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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'We have been very much amused by your 3 books, but I have a good many criticisms to make - more than you will like [extensive criticism of the MS follows]... You are now...Jane Austen Anna Austen[unpublished story]Manuscript: Sheet
1900-1945Barrès is all right sometimes. The 'Jardin de Bérénice' is his best work. You ought to read Charles Louis Philippe’s 'Bubu de Montparnasse'. And Roger Martin du Gard’s...Arnold Bennett Anna DostoevskyDostoevsky portrayed by his wife(?)Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Mrs Jameson's "Legendary Art".'George Eliot [pseud.] Anna JamesonSacred and Legendary ArtPrint: Book
1850-1899'copied out the Lives of some saints from Mrs Jameson'.George Eliot [pseud.] Anna JamesonSacred and Legendary ArtPrint: Book
1850-1899'During our stay [in Malvern] I read Mrs Jameson's book on the Legends of the Monastic orders... and began Marchese's Storia di San Marco'.George Eliot [pseud.] Anna JamesonLegends Of The Monastic Orders As Represented In T...Print: Book
1850-1899'Here is the beautiful Commonplace book awaiting me on my return home! And I give it a great welcome you may be sure; and turn it over, & peep in, and read a sentence and...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Anna JamesonCommonplace Book of Thoughts, APrint: Book
1800-1849'My dear Anna, I have been very far from finding your Book an Evil I assure you; I read it immediately - & with great pleasure. I think you are going very well.'Jane Austen Anna Lefroyunpublished storyManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 1 January 1838: 'In my childish days & for some days afterwards I have read & re-read Miss Seward's Letters. They had a cha...Elizabeth Barrett Anna SewardLetters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Since I have been in London I have read nothing but Miss Seward's letters and Miss Owenson's Missionary. Of Miss Seward I am bound to speak well, as she doth so of me; a...Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe Anna SewardLetters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years ...Print: Book
1800-1849'After my visit to Mrs [-], I returned home, and read Miss Seward's Letters. I think them very entertaining, though the style is much too laboured and affected for letter...Charlotte Bury Anna SewardLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Sir [-]] observed that he was reperusing Miss Seward's Letters, and said, what an odd fancy it was to bequeath them to Constable, enjoining their publication after her ...Sir [-] Anna SewardLettersPrint: Book
1700-1799'I shewed him some verses on Lichfield by Miss Seward, which I had that day received from her, and had the pleasure to hear him approve of them. He confirmed to me the tr...Samuel Johnson Anna Seward[poem on Lichfield]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I shewed him some verses on Lichfield by Miss Seward, which I had that day received from her, and had the pleasure to hear him approve of them. He confirmed to me the tr...Samuel Johnson Anna Seward'Elegy on Captain Cook'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I shewed him some verses on Lichfield by Miss Seward, which I had that day received from her, and had the pleasure to hear him approve of them. He confirmed to me the tr...James Boswell Anna Seward[poem on Lichfield]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to John May, 24 August 1797: 'Have you seen a poem addressed to me by Miss Anna Seward? if not I can much amuse you by it. she applies to my poetry what Mi...Robert Southey Anna Seward'Written by Anna Seward, After Reading Southey’s J...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding Anna Sligh TurnbullDay Must Dawn, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of his father's last days: 'On Sept. 3rd [1892] he complained of weakness and of pain in his jaw [...] 'On Wednesday the 29th we tele...Alfred Tennyson Anna SwanwickPoets, The Interpreters of the AgePrint: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 1 March 1754:] 'Who is that Miss Nanny Williams who has published a pretty copy of verses addressed to you in the Gentleman's Mag...Thomas Edwards Anna Williamsverses addressed to Samuel RichardsonPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 23-25 December 1841: 'Mrs Jameson's early writings -- the Ennuyee for instance -- have an adroit leaning to sentiment, whi...Elizabeth Barrett Anna Brownell Jamesonwritings including Conversations on the State of A...Print: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. Several pages are transcribed from the 'Diary of an Ennuyee'.C.M.G. [anon] Anna Brownell JamesonDiary of an EnnuyeePrint: Book


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