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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'... in 1811 S[ara] H[utchinson] mentioned that Herbert Southey "can read Robinson Crusoe or any Book".'Herbert Southey Daniel DefoeLife and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written by...Print: Book
1800-1849'in 1804 [Robert] Southey noted that Hartley Coleridge "never has read, nor will read, beyond Robinson's departure from the island."'Hartley Coleridge Daniel DefoeLife and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written by...Print: Book
1700-1799'It was while serving here [Willenslee at the farm of Mr Laidlaw] , in the eighteenth year of my age, that I first got a perusal of "The Life and Adventures of Sir Willia...James Hogg Henry the MinstrelLife and Adventures of Sir William WallacePrint: Book
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1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to Charles Cuthbert Southey, 26 August 1850: ' ... the perusal of his [Robert Southey's] "Life and Correspondence" arranged by yourself has much deepened...Charlotte Bronte Robert SoutheyLife and CorrespondenceUnknown
1800-1849'After reading Southey's Life and Correspondence, the maintenance of that friendship [between the conservative Southey and the more radical William Taylor] appears to me ...Harriet Martineau Robert SoutheyLife and CorrespondencePrint: Book
1850-1899'I have written a little, and read a good deal, - the second volume of "Sir Charles Metcalfe's Life", which makes me look upon him as more of a hero than many whom Carlyl...Elizabeth Missing Sewell J.W. KayeLife and correspondence of Charles, Lord MetcalfePrint: Book
1850-1899'I have been reading "Southey's Life"; it does me a great deal of good. His life in a book and Mrs Charles Worsley's in actuality, have helped me more than any sermon. So...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Robert SoutheyLife and Correspondence of Robert SoutheyPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 12 April 1850:

'The perusal of Southey's Life has lately afforded me much pleasure; the autobiography with...		Charlotte Brontë Charles Cuthbert SoutheyLife and Correspondence of Robert SoutheyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Stanleys Life of Arneld, Twiss Life of Ld Eldon'.Sydney Smith Arthur StanleyLife and Correspondence of Thomas ArnoldPrint: Book
1800-1849'I wanted to write about Malcolm's Life and Sothey's new letters, and other things; but I must stop now'.Harriet Martineau John William KayeLife and Correspondence of... Sir John Malcolm, Th...Print: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		The mother of Carteret Rede remembered that when 'I came up into her Chamber, I found her reading Mr. John Janeway's "Life and Death"; she was all in Tears ...'Carteret Rede John JanewayLife and DeathPrint: Book
1900-1945[Lehmann's novel "Dusty Answer" has a structure] 'possibly derived from May Sinclair's bleak and brilliant portrait of misguided self sacrifice, "Life and Death of Harrie...Rosamond Lehmann May SinclairLife and Death of Harriet FreanPrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to the writings of Maurice Hewlett. [C.I. Evans outlined a few facts of his life] H.R. Smith gave an account of The Forest Lover...Ernest E. Unwin Maurice HewlettLife and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay , ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to the writings of Maurice Hewlett. [C.I. Evans outlined a few facts of his life] H.R. Smith gave an account of The Forest Lover...Ernest E. Unwin Maurice HewlettLife and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay, ThePrint: 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...Samuel Johnson John DuntonLife and Errours of John Dunton Print: Book
1700-1799'The Simile to the rope Dancer in Prior's Alma is only a good Versification of Dryden's Thought in the preface to Fresnoy's Art of Painting. "Plac'd on the isthmus of ...Hester Lynch Thrale Abraham CowleyLife and FamePrint: Book
1900-1945'I was delighted with Miss Glasgow's novel ["Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage"]; the insight, the mastery of her craft, the interest and charm of the na...Joseph Conrad Ellen (Anderson Gholson) GlasgowLife and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's CouragePrint: Book
1700-1799'The Dean then shew'd me the Poem he wrote on his own death; when I came to that Part of it, [italics] Behold the fatal Day arrive! How is the Dean? He's just alive [...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftLife and Genuine Character of Dr Swift, ThePrint: Unknown
1900-1945"In Holloway ... ['General' Drummond] read Jane Porter's The Scottish Chiefs and Samuel Smiles's Life and Labour."General Drummond Samuel SmilesLIfe and LabourPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am now reading Gray's life and letters.'Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas GrayLife and LettersPrint: Book


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