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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 John Kenyon, 7 June 1838: 'I turned over the leaves of Mr Reade's poem for some minutes before I opened your letter'. Elizabeth Barrett John Edmund ReadeItalyPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Noon Talfourd, 13 June 1838: 'Miss Barrett presents her compliments to Mr Serjeant Talfourd, and desires to express to him her thankfulne...Elizabeth Barrett Thomas Noon TalfourdThe Athenian CaptivePrint: Book
1800-1849'Have you Cap. Beecheys voyage to the Pacific? if you have not, I will buy it, as it contains some most excellent Meteorological Journals?'Charles Darwin Frederick W BeecheyNarrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 21 June 1838: 'I have seen an extract from a private letter of Mr Chorley editor of the Athenaeum, which speaks [italics]huge[...Elizabeth Barrett Henry Fothergill Chorleyletter (extract)Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 June 1838: 'Mr Townsend's poems have just reached me. I have had no time to read them, except at a rail road speed, & th...Elizabeth Barrett Richard Edwin Austin TownsendVisions of the Western RailwaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 July 1838: 'I have written to Mr Townsend. The more I read of his poems, the more deeply I feel their beauty. I [italics]...Elizabeth Barrett Richard Edwin Austin TownsendVisions of the Western RailwaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 July 1838: 'I have written to Mr Townsend. The more I read of his poems, the more deeply I feel their beauty. I [italics]...Elizabeth Barrett Frances Sargent Osgood'romance'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 25 September 1838: 'I "remind you" to tell me all about Miss Landon's husband. I have a full conviction that he is the auth...Elizabeth Barrett Madame de GrandrionDuty and InclinationPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 October 1838: 'I did not receive Finden immediately. I had desired Papa to unpack & take possession of it -- because I ...Elizabeth Barrett Findens' Tableaux of the Affections: A Series of P...Print: Book
1800-1849'After looking at my 11 books of Euclid, & first part of Algebra (including binomial theorem?) I may then begin Trigonometry after which must I begin Spherical? are there...Charles Darwin EuclidunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Theodosia Garrow, late November 1838: 'I cannot return the [italics]Book of Beauty[end italics] to Miss Garrow without thanking her for allowing m...Elizabeth Barrett Theodosia Garrowpoems 'The Gazelles' and 'On Presenting a Young In...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 12 March 1839: 'I like Schiller's Robbers better than any other play of his I have read.'Elizabeth Barrett J. C. F. von SchillerDie RauberPrint: Book
1800-1849'I now first felt even moderately well, & I was picturing to myself all the delights of fresh fruit growing in beautiful valleys, & reading Humboldts descriptions of the ...Charles Darwin HumboldtunknownPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'If you really want to have a [notion] of tropical countries, study Humboldt.? Skip th[e] scientific parts & commence after leaving Teneriffe.? My feelings amount to admi...Charles Darwin Alexander von HumboldtunknownPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Nobody could possibly be better fitted out in every respect for collecting than I am: many cooks have not spoiled the broth this time; Mr Brownes little hints about micr...Charles Darwin La Dictionnaire ClassiquePrint: Book
1800-1849'I suppose you all well know Heads book.? for accuracy & animation it is beyond praise.'Charles Darwin Francis Bond HeadGallop: Rapid journeys across the PampasPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, late March 1839: 'Beloved Papa & Sette were obliged to go away two days ago [...] Sette's gossipings & secret- tellings wer...Septimus Moulton-Barrett CaesarunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett, invalid, to Mary Russell Mitford, 10 April 1839: 'What can I do bound hand and foot in this wilderness, in the way of book-ferreting? with a physi...Elizabeth Barrett Lancelot AndrewesSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 10 April 1839: 'Mr Reade has power [...] both of thought & language [...] It [Italy] is the only poem of Mr Reade's I ever r...Elizabeth Barrett John Edmund ReadeItalyPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Euprhasia Fanny Haworth, ?25 April 1839: 'You read Balzac's "Scenes" etc -- he is publishing one, "Beatrix", in the feuilleton of the "Siecle", day ...Robert Browning Honore de BalzacBeatrix ou les Amours ForcesPrint: Serial / periodical


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