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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 Metastasio - S. reads Paradise Lost aloud'Percy Bysshe Shelley John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Metastasio - S. reads Paradise Lost aloud'Mary Shelley Pietro Metastasio[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Metastasio - S. reads the Hist. P.[lay]s of Shakespeare'Mary Shelley Pietro Metastasio[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'[Tuesday] August 7th. [...] Read Mrs. Hutchinson [...] Mrs. H speaking of the hatred which ignorant people bear to the wise says -- "hating that light which [...] rep...Claire Clairmont Lucy HutchinsonMemoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson ... Writ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Metastasio - S. reads the Hist. P.[lay]s of Shakespeare'Percy Bysshe Shelley William Shakespeare[History Plays]Print: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday August 15th. [...] Read Mrs. Hutchinson'. Claire Clairmont Lucy HutchinsonMemoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson ... Writ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Livy - and Romans Chevaleresques'Mary Shelley [unknown][tales in] Bibliotheque universelle des damesPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Tuesday] August 28th. Read Kenilworth -- [...] 'Wednesday August 29th. Read Kenilworth. [...] 'Thursday August 30th. Finish Kenilworth. Begin Anastasius...Claire Clairmont Walter ScottKenilworthPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Bib. de Chevalerie'Mary Shelley [unknown][tales in] Bibliotheque universelle des damesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Livy - & Chrysostome'Mary Shelley Chrysostomus[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read the vision of Quivedo'Mary Shelley Francisco Gomez de Quivedo y VillegasSuenos y discursos de verdadesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday August 30th. Finish Kenilworth. Begin Anastasius. [...] 'Friday August 31st. Read Anastasius. [...] 'Saturday September 1st. [...] Finish Anastas...Claire Clairmont Thomas HopeAnastasius: Or, Memoirs of a GreekPrint: Book
1800-1849'read Bocaccio'Mary Shelley Giovanni Boccaccio[possibly] DecameronPrint: Book
1800-1849'read the Decameroni'Mary Shelley Giovanni BoccaccioDecameronPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish the Decamerone'Mary Shelley Giovanni BoccaccioDecameronPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday September 1st. [...] Finish Anastasius and begin Lady Morgan's Italy. [...] 'Sunday Sept -- 2nd. [...] Read Lady Morgan's Italy -- [...] ''Monday Se...Claire Clairmont Sydney Owenson, Lady MorganItaly (Volume I)Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Livy - Persiles & Sigismunda'Mary Shelley Miguel de CervantesLos rabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda, historia sep...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Oct. 4th. [...] Finish Ivanhoe.'Claire Clairmont Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday Oct 6th. [...] Begin Johanna D'Arc [i.e. Die Jungfrau von Orleans] von Schiller.' [also records reading this text in journal entries for 7, 8, and 15 October...Claire Clairmont J. C. F. von SchillerDie Jungfrau von OrleansPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Oct. 11th. Read Johanna D'Arc [i.e. Die Jungfrau von Orleans] with S-- [...] 'Saturday Oct. 13th. [...] read Johanna D Arc with S--'.Claire Clairmont and Percy Bysshe ShelleyJ. C. F. von SchillerDie Jungfrau von OrleansPrint: Book



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