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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'...Washington Irving, too, has a few delightful fragments of equal fidelity, rendered elegant by the elegance of his own mind.'Eleanor Anne Porden Washington IrvingUnknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'I think it ["Rienzi"] extremely clever; some scenes are very powerful, and capable of being wrought into a most effective play.'W.C. Macready Mary Russell MitfordRienziManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Finish the Vita Nuova.'Mary Shelley Dante AlighieriLa Vita NuovaPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. begins King Lear in the evening.'Percy Bysshe Shelley William ShakespeareKing LearPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads the Antient Mariner aloud'Percy Bysshe Shelley Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRime of the Ancient Mariner, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Begin the Defence of Poesy by Sir P. Sidney.'Mary Shelley Philip SidneyDefence of Poesie, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Horace with S in the evening'Mary and Percy Shelley Horace[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'S. reads the Case is Altered of B.[en] Jonson aloud in the evening'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Ben JonsonCase is Altered, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Sir P. Sydneys defence of poetry'Mary Shelley Philip SidneyDefence of Poesie, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'copy for S. - he reads to me the tale of a Tub'Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe ShelleyDefence of Poetry, AManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'copy for S. - he reads to me the tale of a Tub'Percy Bysshe Shelley Ben JonsonTale of a TubPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr T.[aaffe] in the evening - read his notes to Dante'Mary Shelley John TaaffeComment on the Divine Comedy of Dante AlighieriManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'finish the Antigone'Mary Shelley SophoclesAntigonePrint: Book
1800-1849'Osservatore Fiorentino'Mary Shelley Marco LastriL'Osservatore Fiorentino sugli edifizi della sua p...Print: Book
1800-1849'Finish the Osservatore F.'Mary Shelley Marco LastriL'Osservatore Fiorentino sugli edifizi della sua p...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read 3 odes of Anacreon'Mary Shelley Anacreon[Odes]Print: Book
1800-1849'Walk with S. - he reads some of the tales of Sacchetti aloud in the evening'Percy Bysshe Shelley Franco SacchettiDelle novellePrint: Book
1800-1849'walk with S. - he reads Every Man in his humour aloud in the evening'Percy Bysshe Shelley Ben JonsonEvery Man in his HumourPrint: Book
1800-1849'W. dines with us - walk with him - his play - S finishes Every Man in his Humour'Percy Bysshe Shelley Ben JonsonEvery Man in his HumourPrint: Book
1800-1849'W. dines with us - walk with him - his play - S finishes Every Man in his Humour'Mary Shelley Edward WilliamsPromise, The; or, a Year, a Month, and a DayManuscript: Unknown



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