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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
 
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Robert Browning, 27 November 1842: 'Finding it utterly impossible to express in prose the tumult of delight which your most noble Dramatic Lyrics h...Joseph Arnould Robert Browning'Waring'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27 November 1842: '"Leila" [...] made me blush in my solitude to the ends of my fingers -- blush three blushes in one .. f...Elizabeth Barrett George SandLeilaPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27 November 1842: ''Have you observed what I have observed [...] that Charles Dickens has meditated deeply & not without a...Elizabeth Barrett Victor HugoLes derniers jours d'un condamnePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27 November 1842: 'I have just done reading a romance of Frederick Soulie's which begins with a violation & a murder, & en...Elizabeth Barrett Frederic SoulieunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 November 1842: 'I have read through Pollock's Course of Time, -- & I confess it appeared to me an extroardinary [sic] w...Elizabeth Barrett Robert PollockThe Course of TimePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 November 1842: 'Mr Leigh Hunt & Mr Horne have been reviewing Tennyson & Browning in the Church of England quarterly [....Elizabeth Barrett Richard Hengist Hornereview article on Tennyson and/or BrowningPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 November 1842: 'Mr Leigh Hunt & Mr Horne have been reviewing Tennyson & Browning in the Church of England quarterly [....Elizabeth Barrett Leigh Huntreview article on Tennyson and/or BrowningPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 December 1842: 'My thoughts have lately been of Frederica Bremer?s "Neighbours" instead of my own?I mean of the very charm...Elizabeth Barrett Frederika BremerThe Neighbours: A Story of Everyday LifePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 5 December 1842: 'I did think the fifth volume [of Frances Burney D'Arblay's Diary and Letters] interesting & very interes...Elizabeth Barrett Frances Burney D'ArblayDiary and Letters (Volume 5)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6 December 1842: 'Ah -- my poor dearest Papa! How I remember the coming of that letter to apprise him of the loss of his ...Edward Moulton-Barrett Letter announcing financial/property lossManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 7 December 1842: 'I like Mary Howitt's lyrical poetry -- ballad poetry, I shd say distinctively, -- and once thought, -- b...Elizabeth Barrett Mary HowittThe Seven TemptationsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 9 December 1842: 'Do you really object to the re-iteration of [italics]Oriana[end italics] [in Tennyson's poem of that nam...Elizabeth Barrett Alfred Tennyson'Oriana'Print: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 13 December 1842: 'The only novelty we have had in books as yet, has been Macaulay's Lays of Rome -- a kind of revenge on that lite...Robert Browning Thomas Babington MacaulayLays of Ancient Rome (extracts)Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 13 December 1842: 'I read Tennyson. "Locksley Hall" is very fine; but should it not have finished at '"I myself must mix...Mary Russell Mitford Alfred Tennyson'Locksley Hall'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 December 1842: 'Mr Browning's last "Bells and Pomegranates" I sigh over. There are fine things [...] But there is much ...Elizabeth Barrett Robert BrowningBells and Pomegranates III (Dramatic Lyrics)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 17 December 1842: 'I sent Pere Goriot [...] because it is my belief that I never mentioned to you the name of Balzac, & th...Elizabeth Barrett Honore de BalzacLe Pere GoriotPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 December 1842: 'Because I would not, [italics]could not[end italics] send you Leila a serpent book both for language-co...Elizabeth Barrett George SandLeilaPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 December 1842: 'Because I would not, [italics]could not[end italics] send you Leila a serpent book both for language-co...Elizabeth Barrett George SandJacquesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 December 1842: 'Because I would not, [italics]could not[end italics] send you Leila a serpent book both for language-co...Elizabeth Barrett George SandIndianaPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 December 1842: 'I am bewitched, my beloved friend, to be sure! Do you know I could have been obstinate in my self-pers...Elizabeth Barrett Frances TrollopeLetter to Mary Russell MitfordManuscript: Letter


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