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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
 
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 26 April 1763:] 'Your Carlo Maggi, were he not such a horrible papist, is a most excellent companion to me. Do you remember the ...Catherine Talbot Carlo MaggiLetters to RosaPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 13 June 1761:] 'I never had the least doubt but Mrs Phillips's Letters to Sir Charles Cotterel were genuine; it is so long since...Elizabeth Carter Katherine PhillipsLetters to Sir Charles CotterelPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 14 August 1808, during stay at Bothwell Castle, seat of Lord Douglas: 'Sat till dinner-time in Lady Douglas's dressing-room, reading old letters to h...Mary Berry Mrs WarburtonLetters to the Duchess of ArgyllManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 29 May 1814: 'The Princess [of Wales] sent for me at three o'clock. She made Lady Charlotte read to me the letters that had passed between the Queen...Lady Charlotte Queen of EnglandLetters to the Princess of WalesManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 29 May 1814: 'The Princess [of Wales] sent for me at three o'clock. She made Lady Charlotte read to me the letters that had passed between the Queen...Lady Charlotte Princess of WalesLetters to the Queen of EnglandManuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Moreover I have been reading Meredith's letters - undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of English literature -especially the 1st vol.' Arnold Bennett George MeredithLetters vol 1Print: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Pray, Sir, is the 'Turkish Spy' a genuine book?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir. Mrs. Manley, in her 'Life', says that her father wrote the first two volumes: and in anothe...James Boswell Giovanni Paolo MaranaLetters written by a Turkish spy, who lived five a...Print: Book
1800-1849'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of wellington said to be written by B.Constant "un heros froid et mediocre [...]" I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his ...Benjamin Newton anonLetters written by an eminent persons in the seven...Print: Book
1800-1849'Finish the Rights of Woman - begin Chesterfields Letters to his son'Mary Godwin Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldLetters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Locke and Chesterfield - De Senectute and the wanderer'Mary Godwin Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldLetters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ...Print: Book
1800-1849'read the Wanderer - read de Senectute & Chesterfield'Mary Godwin Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldLetters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Lord Chesterfield - part of the Lay sermon'Mary Shelley Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldLetters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ...Print: Book
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1800-1849
'Books lately read' Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his son, 4 vols. It has been said of these letters... The first and 2nd vols appear to me unexceptionable. Of the othe...Ellen Weeton Philip Dormer StanhopeLetters written by the Late Right Honourable PhiliPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1814 - since all these titles are mentioned in journal entries, they are not given separate database entries from this source] 'Mary. ...Mary Godwin Mary WollstonecraftLetters Written During a Short Residence in Norway...Print: Book
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Robert SoutheyLetters written during a short residence in Spain ...Print: Book
1700-1799'Took "Letters from Norway & c" back to the Vestry Library. I did not read them, but Mr E. said they were very entertaining & instructive; brought Mrs Wollstonecraft "Vie...Joseph Evans Mary WollstonecraftLetters Written During a Short Residence in SwedenPrint: Book
1800-1849'Even during their elopement in Switzerland and Germany in 1814, Shelley read to her: "The Siege of Jerusalem" from Tacitus is read by Lake Lucerne, and as they sail to M...Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary WollstonecraftLetters written during a short residence in Sweden...Print: Book
1800-1849'Shelley reads aloud the letters from Norway'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary WollstonecraftLetters written during a short residence in Sweden...Print: Book
1800-1849'read Letters from Norway'Mary Shelley Mary WollstonecraftLetters written during a short residence in Sweden...Print: Book
1800-1849'Finish Letters from No[r]way'Mary Shelley Mary WollstonecraftLetters written during a short residence in Sweden...Print: Book



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