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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
 
1850-1899'Reading "Le Roi des Montagnes" by Ed About' Albert Battiscombe About EdmondLe roi des MontagnesPrint: Book
1800-1849' Went out [..] to the Tuileries Gardens at 8.55. In going, bought at the 1st shop on the left, under the arcades. a pamphlet by M.Chateaubriand. ' Le Roi Est Mort, Vive ...Anne Lister ChateaubriandLe Roi Est Mort, Vive Le RoiPrint: Pamphlet
1850-1899At the Paris Exhibition of 1878 I saw, and never forgot, a picture of the death of Manon Lescaut, and asked my Father many questions. I read that amazing 'one book' of...Rudyard Kipling Paul ScarronLe Roman ComiquePrint: Book
1850-1899Gone on with Comparetti Vergilio nel Medio Evo. Bourget’s Physiologie de l’Amour. [next unclear] Dumas Nouveaux Entr’actes. Ribot Maladies de la Volonté. In Flaubert’s Co...Vernon Lee Pierre LotiLe Roman d'un EnfantPrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'Never, never get a book bound. You will gather from this that "Tristan" has arrived and is a complete and absolute failure.... True, it is some consolation to find...Clive Staples Lewis Joseph BedierLe Roman de Tristan et Iseut, renouvele par Joseph...Print: Book
1850-1899'I have Dupuy?s 'Les Grand Maitres de la literature russe', which strikes me as being platitudinous & not very informing or critical; also de Vog???s 'Le Roman russe'.Arnold Bennett Marie Eugene Melchior de VogueLe Roman russePrint: Book
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1900-1945		'[Gwen Raverat's father] was disgusted by Stendhal's "Le Rouge et le Noir" when I lent it to him; though I am still surprised that he did not appreciate the romantic fire...George Darwin Stendhal (pseud -Marie-Henri Beyle) Le Rouge et le NoirPrint: Book
1850-1899'Absorbed as always in books, Willie read seriously in both French and German literature. His favourites in French were the "Maximes" of La Rochefoucauld, "La Princesse d...Somerset Maugham Stendhal (pseud.)Le Rouge et le NoirPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 8 February 1847: 'Robert is a warm admirer of Balzac & has read most of his books [...] we read together the othe...Robert and Elizabeth Barrett BrowningStendhal Le Rouge et le noirPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 April 1845: 'I must beg you to order & read "Le rouge et le noir" by a M. de Stendhal .. a "nom de guerre" I fancy. I wis...Elizabeth Barrett Stendhal Le rouge et le noirPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 4 December 1844: 'The only work of Eugene Sue which I have read among those you ask about, is "Le Salamandre" [...] As str...Mary Russell Mitford Eugene SueLe Salamandre (including Preface)Print: Book
1850-1899'We left Metz on the 7th of September [1869], and "made" direct for Paris. It happened that, before starting for the railway station, we got hold of two Paris journaux --...George Grote Le SieclePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'It is not my interest to recommend it but in justice to what I owe to your amusement I must advise you to read the Lettres du Marquis de Roselle, if you have not yet see...Horace Walpole Pierre-Laurent Buirette de BelloyLe Siege de CalaisPrint: Book
1800-1849Felicia Browne to her aunt, Miss Wagner, 19 December 1808: 'I have been reading a most delightful French romance, by Madame de Genlis, "Le Siege de la Rochelle".'Felicia Browne Stephanie Felicite de Crest de St-Aubin, comtesse de GenlisLe Siege de la RochellePrint: Book
1800-1849'We have all been reading le Siege de la Rochelle. As I leave others to make their own remarks, I shall only tell you my own opinion, which is, that though I think it al...Lady Caroline Lamb Stephanie de GenlisLe Siege de la Rochelle, ou le malheur et la consc...Print: Book
1900-1945'La Silence de la Mer by "Vercors" (Schlumberger?) was given me by Raymond Mortimer yesterday and read without much admiration though with plenty of sympathy: published s...Edward Morgan Forster Jean BrullerLe Silence de la MerPrint: Book
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1850-1899		[Marginalia] 'A most powerful piece of rhetoric as ever I read.'Thomas Babington Macaulay Paul Louis CourierLe Simple DiscoursPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849'He used to read Courier aloud to his sister at Calcutta of a June afternoon, - in the darkened upstairs chamber, with the punkah swinging overhead, with as much enjoyme...Thomas Babington Macaulay Paul Louis CourierLe Simple DiscoursPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 December 1842: 'Did you ever look at -- I dont say [italics]read[end italics] -- the "Sofa" of Crebillon fils. I sent f...Elizabeth Barrett Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon filsLe Sopha, Conte MoralPrint: Book
1900-1945'26th February, Saturday. Finally, succumbing to a morbid desire to get away from people I went off ?home? and read till dinner time. Muggridge having lent me a few nu...Gerald Moore Le SourirePrint: Serial / periodical


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