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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
 
1800-1849In a joking letter to her niece, Anna Austen, Jane Austen writes, 'Miss Jane Austen begs her best thanks may be conveyed to Mrs Hunter of Norwich [...] Miss Jane Austen's...Jane Austen Rachel HunterLady Maclairn, the Victim of VillainyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read "Lady of Glynne" in evening.'John Ruskin Julia Cecilia StrettonLady of GlynnePrint: Book
1850-1899'finished "Lady of Glynne".'John Ruskin Julia Cecilia StrettonLady of GlynnePrint: Book
1850-1899'This morning, reading "Lady of Glynne".'John Ruskin Julia Cecilia StrettonLady of GlynnePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have since been reading in The Lady of the Lake, and this passage reminds me of our voyage: — "See the proud pipers on the bow, And mark the gaudy streamers flow...Queen Victoria Sir Walter ScottLady of the LakePrint: Book
1800-1849'C[oleridge] was a reader of ... [The Lady of the Lake]: he read Southey's copy in Sept. 1810 ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'We learned passages from the best authors, and my delight in Walter Scott made me add to the regular lesson large portions of "The Lady of the Lake" which are fresh in m...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have been reading, and am enchanted by The Lady of the Lake! It has all the spirit of either of its predecessors, (have you read it?) and ten times the interest. When ...Sarah Harriet Burney Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Unknown
1800-1849'As I chose that my recent course of extravagance should die a melodious death [...] the last indulgence I gave it was the purchase of "The Lady of the Lake". How sweet, ...Sarah Harriet Burney Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I happened by chance when in this mood [melancholy], to open "The Lady of the Lake", and I thought, as I read it, so long as there were such sublime poems in the world t...Charlotte Bury Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'We like you amuse ourselves with reading: we are familiar with the Scenery of the North & Court of King James: we could guess that Snowdoun, Knight was King but not that...Crabbe familyWalter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Crabbe relates how he has had a letter from a Lady who] 'enjoins and adjures me to go instantly & climb the Mountains & penetrate the Defiles & in short embue my Mind w...George Crabbe Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'The "Edinburgh Review" will have praised "Waverley" to your hearts content. I think however they left out one of the most affecting parts of the work, which is the retur...Anne Romilly Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubMrs R.B. GrahamLady of the Marsh, TheManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Describing a very ugly woman] 'I think I must for the rest refer my Reader to the Lady's Dressing Room, for [italics] In such a Case few Words are best, and Strepho...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftLady's Dressing-Room, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Austen read especially novels by women, including Mary Brunton, Frances and Sarah Harriet Burney, Maria Edgeworth, Charlotte Lennox, Lady Morgan, Ann Radcliffe, Regina M...Jane Austen Lady's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899"Laetus cost me 2s. 6d. My wife bet me 2s. 6d. I couldn't read it aloud without crying. I thought I could. But after a page or two - I put my hand in my pocket. I said th...Revd. Going Juliana Horatia Gatty EwingLaetus Sorte Mea or The Story of a Short LifePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Lake of Killarney, by A.M. Porter. 3 vols. Rose de Blaguere, a foundling, is the heroine of the tale. Mr Clermont the hero. Mr O'Neil and his maiden sister bring up Rose...Ellen Weeton Anna Maria PorterLake of KillarneyPrint: Book
1800-1849'While I write now, George is most industriously making and naming paper ships, at which he afterwards shoots with horse-chestnuts, brought from Steventon on purpose; and...Edward Knight Anna Maria PorterLake of KillarneyPrint: Book
1800-1849'During our readings at our lodgings, Dr Clarke's Lake of Riberias formed an interesting portion. King's Hymns too were our companion.'John Cole ClarkeLake of TiberiasPrint: Book


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