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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
 
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 December 1836: 'How much ignorance I have to confess in sackcloth, with respect to the old dramatists! -- for indeed I ...Elizabeth Barrett Francis Beaumont and John Fletcherplays (extracts)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 December 1836: 'How much ignorance I have to confess in sackcloth, with respect to the old dramatists! -- for indeed I ...Elizabeth Barrett John Fordplays (extracts)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 1837: 'I will write out two passages from Justin Martyr, the only ones which struck me while I was reading him, on the subject...Elizabeth Barrett Justin MartyrDialogus cum Tryphone Judaeo, 70Print: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to William Charles Macready, January 1837: 'I have taken a cursory look at your [italics]addissions[end italics] in "Strafford," seeing it on the tab...Robert Browning William Charles Macreadyannotations to Robert Browning, StraffordManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 17 February 1837: 'I have been reading & rejoicing in your Faithful Shepherdess. The general conception & plan are feeble...Elizabeth Barrett John FletcherThe Faithful ShepherdessPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, ?17 March 1837: 'I have read your play [Otto of Wittelsbach] my dearest Miss Mitford, & so you will be obliged to read my ...Elizabeth Barrett Mary Russell MitfordOtto of WittelsbachManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 May 1837: 'Yes! the extracts from Mrs Butler's play, in the Athenaeum, are very beautiful -- and so are some others whic...Elizabeth Barrett Frances Anne ButlerThe Star of SevillePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Mary Hunter (aged 10) to Elizabeth Barrett, quoted in letter of Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 May 1837: '"I read today in a magazine a tale of Miss Mi...Mary Hunter Mary Russell Mitford"The Widow's Dog"Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, mid-May 1837: 'I am very much obliged by your kindness in allowing me to read the MS dramatic poems -- it seems to me that...Elizabeth Barrett Lady Margaret Cocksdramatic poemsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, mid-May 1837: 'I have been much pleased lately in reading Lady Dacre's translations from Petrarch, which she has very kind...Elizabeth Barrett Barbarina Brand, Lady DacreTranslations from the ItalianPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 June 1837: 'I agree with you in thinking Pickwick admirable -- but I have not read every number [...] what is striking ...Elizabeth Barrett Charles DickensThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Finish the oration for Roscius amerinus'Mary Shelley CiceroPro Roscio AmerinoPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Oration for Roscius the Comedian - Hist of Engd'Mary Shelley CiceroPro Roscio ComoedoPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 June 1837: 'I have read the Star of Seville [...] It [italics]is[end italics] unequal -- it appears as if its writer st...Elizabeth Barrett Frances Anne ButlerThe Star of SevillePrint: Book
1800-1849'The Oration for Roscius the Comedian - Hist of Engd'Mary Shelley Catherine MacaulayHistory of England from the Accession of James I t...Print: Book
1800-1849'First oration of Verres. Hist of Engd.'Mary Shelley CiceroActio prima in VerremPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish 4th book of Lucretius. Ricciardetto'Mary Shelley Lucretius[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Finish 4th book of Lucretius. Ricciardetto'Mary Shelley Niccolo FortiguerraRicciardettoPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Shelley] reads Appolonius [sic] Rhodius'Percy Bysshe Shelley Apollonius RhodiusArgonauticaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Muratori. Antichita d'Italia'Mary Shelley Lodovico Antonio MuratoriDissertazioni sopra le Antichita Italiane, gia com...Print: Book


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