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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'I think very highly of Daudet as a novelist, but I know nothing of him personally.'Margaret Oliphant Alphonse Daudet[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899"I finished Daudet who is stupid & took to Plato who is first rate for sleeping purposes. I can just puzzle it out enough to get muddled."Leslie Stephen Alphonse Daudet Print: Book
1850-189919 June 1884: Henry James writes (in French) to Alphonse Daudet about having read and enjoyed Daudet's Sapho.Henry James Alphonse DaudetSaphoPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James writes (in French) on 12 February 1895 to Alphonse Daudet, on having read and enjoyed Daudet's new novel [Petite Paroisse], sent to him by Daudet, and re-read...Henry James Alphonse DaudetPetite ParoissePrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James writes (in French) on 12 February 1895 to Alphonse Daudet, on having read and enjoyed Daudet's new novel [Petite Paroisse], sent to him by Daudet, and re-read...Henry James Alphonse DaudetSaphoPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James writes (in French) on 12 February 1895 to Alphonse Daudet, on having read and enjoyed Daudet's new novel [Petite Paroisse], sent to him by Daudet, and re-read...Henry James Alphonse DaudetL'ImmortelPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Edmund Gosse, 28 August 1896: 'The only thing that befell me [on recent week in London, from 15 August] was that I dined one night at the Savoy with F. Ort...Henry James Alphonse Daudetarticle on death of Edmond de GoncourtPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I will not tell you my exact state of health day by day, but will give you a diary of my reading, which is perhaps a good index of my physical state. Friday morning. F...Donald William Alers Hankey Alphonse DaudetTartarin sur les AlpesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sunday, 28th March, Discussion Group ? annual meeting. Read ? ?Tartarin sur les Alpes? (Daudet).'Gerald Moore Alphonse DaudetTartarin sur les AlpesPrint: Book
1850-1899'Gissing, probably more than any of his contemporaries, knew well the main trends of European literature at that time, for he continued to read widely in both French and ...George Gissing Alphonse Daudet[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The best of the present French novelists seems to me, incomparably, Daudet. Les Rois en Exil comes very near to being a masterpiece.'Robert Louis Stevenson Alphonse DaudetLes Rois en ExilPrint: Book
1850-1899'He was reading at the time Daudet's "Jack", which immensely fascinated him, though he found it "trop chargé" — as who should say, too harrowing.'Joseph Conrad Alphonse DaudetJackPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read Round the Fire Stories by Conan Doyle. Joined the Library. Started Lettres de Mon Moulin Par Alphonse Daudet. No sign of peace. Will it last another year 2:1 it wil...William Thomas Alphonse DaudetLettres du Mon MoulinPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 7 January 1845: 'It is true that posterity remembers the good; but how often does it happen that the immediate public, look...Mary Russell Mitford Alphonse de LamartineLa Chute d'un angePrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 7 January 1845: 'It is true that posterity remembers the good; but how often does it happen that the immediate public, look...Mary Russell Mitford Alphonse de LamartineJocelynPrint: Book
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1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 28 May 1853:

'I despatch to-day a box of return books [loaned by Williams]: among them will be found two or three of th...		Charlotte Brontë Alphonse de LamartineHistory of the Restoration of Monarchy in FrancePrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, letter postmarked 2 October 1847: 'The most interesting [book] that I have read for many years is Lamartine's Histo...Mary Russell Mitford Alphonse LamartineHistoire des GirondinsPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, letter postmarked 2 October 1847: 'The most interesting [book] that I have read for many years is Lamartine's Histo...Queen Victoria and Royal HouseholdAlphonse LamartineHistoire des GirondinsPrint: Book
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1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: Title 'Address to Lord Byron by Dr Lamartine'; [Text] 'Toi, dont le monde encore ignore le vrai nom/ Esprit mysterieux, mortel...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine[L'Homme]Print: Unknown
1850-1899Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, ?27 July 1850: 'I return the "Confidences" with thanks upon thanks. Both Robert & I began with a sort of interest & pleasure...Robert and Elizabeth Barrett BrowningAlphonse Marie Louis de Prat de LamartineLes ConfidencesPrint: Book


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