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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'The only gleam of romance I had in connection with the place [a house in John St, Bedford Row, London] was derived from the fact that the large bare house reminded me of...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Laetitia HawkinsCountess and Gertrude, The; or, Modes of Disciplin...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 22 July 1843: 'Mr Borrow [italics]is[end italics] a very original & characteristic writer -- I was delighted with his book...Elizabeth Barrett George BorrowThe Bible in Spain; or, The Journeys, Adventures, ...Print: Book
1800-1849'I had seen some numbers of "Tracts for the Times" lying on the counter in a bookseller's shop in Newport, and they had excited my curiosity, and led to inquiry; and, as ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell John Henry NewmanTracts for the TimesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, ?late July 1843: 'As you praise Charles O'Malley so much, I really must try to get thro' the thorns & read him. I tried on...Elizabeth Barrett Charles James LeverCharles O'MalleyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I had seen some numbers of "Tracts for the Times" lying on the counter in a bookseller's shop in Newport, and they had excited my curiosity, and led to inquiry; and, as ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Mary Martha Sherwood[Tales]Print: Book
1800-1849'I read both the few chapters of the intended tract, and the beginning of "Amy Herbert" to my sisters, and they liked them'.Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellStories on the Lord's PrayerManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I read both the few chapters of the intended tract, and the beginning of "Amy Herbert" to my sisters, and they liked them'.Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellAmy HerbertManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, ?late July 1843: 'As you praise Charles O'Malley so much, I really must try to get thro' the thorns & read him. I tried on...Elizabeth Barrett Michael ScottTom Cringle's LogPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'In 1840 Miss Yonge was a bright attractive girl, at least ten years younger than myself and very like her own Ethel in "The Daisy Chain". Great interest was expressed by...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Charlotte YongeDaisy Chain, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'In 1840 Miss Yonge was a bright attractive girl, at least ten years younger than myself and very like her own Ethel in "The Daisy Chain". Great interest was expressed by...Charlotte Yonge and her motherMrs MozleyFairy Bower, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'My sisters and I had a volume of the sermons given by an Oxford friend of our brother William; but it was with the caution that there were two sermons which it was bette...Elizabeth M. Sewell and her sisters [unknown][Oxford Movement sermons]Print: Book
1800-1849'I was reading the little book aloud to my mother one evening when he was in the room, and not being well was lying on the sofa half asleep, as I thought; but he listened...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellStories on the Lord's PrayerPrint: Book
1800-1849'The idea of connecting it ["Laneton Parsonage", by Sewell] with the Church Catechism had been originally suggested to me by Mrs Sherwood's stories on the same subject, w...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Mary Martha Sherwood[Tales based on Church Catechism]Print: Book
1800-1849'"The Earl's Daughter" was also begun before my mother's death, and I read part of it to her, but she saw from the beginning that it was likely to be sad, and I think it ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellEarl's Daughter, TheManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'"The Earl's Daughter" was also begun before my mother's death, and I read part of it to her, but she saw from the beginning that it was likely to be sad, and I think it ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellMargaret PercivalManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'"The Earl's Daughter" was also begun before my mother's death, and I read part of it to her, but she saw from the beginning that it was likely to be sad, and I think it ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellLaneton parsonageManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'The Church though may mean the Catholic or Universal Church and so Rome may be included. It is a horrid, startling notion, but a sermon of Newman's I was reading to-nigh...Elizabeth Missing Sewell John Henry Newman[a sermon]Print: Book
1800-1849'We had a wet day yesterday, and amused ourselves with reading aloud "The Life of Stephen Langton" in "The Lives of the English Saints" (These lives were small biographie...Elizabeth Missing Sewell [unknown]Life of Stephen LangtonPrint: Book
1800-1849'I took up "Chollerton" (a Church tale) and skimmed parts through the uncut leaves and was not fascinated. It seemed strained and the fasting was brought forward prominen...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Cecilia Frances TilleyChollerton: A tale of our own timesPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read nothing scarcely, all my spare time being given to German exercises. Miss Martineau's "Tales on the Game Laws" I began, but they are so dull to me that I have sca...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Harriet MartineauForest and Game-Law TalesPrint: Book


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