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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'My dear Anna, I have been very far from finding your Book an Evil I assure you; I read it immediately - & with great pleasure. I think you are going very well.'Jane Austen Anna Lefroyunpublished storyManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'My dear Anna, I hope you do not depend on having your book back again immediately. I keep it that your G:Mama may hear it - for it has not been possible yet to have any...Jane Austen Anna Austen[unpublished story]Manuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'My dear Blackwood [...] "The Private Secretary" picks itself up this month. I thought one or two of the recent numbers even scarcely up to mark."Theodore Martin George T ChesneyThe Private SecretaryPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'My dear Blackwood, I have just read the opening article of Maga, and I cannot go to sleep, or make an attempt thereat, till I write to tell you how deeply the article ha...R.H. Patterson George T ChesneyBattle of DorkingPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'My dear boys, when I was your age, there were no such children's books as ther are now...Now, among those very stupid old-fashioned boy's books was one which taught me [...Charles Kingsley John AikinEvenings at homePrint: Book
1800-1849'My dear Carlyle, I received your letter with the inclosed addressed to Mr Burns, which I had the pleasure of delivering to him about three weeks ago. I reached Edinburgh...James Johnston Thomas CarlyleLetter dated 4 August Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'My dear Caroline, I wish I could finish Stories as fast as you can. - I am much obliged to you for the sight of Olivia, & think you have done for her very well; but the ...Jane Austen Caroline Austenunpublished storyManuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'My dear Charlie, I’m a rogue and should have written to you months ago; but I have been both busy and worried. As to your paper, no, it won’t do: you ask an opinion, and...Robert Louis Stevenson Charles Gray Robertson Unknown
1850-1899'My dear Colvin, Thanks for your pencilations. One thing only, remains; how am I to call the followers of Orso and Manfredi.'Robert Louis Stevenson Sidney ColvinannotationsManuscript: Letter, annotations
1850-1899'My dear Father and Mother, Your letters received with thanks. My book is being printed by Thorne, Stiff, and Payne, among other people. Is that not appropriate for a neu...Robert Louis Stevenson Margaret Isabella; Thomas Stevenson[letter]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'my dear father told thee that Goldsmith's would now be the [italics] deserted village [end italics]; perhaps thou dost not remember this compliment, but I remember the i...Richard Shackleton George CrabbeVillage, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'my dear father told thee that Goldsmith's would now be the [italics] deserted village [end italics]; perhaps thou dost not remember this compliment, but I remember the i...Richard Shackleton George CrabbeLibrary, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'my dear father told thee that Goldsmith's would now be the [italics] deserted village [end italics]; perhaps thou dost not remember this compliment, but I remember the i...Richard Shackleton George CrabbeNewspaper, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'my dear father told thee that Goldsmith's would now be the [italics] deserted village [end italics]; perhaps thou dost not remember this compliment, but I remember the i...Richard Shackleton Oliver GoldsmithDeserted Village, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'My dear General Wallace, -- I sat up the night before last to finish your beautiful book, and I assure you I find it difficult to express my admiration of it. It is won...Earl Dufferin Lew WallaceBen-Hur, A Tale of the ChristPrint: Book
1850-1899'My dear Henley, Sketches III line 11. More laughter comes from them than moan. IV As a whole. VII Both quatrains. VIII line 2. Extemporising a becoming gloom. I...Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest HenleyHospital Outlines: Sketches and PortraitsPrint: Probably proof.
1850-1899'My dear Henley, I have just read your Crnhll with genuine delight and admiration.'Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley'The Early Life of J-F Miller', in 'Cornhill Magaz...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'My dear Katharine, I have gone over your paper at last (I would have done it sooner, had I found the time) [?].'Robert Louis Stevenson Katharine de MattosIncluded "Miss Griffin"?Manuscript: Sheet, RLS calls it "your paper".
1800-1849'My dear Miss Mitford, I cannot employ the formal address of a stranger towards one who has inspired the vivid feeling of intimate acquaintance, a deep and affectionate i...Catharine M. Sedgwick Mary Russell MitfordOur Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scene...Print: Book
1800-1849'My dear Miss Mitford, May I be permitted to address thus familiarly a lady with whom, though not personally acquainted, I have long been on terms of intimacy, and for wh...Emma Roberts Mary Russell MitfordworksPrint: Serial / periodical


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