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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'How good of you to send me these books. I am ashamed to say that I forget whether I thanked you for the last - but I [underlined] do [end underlining] thank you. I liked...Mary Shelley Harriet MartineauForest and Game-law TalesPrint: Book
1800-1849'How detestably Sir Edward Bulwer speaks of Shelley in his life of Schiller. - he thinks to gain popularity by truckling to the times - and mistakes the spirit of the tim...Mary Shelley Edward Bulwer-Lytton[biograpohical sketch in] Poems and Ballads of Sch...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 8 March 1843: '[The writings of Miss Edgeworth] are excellent & admirable -- but I cannot say, poetical or passionate [......Elizabeth Barrett Maria Edgeworth'The Cherry Orchard'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 8 March 1843: '[The writings of Miss Edgeworth] are excellent & admirable -- but I cannot say, poetical or passionate [......Elizabeth Barrett Maria Edgeworth'Rosamond'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 March 1843: 'I have [italics]tried[end italics] to read "Duty and Inclination" -- I tried twice & failed. the first ti...Elizabeth Barrett anonDuty and Inclination (volume 1)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 March 1843: 'I have [italics]tried[end italics] to read "Duty and Inclination" -- I tried twice & failed. the first ti...Elizabeth Barrett anonDuty and InclinationPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, mid-March 1843: 'Thank you, my dear cousin, for Mr Longfellow's verses -- a [italics]whole book[end italics] of which I never saw b...Elizabeth Barrett Henry Wadsworth LongfellowunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, mid-March 1843: 'Here is the first volume of Horner -- thank you! It is very interesting -- but he seems to me to have had too wave...Elizabeth Barrett Leonard HornerMemoirs and Correspondence of Francis Horner, M.P....Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, mid-March 1843: 'This Mr Horner is very noble & strong -- & I like him better, my dear cousin, as a whole politician .. as he gathe...Elizabeth Barrett Leonard HornerMemoirs and Correspondence of Francis Horner, M.P....Print: Book
1800-1849'I ought to have written long ago to thank you, both for Percy & myself for your welcome Volume. It tries hard to be as great a favourite as the first - and "Wit and Humo...Mary Shelley Leigh HuntWit and HumourPrint: Book
1800-1849Francis Horner to his sister, 26 October 1815: 'I told you I was reading Don Roderick the Goth; and notwithstanding the romance of the original story, it was with fa...Francis Horner Robert SoutheyRoderick, the Last of the GothsPrint: Book
1800-1849'In looking over my note I find that I have not half said all I think of the admirable manner you treat the subject of your book in the preface. Did you ever read any of ...Mary Shelley Leigh HuntWit and HumourPrint: Book
1800-1849'In looking over my note I find that I have not half said all I think of the admirable manner you treat the subject of your book in the preface. Did you ever read any of ...Mary Shelley Francisco Gomez de Quevedo y Villegas[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 March 1843: 'Notwithstanding my admiration of Bulwer, I had the hardest & most laborious work passing through his "Last...Elizabeth Barrett Edward George Bulwer-LyttonThe Last of the BaronsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 25 March 1843: 'I have seen Bewick only in extracts -- therefore you are justified in reproaching my ignorance --- and I d...Elizabeth Barrett Thomas BewickThe History of British Birds (extracts)Print: Book
1800-1849'I like your verses very much, they are marked by elegance, simplicity & feeling - they bear the stamp of reality being unaffected, & easy - Thank you for them very much'...Mary Shelley Abraham HaywardVerses of Other DaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'Your kind present was most welcome [Mary then writes at length about her bad health] I have read a great deal of your volumes with great pleasure recognizing old friends...Mary Shelley Leigh HuntMen, Women, and books: a selection of Sketches, Es...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 25 March 1843: 'Mr Kenyon came to see me yesterday [...] and he brought & read to me a letter from Mr Wordsworth to Mr Cra...John Kenyon William Wordsworthletter to Crabbe RobinsonManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I was pleased to see in the Examiner a mention of the pension [to be granted to Hunt]' [letter to Leigh Hunt]Mary Shelley [n/a]ExaminerPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 March 1843: 'I have been reading to my amusement, Mrs Trollope's Hargrave. She has great skill in the construction of ...Elizabeth Barrett Frances TrollopeHargrave, or the Adventures of a Man of FashionPrint: Book


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