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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
 
1900-1945'In a much-thumbed copy of the "Figaro," dated October 25th—a copy which, it was said, had been dropped from an aeroplane, and which we secretly circulated from ward to w...Ian Vivian Hay Le FigaroPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'From the toshie Soulie I have unearthed another flawed jewel of energy and drunken Genius: - La Lionne, followed by La Comtesse de Monrion... I have also read a play by ...Robert Louis Stevenson Frederic SoulieLe Fils de la FollePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 April 1847: 'At Pisa, Robert read to me while I was ill [following miscarriage], & partly by being read to & p...Elizabeth Barrett Browning Charles de BernardLe Gentilhomme campagnardPrint: Book
1850-1899'Thanks for your letter & the book. A word in reference to the former. I can?t boast that I discovered what purports to be the "central idea" of the novel for myself...Arnold Bennett Maurice BarresLe Jardin de BerenicePrint: Book
1900-1945'17th September 1928. The Geneva conference between the six powers has ended in the happy decision that the Rhineland evacuation question may now be discussed. Good G...Gerald Moore Le JournalPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'20th September 1928 (Thursday). I note that one of the Swiss Cantons has passed a law enforcing the sterilisation of ?mentals?, this brings a long discussed question on...Gerald Moore Le JournalPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'26th February 1929. No paper today owing to state of finances. From Friday?s ?Journal? I note that the historic Tacna and Arica dispute has been settled. Peru takes...Gerald Moore Le JournalPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 24 October 1844: 'I thought I had read only the [italics]third[end italics] volume of "Le Juif," -- but your fourth must b...Elizabeth Barrett Eugene SueLe Juif ErrantPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 18 March 1845: 'I have been so low, and weary, & tired of life [...] Yesterday, I went to bed at four o'clock -- & even the ...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Eugene SueLe Juif errantPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27 October 1845: 'Balzac's "Paysans" in its one volume, (for [italics]I[end italics] have only seen that one volume) is anot...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Eugene SueLe Juif errantPrint: Book
1800-1849'which I have encountered trying to think that it is curious to see what he has to say about the Jesuits, to excuse the frivolity'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Eugene SueLe Juif ErrantPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Feb 1899' on flyleaf. Some marginalia in English and French on the following pages: 38, 47, 54, 65.Vernon Lee Gilbert BalletLe langage interieur, et les diverse formes de l'a...Print: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal, 1872: 'Sept. 5th. Returned [from Continental travels] by Lausanne and Amiens to Aldworth. A. read Le Lendemain de la Mort on the way.'Alfred Tennyson Le Lendemain de la MortPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 September 1844: 'I read the preface to "Le Lis" & was delighted by it -- but I admire the romance far more than you seem...Elizabeth Barrett Honore de BalzacLe Lys dans la Vallee (including Preface)Print: Book
1850-1899'I am reading Maupassant with delight. I have just finished "Le Lys rouge" by Anatole France. it means nothing to me. I can do no serious reading. I have just begun to w...Joseph Conrad Anatole FranceLe Lys RougePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 18 March 1845: 'Do you know "Le macon" by Michel Raymond --? It is not as vivid as most of these books from France, -- nor a...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Raymond Brucker and Michel MassonLe maconPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday April 11th. Read the Life of Tasso -- Read Le Malade Imaginaire, Le Medecin malgre lui, La comtess D'Escarbagnas of Moliere.'Claire Clairmont MoliereLe Malade imaginairePrint: Book
1850-1899'Yesterday evening I escaped from the ship for the pilgrimage to the station. I have my parcel No.4000 and something. Just imagine a work of art called parcel No.4000, e...Joseph Conrad Marguerite PoradowskaLe Mariage du fils GrandsirePrint: Book
1850-1899'I am reading "Le fils Grandsire" with delight. It is charming and characteristic: it is alive. I shall finish the book tomorrow and speak of it in my next letter.'Joseph Conrad Marguerite PoradowskaLe Mariage du fils GrandsirePrint: Book
1850-1899'I finished the book [Le Mariage du fils Grandsire] a while ago; then I went over several passages while waiting the chance to reread it entirely.' [here follows Conrad'...Joseph Conrad Marguerite PoradowskaLe Mariage du fils GrandsirePrint: Book


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