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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 Tales of the castle'Mary Godwin Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St aubin, Marquise de Silley, Comtesse de GenlisLes Veilles du ChateauPrint: Book
1900-1945'Madame de Polignac gave me in 1913 a little yellow volume of poems entitled "Les Vivants et les Morts", and at her house I met next year the divinely, the almost frighte...Ronald Storrs Anna de NoaillesLes Vivants et les MortsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish "les voeux temeraires" - write and read Rienzi'Mary Godwin Madame de GenlisLes Voeux t?m?raires; ou l'enthousiasmePrint: Book
1800-1849'I send you a new novel of Madame de Genlis' 'Mademoiselle de la Fayette'. I think it will interest and amuse you at the same time. The subject is taken from the reign of...Princess Caroline, Princess of Wales Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de GenlisLes voeux temeraires : ou L' enthousiasmePrint: Book
1800-1849'Since I left Rome I have read several books of Livy - Antenor - Clarissa Harlowe - The Spectator - a few novels - & am now reading the Bible & Lucan's Pharsalia - & Dant...Mary Shelley Etienne Francois de LantierLes Voyages d'Antenor en Grece et en Asie, avec de...Print: Book
1700-1799'I took my two lessons with Mr Jaegle, we began to read "Les Voyages du Jeune Anarchasis". The little that I heard today pleased me enormously and the style is very fine'...Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne [Abbe] BarthelemyLes Voyages du Jeune AnacharsisPrint: Book
1900-1945'...in December 1918 ... [Sir Anthony] Deane organized at All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, a memorial service for authors killed in the war, at which Edmund Gosse read the ...Edmund Gosse LessonPrint: Book
1700-1799[in prefatory essay by A. L. Barbauld] Quoted from 'a lady's' account of stays in Samuel Richardson's family home (c.1750s): 'As soon as Mrs Richardson arose, the beau...Richardson children LessonsPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have been reading over Mrs Barbaulds "Lessons for Childern" to my eldest child who is continually tearing me to read them I find by this that they are particularly sui...John Clare Anna Laetitia BarbauldLessons for Children from Two to Three Years OldPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 26 February 1845: 'I do not know Charlotte Smith's books for children. I read myself Mrs. Barbauld's '"Come hither Char...Elizabeth Barrett Anna Laetitia BarbauldLessons for Children, From Two to Three Years OldPrint: Book
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1800-1849		Lessons of a Governess to her Pupils by Madame de Silery- Brulart (formerly Countess de Genlis) 3 vols. For further remarks see page 11th.Ellen Weeton Stephanie de Genlis BrulartLessons of a Governess to Her PupilsPrint: Book
Dorothy Wordsworth describes to Thomas De Quincey how she and her brother William received a letter from him: "Yesterday morning my brother and I walked to Rydale, and he...William and Dorothy WordsworthThomas De QuinceyletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth describes to Thomas De Quincey how John Wordsworth received a letter from him: "When your Friend Johnny came from school last night, his mother sai...Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas De QuinceyLetterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Byron to the editor of The Courier, 5 February 1822: 'Sir / -- I have read in your Journal some remarks of Mr. Southey ... which he is pleased to entitle a reply to "a no...George Gordon Lord Byron Robert SoutheyletterPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 4 August 1839, about event following visit of David Pryce, a young Irish curate, to Haworth Parsonage: 'A few days after I got a letter ...Charlotte Bronte David PryceletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 12 January 1848: 'What induced you to say that you would rather have written "Pride & Prejudice" or "Tom Jones" than any of the Waverley ...Charlotte Bronte George Henry LewesletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: 'I put your most friendly letter [recommending homeopathic treatments] into Emily's hands as soon as I had m...Charlotte Bronte William Smith WilliamsletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: 'I put your most friendly letter [recommending homeopathic treatments] into Emily's hands as soon as I had m...Emily Bronte William Smith WilliamsletterManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 3 December 1850: 'On referring to Mr Newby's letters, I find in one of them, a boast that he is "advertising vigorously."' Charlotte Bronte NewbyletterManuscript: Letter
1850-1899'Six weeks since I received your letter! ... I have no great interest in the theory of our sacred art.'Arnold Bennett George SturtletterManuscript: Letter


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