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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
 
1600-1699'My boy was with me, and read to me all day' [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1800-1849'My brother and I have read over together the Essay on Sheep their natural history &c which we so often talked about it is extremely curious and interesting and very orig...James and William HoggWilliam Hogg[prize essay on sheep, prize awarded by the Highla...Unknown
1900-1945'My brothers and I have lived the book ["Treasure Island"] many times and the Bois de Boulogne is full of places that we re-christened with Treasure Island names such as ...Arthur Vanson Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandPrint: Book
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the "Spectator" and "The Rambler", Mason's plays, Addiso...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Joseph AddisonSpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical, possibly bound as a book
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the "Spectator" and "The Rambler", Mason's plays, Addiso...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical, possibly bound as a book
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the "Spectator" and "The Rambler", Mason's plays, Addiso...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Mason[Plays]Print: Book
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the "Spectator" and "The Rambler", Mason's plays, Addiso...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Joseph AddisonCatoPrint: Book
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the [italics]Spectator[end italics] and [italics]The Ram...Elizabeth Sewell Samuel JohnsonThe RamblerPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the [italics]Spectator[end italics] and [italics]The Ram...Elizabeth Sewell MasonPlaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the [italics]Spectator[end italics] and [italics]The Ram...Elizabeth Sewell The SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the [italics]Spectator[end italics] and [italics]The Ram...Elizabeth Sewell Joseph AddisonCatoPrint: Book
1900-1945'My chief pleasure at the moment is Darwin's [italics] Voyage of the Beagle [end italics]... it is so fresh, so clear, so solid, so modest, so alive. When I read a book l...Antonia White Charles DarwinVoyage of the Beagle, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'My children like to get hold of Charteris, the Saint Stories, you know. But it's a funny thing we can't get any of his books in this library now. I don't know where they...Leslie CharterisSaint storiesPrint: Book
1600-1699'My cold being increased, I stayed home all day, pleasing myself with my dining-room, now graced with pictures, and reading of Dr Fullers "Worthys".'Samuel Pepys Thomas FullerHistory of the worthies of EnglandPrint: Book
1800-1849'My copy of 'Margaret' is in such demand since the review in the Athenaeum; it is pledged 3 deep'.Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Sylvester JuddMargaret, a Tale of the Real and the IdealPrint: Book
1800-1849'My copy of 'Margaret' is in such demand since the review in the Athenaeum; it is pledged 3 deep'.Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [review of 'Margaret, a tale of the Real and the I...Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'my Curiosity led me to read the Letter before I examined the Contents of the Paper [plum cake from Jonathan Swift], which, to the best of my Knowledge, was this: Mada...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan Swift[a letter]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899'My day has been beguiled by a long Persian lesson this morning and a long [?conversation ?lesson with Mr] Frollock this afternoon! He has given me his Spinoza which is v...Gertrude Bell Baruch de SpinozaunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'My dear Alick, No piece of news that I have heard for a long time has given me more satisfaction than the intelligence contained in your letter of yesterday. For severa...Thomas Carlyle Alexander CarlyleLetterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'My dear Anna - I am very much obliged to you for sending your M.S. [a story by Anna Austen that remained unfinished and has never been published] It has entertained me e...Jane Austen Anna Austen[unpublished story]Manuscript: Sheet


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