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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
 
1900-1945I have been re-reading 'Du Côté.' Well, it is marvellous. I have also been re-reading 'Anna Karenina'. Well, it is more marvellous. I have also been re-reading 'Les F...Arnold Bennett Fyodor Dostoyevsky Les Freres Karamazov Print: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 2 August 1911: 'Les Freres Karamazov is one of the greatest of novels [...] Have you read it? & the extraordinary speech of Ivan abou...Leonard Woolf Fyodor DostoevskyLes Freres KaramazovPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very many thanks for your kind and friendly notion of sending me "The Brothers Karamazov". I am quite simply astonsihed to see how you and your collaborator have succee...Joseph Conrad Jacques Copeau (and Jean Croue, after Fyodor DostoievskiLes Frères Karamazov: une drame en 5 actes Dostoi...Print: playscript
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 Ernest DupuyLes Grand Maitres de la litterature russePrint: Book
1800-1849'Write - read Davy - In the evening read Curt. and Les Incas'.Mary Godwin Jean Francois MarmontelLes IncasPrint: Book
1800-1849'read Les Incas - Shelley reads Montaigne'Mary Godwin Jean Francois MarmontelLes IncasPrint: Book
1800-1849'work in the evening - & read Les Incas'Mary Godwin Jean Francois MarmontelLes IncasPrint: Book
1800-1849'Rabutin de Bussy in his little way, is also delightful...'Sarah Harriet Burney Roger de Rabutin, Comte de BussyLes Lettres de Messire Roger de RabutinPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Farewell Mephistocles--Luke Makey de la Touche Richard the 3 Valmont Machiavelli Napoleon [Prival?] the Wicked Duke of Orleans--for you are a little like them all'..Lady Caroline Lamb Choderlos de LaclosLes Liaisons DangereusesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 November 1844: '"Les Maitres Mosaistes" I [italics]will[end italics] answer for [to friend seeking advice on choosing F...Elizabeth Barrett George SandLes Maitres MosaistesPrint: Book
1850-1899"If I were in the vein, I think I should exhort you above all to read George Sand, whose country stories seem to me perfect & have a certain affinity to yours. The last I...Leslie Stephen George SandLes maitres SonneursPrint: 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 Theodule RibotLes Maladies de la VolontePrint: Book
1800-1849'I asked leave to read to Her Royal Highness, and I began 'Les Malheurs de l'Inconstance'.'Charlotte Bury C.J. DoratLes Malheurs de l'InconstancePrint: Book
1850-1899'I have been reading some French books lately viz, "Mathilde" par Eugene Sue and "Les mariages de paris" par Edmond About '-Albert Battiscombe Edmond AboutLes mariages de ParisPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have been reading lately "Les memoires d'un colonel d'Husserds" and "La petite Soeur" two little vaudevilles by Mr Scribe -'Albert Battiscombe Eug?ne ScribeLes memoires d'un colonel d'Husserds: com?die en 1...Print: Book
1700-1799" Began Les Memoires de Madame Maintenon. I doubt whether the vulgarity of stile (sic), absurd anecdotes and impertinent reflections will permit me to read it."Lady Eleanor Butler Madame de MaintenonLes Memoires de Madame de MaintenonPrint: Book
1700-1799" Nine till twelve in the Dressing room reading-finished Les Memoires de Maintenon. Began her letters"Lady Eleanor Butler Madame de MaintenonLes Memoires de Madame de MaintenonPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thank you for the "Saint-Simon", which to my great joy arrived this morning. I finished the play the day before yesterday. Tonight I finish revising. Tomorrow I plunge i...Joseph Conrad Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de Saint-SimonLes Mémoires de Saint-SimonPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 4 February 1845: 'Do you think you cd. take courage & attempt the eight volumes of Frederic Soulie[']s Memoires du diable? ...Elizabeth Barrett Frederic SoulieLes Memoires du diablePrint: Book
1700-1799'Staying at a house in Kings Thorpe, Northamptonshire in 1780, Anna began reading "Les milles et une nuits" after a conversation about imaginative literature with the Bis...Anna Larpent Les mille et une nuitsPrint: Book


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