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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 Thomas Westwood, 5 February 1842: 'I [italics]was[end italics] and [italics]am[end italics] very grateful to you for the gift of your poems [......Elizabeth Barrett Thomas WestwoodPoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 February 1842: 'What an amusing book these Burneyana [italics]do[end italics] make! There is certainly a [italics]consc...Elizabeth Barrett Frances BurneyDiary and Letters (Volume 1)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 31 February [sic] 1842: 'I have not very long done with Lewis's memoirs, -- & have actually scarcely laid aside Hayley's A...Elizabeth Barrett Margaret Baron-WilsonThe Life and Correspondence of M. G. LewisPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 31 February [sic] 1842: 'I have not very long done with Lewis's memoirs, -- & have actually scarcely laid aside Hayley's A...Elizabeth Barrett William HayleyMemoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley...Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, March 1842: 'I have only read the first volume of Madame D'Arblay's "Diary." Dr Johnson appears to the greatest possible ...Mary Russell Mitford Frances BurneyDiary and Letters (Volume 1)Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 2 March 1842: 'Since writing to you yesterday, my beloved friend, I have read in H. F. C[horley]'s "Music and Manners" the...Mary Russell Mitford H. F. ChorleyMusic and MannersPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 March 1842: 'I had two volumes of Euripedes [sic] with me in Devonshire -- & have read him as well as Aeschylus & Sophocles [....Elizabeth Barrett De legibusPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 March 1842: 'I had two volumes of Euripedes [sic] with me in Devonshire -- & have read him as well as Aeschylus & Sophocles ...Elizabeth Barrett Plato Works including Dissertation sur le Passage du Rho...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 March 1842: 'I had two volumes of Euripedes [sic]with me in Devonshire -- & have read him as well as Aeschylus & Sophocles [...Elizabeth Barrett works attributed to PlatoPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 March 1842: 'I had two volumes of Euripedes [sic] with me in Devonshire -- & have read him as well as Aeschylus & Sophocles ...Elizabeth Barrett Aeschylus playsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 March 1842: 'I had two volumes of Euripedes [sic] with me in Devonshire -- & have read him as well as Aeschylus & Sophocles ...Elizabeth Barrett Sophocles playsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 March 1842: 'I had two volumes of Euripedes [sic] with me in Devonshire -- & have read him as well as Aeschylus & Sophocles ...Elizabeth Barrett Euripides playsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 10 March 1842: 'I have read of Aristotle, only His poetics, his ethics & his work upon rhetoric -- but I mean to take him regu...Elizabeth Barrett Aristotle PoeticsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 10 March 1842: 'I have read of Aristotle, only His poetics, his ethics & his work upon rhetoric -- but I mean to take him regu...Elizabeth Barrett Aristotle EthicsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 10 March 1842: 'I have read of Aristotle, only His poetics, his ethics & his work upon rhetoric -- but I mean to take him regu...Elizabeth Barrett Aristotle 'work upon rhetoric'Print: Book
1800-1849'I have received my desk today [shipped from England] & have been reading my letters to mine own Shelley during his absences at Marlow. What a scene to recur to! My Willi...Mary Shelley Mary Shelley[letters to PB Shelley]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I thought I heard My Shelley call me - Not my Shelley in Heaven - but My Shelley - my companion in my Daily tasks - I was reading - I heard a voice say "Mary" - "It is S...Mary Shelley [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1800-1849'I have now finished [the 12th book, represented by a Greek character] of the Odyssey'Mary Shelley HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I endeavour to read & write - my ideas a [for 'are'] stagnate and my understanding refuses to follow the words I read'Mary Shelley [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1800-1849'I have been reading with much encreased admiration Paul Clifford - It is a wonderful, a sublime book - What will Bulwer become? the first Author of the age? I do not dou...Mary Shelley Edward George Earle Bulwer LyttonPaul CliffordPrint: Book


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