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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'Finish the Georgics - read 25th & 26th Cantos of Dante'Mary Shelley Dante AlighieriInfernoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish the Georgics - read 25th & 26th Cantos of Dante'Mary Shelley VirgilGeorgicsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Dante - History of 2 Viziers - Sismondi'Mary Shelley Madame Fauques de VaucluseThe Vizirs; or, the Enchanted Labyrinth. An orient...Print: Book
1800-1849'Finish the Inferno of Dante & the 9th book of Livy - S & I read Sismondi'Mary Shelley Dante AlighieriInfernoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish the Inferno of Dante & the 9th book of Livy - S & I read Sismondi'Mary and Percy ShelleyJean Charles Leonard Simonde de SismondiHistoire des republiques italiennes du moyen agePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Sismondi - & Faublas'Mary Shelley Jean Baptiste Louvet de CouvrayLes Amours du Chevalier de FaublasPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Sismondi - & the Purgatorio'Mary Shelley Dante AlighieriPurgatorioPrint: Book
1800-1849'finish Sismondi'Mary Shelley Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de SismondiHistoire des republiques italiennes du moyen agePrint: Book
1800-1849'Sunday May 27th. [...] Read Congres de Vienne de M. Pradt.' [also records 'Read Congres de Vienne' on 28 May 1821, and 'Finish Congres de Vienne' on 4 June]. Claire Clairmont Dominque Dufour de PradtDu Congres de ViennePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read the 1st vol of Mandeville'Mary Shelley William GodwinMandeville: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century in E...Print: Book
1800-1849'a rainy day - visit the Coliseum - Read the bible'Mary Shelley [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Tuesday] May 29th. [...] Read the 1st Letter in Leiden von Werther.' [Also records reading this text on 31 May 1821, and on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 June]. Claire Clairmont Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDie Leiden des jungen WertherPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Montaigne - the Bible & Livy - Walk to the Coliseum - S. reads Winkhelmann'Mary Shelley [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Montaigne - the Bible & Livy - Walk to the Coliseum - S. reads Winkhelmann'Mary Shelley Michel de MontaigneEssaisPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Montaigne - the Bible & Livy - Walk to the Coliseum - S. reads Winkhelmann'Percy Bysshe Shelley Johann Joachim WinckelmannGeschichte der Kunst des AlterthumsPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Tuesday June [...] 5th. [...] Read Werther and begin Emile de Rousseau.' [also records reading latter text on 7, 8, 9 June 1821]Claire Clairmont Jean-Jacques RousseauEmile: Ou de l'educationPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads Lucretius'Percy Bysshe Shelley Lucretius[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849''Monday June 18th. Pack up [for departure to Pisa next day] [...] Read the Cavaliere del buon Gusto da Goldoni [sic].'Claire Clairmont Carlo GoldoniIl Cavaliere di buon gustoPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads Medea Euripedes [sic]'Percy Bysshe Shelley EuripidesMedeaPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads Plutarchs life of Marius'Percy Bysshe Shelley Plutarch'Life of Marius'Print: Book



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