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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'he does not like any poetry except Percy's Ancient ballads and Shelley's translation of Homer's Hymn to mercury and the Cyclops - but he likes romances any marvellous ta...Percy Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley[translation of Homer's Hymn to Mercury and the Cy...Print: Book
1800-1849'I am reading Caspar Hauser - its being an invention takes from the interest - if it were true it wd be a deeply exciting work - It reminds me much of Calderon's La Vida ...Mary Shelley Anselm von FeurbachCaspar HauserPrint: Book
1800-1849'Percy is reading the [underline] Antigone [end underlining]' [letter to Maria Gisborne]Percy Shelley SophoclesAntigonePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just begun the Adone - & like it' [letter to Maria Gisborne]Mary Shelley Giambattista MarinoL'AdonePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have read Boswell I am sure ten times - & hope to read it many more it is the most amusing book in the world, besides that I do love the kind hearted wise & Gentle Bea...Mary Shelley James BoswellLife of Samuel JohnsonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Lady Stepney's Novel shall be returned to you in a day or two - It is very clever & amusing' [Letter to Charles Ollier]Mary Shelley Lady StepneyHeir Presumptive, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just been reading The Wife which pleases me greatly. I do not know which story I like best - They both contain such true observations - thoughts that come home to...Mary Shelley Caroline Norton"The Wife" and "Woman's Reward"Print: Book
1800-1849'I am anxious to thank S.G. [Signor Giovanni = John Gisborne] for the pleasure I have received from his tale of Italy a tale all Italy - breathing of the land I love - th...Mary Shelley John Gisborne[a tale of Italy]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849' I have got Wiffin's Garcilaso - He mentions in it that he meant to publish a Spanish Anthology - did he ever?' [letter to John Bowring who was helpiing Mary with Spa...Mary Shelley Jeremiah Holmes Wiffin [ed. / trans.]Works of Garcilaso de la VegaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thank you for your beautiful play - so full of poetry & philosophy and all the loveliest things of this (when you write about it) lovely world.'Mary Shelley Leigh HuntLegend of Florence, APrint: Book
1800-1849'Two of your love poems are supremely beautiful - O let not words, the callous shell of thought & I will not say my life was sad and I like infinitely They owned the...Richard Monckton Milnes Richard Monckton MilnesPoetry for the PeoplePrint: Book
1800-1849'You liked "St Thomas's Eve" which gave great promise - a promise which "The Heir Of Cyprus" redeems. The tory is far more artistically, & is indeed admirably managed, wh...Mary Shelley Alexander Andrew KnoxHeir of Cyprus, TheUnknown
1800-1849'Will you thank Mr Talfourd for the kind present of his pleasant book' [letter to Edward Moxon]Mary Shelley Thomas Noon TalfourdRecollections of a first visit to the Alps, in Aug...Print: Book
1800-1849'Do you object to my alluding to your delightful little account of your passage over the Splugen in /34 & mentioning your name?' [letter to Abraham Hayward. Mary is pr...Mary Shelley Abraham Hayward[account of Euroipean travels]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have read the rifacciamento with great pleasure - generally it is painful to see an old favourite changed - but you have done the most difficult thing in the world wit...Mary Shelley Leigh HuntPoetical Works of Leigh HuntPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am really frightened when I think that you are reading my book critically - It seems to me such a wretched piece of work - written much of it in a state of pain that m...Leigh Hunt Mary ShelleyRambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 18...Print: Book
1800-1849'You must be tired of my ugly handwriting - yet your book is so suggestive that one wants to talk about it - the more I read the more I am enchanted by it. - I have been ...Mary Shelley Leigh HuntImagination and Fancy; or, Selections from the Eng...Print: Book
1800-1849'You must be tired of my ugly handwriting - yet your book is so suggestive that one wants to talk about it - the more I read the more I am enchanted by it. - I have been ...Mary Shelley Dante AlighieriInfernoPrint: Book
1800-1849'You must be tired of my ugly handwriting - yet your book is so suggestive that one wants to talk about it - the more I read the more I am enchanted by it. - I have been ...Mary Shelley Dante AlighieriPurgatorioPrint: Book
1800-1849'You must be tired of my ugly handwriting - yet your book is so suggestive that one wants to talk about it - the more I read the more I am enchanted by it. - I have been ...Mary Shelley Dante AlighieriParadisoPrint: Book


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