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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
1900-1945		Some textual marginalia in pencil in French on pages 173 and 176, and pencil marks throughout.Vernon Lee Lucien ArreatLes croyances des demainPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Damned Ones of the Hindies now occupy my attention.'Robert Louis Stevenson Joseph MeryLes Damnes de JavaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Very hot. 92 and a following wind. Read the "Déracinés".' Gertrude Bell Maurice BarrèsLes DéracinésPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27 November 1842: ''Have you observed what I have observed [...] that Charles Dickens has meditated deeply & not without a...Elizabeth Barrett Victor HugoLes derniers jours d'un condamnePrint: Book
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 Alexandre DumasLes Deux DianePrint: Unknown
1900-1945Henry James to Paul Bourget 21 December 1905, thanking him for copy of "Les Deux Soeurs": 'This volume I read with immediate attention and with the highest appreciation'.Henry James Paul BourgetLes Deux SoeursPrint: Book
Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 November 1844: 'What works of Casimir Delavigne have you read? [...] I have read "Louis the Eleventh [sic]," "Marino Fa...Mary Russell Mitford Casimir DelavigneLes Enfants d'EdouardPrint: Book
1850-1899'David Watson, M.A. of St. Andrews University, used to spend every spare moment of his day and whole Sundays on end with this writer [Ford] standing beside him at his p...Ford Madox Ford Jules VerneLes Enfants du capitaine GrantPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am alone in the house, and so I allowed myself, at dinner, the first light reading I have indulged in since my return in the shape of some Montaigne.'Robert Louis Stevenson Michel Eyquem de MontaigneLes EssaisPrint: Book
1850-1899'As Montaigne says, talking of something quite different:"Pour se laisser tomber a plomb, et de si haut, il faut que se soit entre les bras d'une affection solide, vigour...Robert Louis Stevenson Michel Eyquem de MontaigneLes Essais, Livre III, Ch XII, De la physionomiePrint: Book
1900-1945'But "La leçon bien apprise" is really quite....And what is wrong with "Les Etrennes de Mlle. Doucine"? I don't like it most, but I think it most suitable owing to its hu...Joseph Conrad Anatole FranceLes Etrennes de Mlle. Doucine, and La Leçon bien a...Print: Book
1850-1899'When last observed, he was studying with apparent zest the exploits of one Rocambole by the late Viscount Ponson of Terrail.'Robert Louis Stevenson Pierre Alexis Ponson du TerrailLes Exploits de RocambolePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Betsey Wynne:] We read this evening "Les Femmes Savantes" and "Les Precieuses Ridicules" of the Theatre of Moliere. I thought I should die from laughing in hearing the ... Moliere [pseud.]Les Femmes SavantesPrint: Serial / periodical, Unknown
1850-1899'Les Femmes Savantes'Sarah Good Moliere [pseud.]Les Femmes SavantesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Sunday Nov. [...] 20th. [...] Read to John Nine days' wonder. Begin reading Segur upon women.' [also records reading latter text in journal entries for 23 November...Claire Clairmont Alexandre Joseph Pierre de SegurLes Femmes, leur condition et leur influence dans ...Print: Book
1850-1899'Rondeau On reading a work by M. Auguste Maquet entitled Les Vertes Feuilles. See, "The Green Leaves", I leave them here uncut, − Drop them, recoiling, at the f...Robert Louis Stevenson Auguste MaquetLes Feuilles VertesPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have read your Ronins Fideles.'Robert Louis Stevenson Bernard Marie Henri GausseronLes Fideles RoninsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading the "Les filles des platre" by M. Xavier de Montepin it is like the generality of French Novels, and does not give a very exalted notions of French morals; the m...Albert Battiscombe Xavier Aymon de, Count MontepinLes Filles de platre. Les trois debutsPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		[her governess Helen Roothman] 'introduced Edith to the works of Verlaine, Rimbaud and Mallarme. Though Edith had had a taste for Baudelaire through Swinburne's translati...Edith Sitwell Charles BaudelaireLes fleurs du malPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday April 10th. Read Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Le Mariage force, Le Festin de Pierre, L'Amour Medecin, Les Fourberies de Scapin de Moliere [...] Read a page or two ...Claire Clairmont MoliereLes Fourberies de ScapinPrint: Book


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