur'. John learned a lot of poetry by heart an...John Betjeman Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Morte d'Arthur'Print: Book
1850-1899'It was strange that, as a girl of fifteen, my greatest friend should have been this Colonel Berkeley. The thirty years difference in our ages did not seem to matter. He ...Zoe Procter Alfred, Lord Tennyson[poetry]Print: Book
1900-1945'Mr Stansfield read an interesting paper on "Tennyson & his books" & in continuation of the subject readings were given by Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Edminson, Mr Cass & Mr Goadby...Florence Reynolds Alfred, Lord TennysonpoetryPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mr Stansfield read an interesting paper on "Tennyson & his books" & in continuation of the subject readings were given by Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Edminson, Mr Cass & Mr Goadby...Elizabeth Edminson Alfred, Lord TennysonpoetryPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mr Stansfield read an interesting paper on "Tennyson & his books" & in continuation of the subject readings were given by Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Edminson, Mr Cass & Mr Goadby...T.T. Cass Alfred, Lord TennysonpoetryPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mr Stansfield read an interesting paper on "Tennyson & his books" & in continuation of the subject readings were given by Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Edminson, Mr Cass & Mr Goadby...Allan Goadby Alfred, Lord TennysonpoetryPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mr Stansfield read an interesting paper on "Tennyson & his books" & in continuation of the subject readings were given by Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Edminson, Mr Cass & Mr Goadby...John Ridges Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Sir Galahad'Print: Book
1900-1945'Mr Stansfield read an interesting paper on "Tennyson & his books" & in continuation of the subject readings were given by Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Edminson, Mr Cass & Mr Goadby...John Ridges Alfred, Lord Tennyson'St Agnes' Eve'Print: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, July 1896-December 1896, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source text author notes that Wil...Oscar Wilde Alfred, Lord TennysonComplete PoemsPrint: Book


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