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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'Mrs James Austen, very much pleased. Enjoyed Mrs Norris particularly, & the scene at Portsmouth. Thought Henry Crawford's going off with Mrs Rushworth, very natural.'Anne Austen Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs James Tilson - Liked it ["Mansfield Park"] better than P. & P.'[Mrs James] Tilson Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs James Tilson - Liked it [Mansfield Park] better than P. & P.'[Mrs James] Tilson Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1700-1799'Mrs John Hunter, Wife to the famous Anatomist has made a Base to the Tune [reputed to be North American Indian]; & set these Words to it; I had no Notion She could write...Hester Lynch Thrale Anne Hunter'North American Death Song'Unknown
1700-1799'Mrs Johnson, in whose judgement and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of "The Rambler" had come out, "I thought very well of you before; bu...Elizabeth Johnson Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Mrs Keith of Ravelstone remembered, as a girl in London perhaps in the 1760s, hearing Aphra Behn's fiction "read aloud for the amusement of large circles of the first an...Mrs ? Keith (of Ravelstone) Aphra BennDelphinePrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Mrs Lefroy - liked it, but thought it a mere Novel.'[Mrs] Lefroy Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Lefroy - preferred it to M.P. - but like[?]d M.P. the least of all.'[Mrs] Lefroy Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Lefroy - preferred it ["Emma"] to M.P - but like[d] M.P. least of all.'[Mrs] Lefroy Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Lutley Sclater - liked it very much, better than MP - & thought I had "brought it all about very cleverly in the last volume."'[Mrs] Lutley Sclater Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Lutley Sclater - liked it ["Emma"] very much, better than M.P.'[Mrs] Lutley Sclater Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mrs Mary Berenson’s article on eighteenth century architecture in Spain most interestingly illustrates a principle which is capable of wide application. Our attitude to...Arnold Bennett Mary Berenson[article on C18th architecture]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Mrs Molesworth, Christmas Tree Land'Sarah Good Mary MolesworthChristmas-Tree LandPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Pole wrote, "There is a particular satisfaction in reading all Miss A-s works - they are so evidently written by a Gentlewoman - most Novellists [sic] fail & betray ...[Mrs] Pole Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Portal - admired it very much - objected cheifly [sic] to Edmund's not being brought more forward'.[Mrs] Portal Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mrs Rawlings read from Polo's description of the Great Khan.'Helen Rawlings Marco PoloTravels of Marco Polo Print: Book
1900-1945'Mrs Reynolds then read a paper entitled 'Cycling on the Arctic Circle' describing actual experiences of a friend'.Florence Reynolds Florence Reynolds[paper entitled 'Cycling on the Arctic Circle' ]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Mrs Ridges followed with an address on Augustine Birrells Essays illustrated by copious illustrations selected from the two volumes which had just completed the rota'.Blanche Ridges Blanche Ridges[paper on Augustine Birrell's Essays]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Mrs Ridges followed with an address on Augustine Birrells Essays illustrated by copious illustrations selected from the two volumes which had just completed the rota'.Blanche Ridges Augustine BirrellEssays About Men, Women And Books Print: Book
1900-1945'Mrs Ridges followed with an address on Augustine Birrells Essays illustrated by copious illustrations selected from the two volumes which had just completed the rota'.Members of the XII Book ClubAugustine BirrellEssays About Men, Women And Books Print: Book


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