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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'Read 30th Canto of Ariosto - Livy - Horace - & Every Man in his humour. S. reads Aristophanes and Anacharsis'Mary Shelley Ben JonsonEvery Man in his HumourPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 31 Canto of Ariosto - Livy - Horace & Epicoene or the silent woman'Mary Shelley Ben JonsonEpicoene, or the Silent WomanPrint: Book
1800-1849R.A., alias J.F.: 'He [uncle] sent me to an excellent school where I stayed two years. After leaving school I perused a vast number of novels and romances. I hardly ever ...R.A. [unknown][unknown]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849William McCarty, convicted for burglary, sentenced to seven years' transportation: 'As regards my religious character, before I came to this place I used to boast of my i...William McCarty Tom Paine[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Case study, E.E.S., a Jew, young man of respectable German family, at first confined in a common prison where associated with other prisoners, before moved to Pentonville...E.E.S. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Extracts from the journal of Joseph Kingsmill: Wed 29 October: 'I was interrogated by several prisoners this evening on passages of Scripture, in the reading of which ...prisoners at Pentonville [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Extracts from the journal of Joseph Kingsmill: 30 October: Kingsmill visits man convicted for forgery on Austrian Government Bank; 'He had never read a page of Holy Sc...anon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Extracts from the journal of Joseph Kingsmill: 30 October: 'A very deaf prisoner was allowed a visit today from his friends in the same room. I permitted the visit to ...anon [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Visit from cell to cell: '2. A vagrant tumbler, and low thief - naturally very shrewd, but from his habits of life, and some bad falls on his head, very odd - approach...anon [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Visit from cell to cell: '9. A prizefighter. Under a false name he was convicted of highway robbery, innocent, he alleged, of that crime; however, has done bad, and wo...anon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Visit from cell to cell: '15. A farm labourer, of good capacity, who, having mastered here the alphabet and the art of reading, had from the library an account of our ...anon [unknown][book on the Protestant martyrs]Print: Book
1800-1849Visit from cell to cell: '25. A letter-carrier, for a post-office felony. A man of dissolute and drunken habits; a professed infidel; never read the Bible until he was...anon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Causes of their own crime, stated by convicts: '37. I became acquainted with some young fellows who had less regard for Sunday than I had been accustomed to. By degree...anon [unknown][novels]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849Causes of their own crime, stated by convicts: '37. I became acquainted with some young fellows who had less regard for Sunday than I had been accustomed to. Be degree...anon [n/a][Sunday newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Causes of their own crime, stated by convicts: '41. Low company, a harsh schoolmaster, attending theatres, reading novels, romances, etc.'anon [unknown][novels and romances]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Read 32 Canto of Ariosto - Livy - Horace - & Volpone - S reads Arist[o]phanes & Anarcharsis'Mary Shelley Ludovico AriostoOrlando FuriosoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 32 Canto of Ariosto - Livy - Horace - & Volpone - S reads Arist[o]phanes & Anarcharsis'Mary Shelley Ben JonsonVolponePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 32 Canto of Ariosto - Livy - Horace - & Volpone - S reads Arist[o]phanes & Anarcharsis'Mary Shelley LivyAb Urbe ConditaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 33rd Canto of Ariosto - Livy - Horace & The Magnetick lady - S reads Aristophanes & Anarcharsis - & Hume's England aloud in the evening after our walk.'Mary Shelley Ben JonsonThe Magnetick Lady, or Humours reconciledPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 33rd Canto of Ariosto - Livy - Horace & The Magnetick lady - S reads Aristophanes & Anarcharsis - & Hume's England aloud in the evening after our walk.'Percy Bysshe Shelley David HumeHistory of England from the Invasion of Julius Cae...Print: Book


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