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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
 
1800-1849Fanny Kemble, 22 July 1831, following record of discussion with her aunt Dall in which the prospect was raised of her having to give up her career and personal wealth if ...Fanny Kemble Dante AlighieriThe Divine Comedy (Purgatorio)Print: Book
1800-1849Fanny Kemble, 20 August 1832, on board ship to America: 'I have done more in the shape of work to-day, than any since the first two I spent on board; translated a German ...Fanny Kemble Dante AlighieriThe Divine ComedyPrint: Book
1850-1899'As to what they read [at the Gower Street School in the 1880s] -- and [...] Lucy Harrison [headmistress] read aloud to them untiringly -- it must be what went deepest an...Lucy Harrison, headmistress, Charlotte Mew, and other pupils at Gower Street schoolDante Alighieri Print: Book
1850-1899'Reading the "Purgatorio" again, and the "Compendium Revelationum" of Savonarola'George Eliot [pseud] Dante AlighieriPurgatorioPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		'[B]e not thrown into wild delight because his genius has shone forth--misfortune & rage have occasioned this & whenever he may speak himself [underlined] Lord Byron will...Lady Caroline Lamb Dante AlighieriunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading; First book of Lucretius, 6th book of the Iliad; Samson Agonistes, Warton's History of English Poetry; Grote 2nd vol; Marcus Aurelius; Vita Nuova; vol IV, Chapte...George Eliot [pseud.] Dante AlighieriLa Vita NuovaPrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Purgatorio'.George Eliot [pseud] Dante AlighieriPurgatorioPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Dante'Mary Shelley Dante Alighieri[probably] InfernoPrint: Book
1800-1849'read Dante - finish Lambs specimens. walk to Mr Olliers. read Zapolya'Mary Shelley Dante Alighieri[probably] InfernoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Shelley has finished the life of Tasso & reads Dante - read Pamela'Percy Bysshe Shelley Dante Alighieri[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'begin Clarissa Harlowe in Italian - S. reads and finishes Dante's Purgatorio'Percy Bysshe Shelley Dante AlighieriPurgatorioPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. unwell - he reads the Paradiso'Percy Bysshe Shelley Dante AlighieriParadisoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday [...] May 1st. [...] Read 1st Canto of Dante's Paradiso'.Claire Clairmont Dante AlighieriParadiso (Canto 1)Print: Book
1800-1849'Sunday May 16th. Read 4 Canto's [sic] of Dante's Purgatorio.'Claire Clairmont Dante AlighieriPurgatorioPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday May 17th. [...] Read 5th. 6th. 7th. & 8 Canto of Dante's Purgatorio.'Claire Clairmont Dante AlighieriPurgatorio (Cantos 5, 6, 7, 8)Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday May 18th. [...] Read Alfieri's Tragedy of Mirra [...] Read 9 & 10th Canto of Dante's Purgatorio.'Claire Clairmont Dante AlighieriPurgatorio (Cantos 9 and 10)Print: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday May 19th. [...] Read 11th. & 12th. Cantos of Purgatorio [...] '.Claire Clairmont Dante AlighieriPurgatorio (Cantos 11 and 12)Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday May 20th. Read 13th. 14th. 15th. & 16th Cantos of Dante's Purgatorio.'Claire Clairmont Dante AlighieriPurgatorio (Cantos 13, 14, 15, 16)Print: Book
1800-1849'Read 7 Canto's of Dante - Begin to translate A.[lfieri] - Read Cajo Graccho of Monti & Measure for Measure'Mary Shelley Dante Alighieri[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Saturday Dec. 2nd. [...] Read 1 Canto of Purgatorio.'Claire Clairmont Dante AlighieriPurgatorioPrint: Book


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