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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
 
1800-1849Felicia Browne to her aunt, Miss Wagner, 19 December 1808: 'You have, I know, perused the papers (as I have done,) with anxiety [...] The noble Spaniards! surely, surely,...Felicia Browne newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Felicity Browne, mother of Felicia Browne, to Matthew Nicholson, 7 February 1812: 'I saw in the paper some time ago, that two thousand pounds would be given for the best ...Felicity Browne advertisement for poetry translation competitionPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Felicity Browne, mother of Felicia Browne, to Matthew Nicholson, 7 February 1812: 'I saw in the paper some time ago, that two thousand pounds would be given for the best ...Felicity Browne newspaper (reporting progress of Peninsular Campai...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Felicia Hemans to John Murray, 26 February 1817, having just sent to him the MS of "Modern Greece": 'Had I been aware of the very limited taste for the Arts which you inf...Felicia Hemans advertisements for books on the artsPrint: Advertisement
1800-1849Felicia Hemans to Mary Russell Mitford, 10 November 1828: 'My dear Miss Mitford, Accept my late, though sincere and cordial congratulations on the brilliant success of "R...Felicia Hemans Reports on Mary Russell Mitford's play, RienziPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'. . . this Creature, whose nick Name here is Mrs. MacDevil will not, it seems, be slighted with impunity, & she put that mortifying paragraph into the Morning Post about...Frances Burney Learned Lass, or the Poor Scholar's Garland! A Son...Print: Newspaper
1700-1799?The enthusiastic notions which I had imbibed, and the desire I had to be talking about religious mysteries, etc answered one valuable purpose; as it caused me to embrace...James Lackington BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'You may lately have seen her pretty often alluded to in the Morning Post, ?but pray who is the [ital] Dr. B [ital] in Yesterdays?(Monday?s) Paper??it seems as if meant f...Frances Burney Morning PostPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I know that during Elections songs & squibs are fair on each side & much bad wit & many severe things must be said--but I am sure that neither you nor Sir Frances Burdet...Lady Caroline Lamb The StatesmanPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Mary Berry, 'Notes of Early Life': 'My dear grandmother [...] made me read the Psalms and chapters to her every morning; but, as neither explanation nor comment was made ...Mary Berry Psalms and chaptersPrint: Book
1850-1899'They would talk French, eat in French restaurants, read French newspapers and visit the British Museum together.'Arnold Bennett [French newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'From fine I turned to applied art, diverted by a periodical called The Girl's Own Paper. For a long period this monthly, which I now regard as quaint, but which I shall ...Arnold Bennett Girl's OwnPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'When I left my home for the first time, I suddenly passed out of the excitements of my Windsor life into the school-boy's ordinary abstraction from the outer world. I he...Charles Knight The GlobePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Reading the Bible'George Eliot [pseud.] BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799John Playfair to Mary Berry, 8 May 1796: 'I waited with much impatience for the "Life and Miscellaneous Works of Gibbon," and if I have not been quite so much delighted a...John Playfair The Life and Miscellaneous Works of GibbonPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'I hope you have read the Irish debates on the Union. I think you will have found in them much abuse, little eloquence, and...Mary Berry Cease your FunningPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849'The papers announce the Marriage of the Rev: Edward Bather, Rector of some place in Shropshire to a Miss Emma Halifax.'Jane Austen newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Jenny & James [the Austen's servants] are walked to Charmouth this afternoon; - I am glad to have such an amusement for him - as I am very anxious for his being at once ...Jane Austen newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Read Physical Basis - and dear Journal of our Seaside Work'George Eliot [pseud] [journal by either Eliot or G.H. Lewes]Manuscript: Unknown, journal
1800-1849'Scriptures and Natural history readings'.John Cole BiblePrint: Book


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