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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'Monday Feb. 7th. [...] Read and finish Paine's Letter to the Abbe Raynal the feeling of this letter I admire exceedingly -- it is truly cosmopolitan -- Finish the travel...Claire Clairmont Friedrich Maximilian von KlingerTravels before the Flood. An Interesting Oriental...Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 17th. Read the Life of Camillus -- 'Tuesday Jany. 18th. [...] Finish the Life of Camillus.'Claire Clairmont Plutarch Life of CamillusPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 19th. [...] Learn an Italian dialogue [...] Read three of Cobbett's Registers. In one of these he mentions Mr. W-- Friend as a very able, firm, & worthy ...Claire Clairmont Italian dialoguePrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 19th. [...] Learn an Italian dialogue [...] Read three of Cobbett's Registers. In one of these he mentions Mr. W-- Friend as a very able, firm, & worthy ...Claire Clairmont William CobbettCobbett's Weekly Political RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 31st. [...] Read Common Sense by Paine and two numbers of the Crisis a Paper which he published during the American War.'Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineThe American CrisisPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 31st. [...] Read Common Sense by Paine and two numbers of the Crisis a Paper which he published during the American War.'Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineCommon SensePrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 3rd. [...] Read Don Juan. Read the Life of Plutarch.'Claire Clairmont George Gordon, Lord ByronDon Juan [Cantos I and II]Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 3rd. [...] Read Don Juan. Read the Life of Plutarch.'Claire Clairmont unknown'life of Plutarch'Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday July 24th. [...] Translate an exercise from Latin. Read Saggio Istorico.' ...Claire Clairmont unknownLatin textPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday July 24th. [...] Translate an exercise from Latin. Read Saggio Istorico.' [readings from latter text also recorded in entries for 26, 27, 29 July 1820]. ...Claire Clairmont Vincenzo CuocoSaggio storico sulla rivoluzione di NapoliPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday June 25th. [...] Read Melincourt'.Claire Clairmont Thomas Love PeacockMelincourtPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday June 26th. [...] Read Newspapers' [makes notes on military recruitment and funding issues reported]. ...Claire Clairmont newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Monday June 5th. Read Saggio [...] storico sulla Rivoluzione di Napoli.' [records of reading this text also appear in entries for 6 and 7 June 1820].Claire Clairmont Vincenzo CuocoSaggio storico sulla rivoluzione di NapoliPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday March -- 22nd [...] '.Claire Clairmont unknown'Memoires de Madame de Pompadour'Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday March 13th. [...] Read Dramatic Biography [makes detailed notes from vol. I part i in this]'.Claire Clairmont David Erskine BakerBiographica dramatica; or, a Companion to the Play...Print: 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'Monday May 24th. [...] Read the Infernal Quixote.'Claire Clairmont Charles LucasThe Infernal Quixote: A Tale of the DayPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday May 29th. [...] Read Rights of Woman.' [records of readings from this text also appear in entries for 31 May, and 1, 2, 3 June 1820, with 'Finish [...] Right...Claire Clairmont Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of WomanPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday May 31st. [...] .'Claire Clairmont BoccaccioDecameronPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday May [...] 30th. [...] After dinner Mr. Gambs reads aloud his tale of Skold. It pleases me very much -- Its principal charm is the naturalness of [...] its desc...Claire Clairmont Chretien-Hermann GambsSkoldUnknown


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