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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, letter postmarked 2 October 1847: 'The most interesting [book] that I have read for many years is Lamartine's Histo...Mary Russell Mitford Frederic SoulieLes Aventures de Saturnin Fichet ou la Conspiratio...Print: Unknown
1700-1799?With this proposal I of course readily closed and accordingly the next day my father gave me the 1st vol of the "Universal History" (beginning with the life of Mohamed) ...John Marsh Francois FenelanLes Aventures de TelemaquePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to her uncle, Samuel Moulton-Barrett, c. December 1816: 'I have finished "Telemaque," and have read one, or two of Racine's plays, which I like very ...Elizabeth Barrett Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-FenelonLes Aventures de TelemaquePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Lindsays dramas & Telemaque'Mary Shelley Francois FenelonLes Aventures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse, ou suit...Print: Book
1700-1799'But my dear, what a book! I am ashamed of it! I have read it right through and because I would not conceal from you the worse actions of my life, I send it to you, to sh...Frances Boscawen Denis DiderotLes bijous indiscretsPrint: Book
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1800-1849		[Marginalia]: pencil annotation at the end of the text of v.1 (ie p. 378): 'And this is given as the character of Louis the Fourteenth Pooh! P...! What a Prostitution of ...John Drummond Erskine Jean de La BruyereLes caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere, av...Print: Book
1900-1945'A few days ago in fact I re-read "Les Caves du Vatican", with the same interest but with an admiration that grows on each new reading. The infinity of things you put int...Joseph Conrad André GideLes Caves du Vatican Print: Book
1900-1945'I am proud to learn that there is one [a phrase in "Lord Jim"] worthy to serve as an epigraph to one of the books of "Les Caves du Vatican". What a beautiful start! What...Joseph Conrad André GideLes Caves du Vatican (Book 1)Print: see additional information
1800-1849'Sunday April 9. [...] Begin the Germany of Tacitus. Read Les Chevaliers des Sept Montagnes by Baron Bock [notes anecdote from this]'. Claire Clairmont Baron Felix de BockLes Chevaliers des sept montagnes, ou aventures ar...Print: Book
1800-1849'read Comus. Knight of the swan - 1st Vol of Goldth citizen of the world'Mary Shelley Madame de GenlisLes Chevaliers du cygne; ou la cour de CharlemagnePrint: Book
1900-1945'17th March, Thursday. The books in my room are an interesting lot, and I will be able to resume reading. I have almost given it up since I came to France. Now, to b...Gerald Moore Claude Farr?reLes CivilisPrint: Book
1800-1849[Percy Shelley's Reading List for 1815, compiled by Mary Shelley. Only texts not referred to in journal entries are given separate database entries here] 'Pastor Fido ...Percy Bysshe Shelley Jean-Jacques RousseauLes Confessions; suivies de R?veries du promeneur ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Shelley's 24th birthday. Write read [underlined] tableau de famille [end underlining] - go out with Shelley in the boat & read aloud to him the fourth book of Virgil - ...Mary Godwin Jean Jacques RousseauLes Confessions; suivies de R?veries du promeneur ...Print: Book
1800-1849'I read Reveries and Adele & Teodore de Mad.me de Genlis & Shelley reads Pliny's letters'.Mary Godwin Jean Jacques RousseauLes Confessions; suivies de R?veries du promeneur ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read twelve page[s] of Curt. write - & read the reveries of Rousseau - S. reads Pliny's Letters'Mary Godwin Jean Jacques RousseauLes Confessions; suivies de R?veries du promeneur ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read ten pages of Quintius Curtius and Rousseau's reveries'.Mary Godwin Jean Jacques RousseauLes Confessions; suivies de R?veries du promeneur ...Print: Book
1800-1849'write the trans. of Spinoza from S's dictation; translate Cupid & Psyche - read Tacitus and Rousseau's confessions'.Mary Shelley Jean Jacques RousseauLes Confessions; suivies de R?veries du promeneur ...Print: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley]...Mary Godwin Jean Jacques RousseauLes Confessions; suivies de Reveries du promeneur ...Print: Book
1850-1899Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, ?27 July 1850: 'I return the "Confidences" with thanks upon thanks. Both Robert & I began with a sort of interest & pleasure...Robert and Elizabeth Barrett BrowningAlphonse Marie Louis de Prat de LamartineLes ConfidencesPrint: Book
1900-1945'After dinner it was warmer and I sat on deck and read "Les Cosaques". I finished Putnam Neale's "Indiscreet Letters from Peking" in the afternoon, a curious book.' Gertrude Bell unknownLes CosaquesPrint: Book


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