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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'I read a little now, and am almost afraid I am learning to do without reading. Napoleon's battles in Alison's history are so dreadfully dry, after one has been writing a...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Archibald AlisonHistory of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in MDC...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 July 1843: 'I am reading William Howitt's Germany with a good deal of interest.'Elizabeth Barrett William HowittRural and Domestic Life of GermanyPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Barrett, 1 August 1843: 'I owe to you many many moments of pleasure, some ideas (rare gifts in this age!) & no small feeling of compla...Harriet Martineau Elizabeth BarrettThe Dead PanUnknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 7 August 1843: 'I heard of Orion the other day being admired at the first glance, & carried away to be admired at leisure...Anna Brownell Jameson Richard Hengist HorneOrionPrint: Book
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 24 August 1843: 'I intended to return the book much earlier, but [...] the "Legend" was most peremptory in its demand to be rea...Thomas Westwood Elizabeth Barrett'The Legend of the Browne Rosarie'Print: Book
1800-1849Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, 27 August 1843: 'Miss Mitford read to me -- and with what a melodious feeling she reads poetry -- your "House of Clouds."...Mary Russell Mitford Elizabeth Barrett'The House of Clouds'Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Cornelius Mathews, 31 August 1843: 'I wrote immediately upon receiving your works in their reprint to acknowledge that kindness [...] Since then...Elizabeth Barrett Cornelius MathewsMotley BookPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Cornelius Mathews, 31 August 1843: 'I wrote immediately upon receiving your works in their reprint to acknowledge that kindness [...] Since then...Elizabeth Barrett Cornelius MathewsBehemoth, a Legend of the MoundbuildersPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 26 September 1843: 'Browning, I have read but little of -- indeed "Pippa passes" -- is almost the only poem of his that I have ...Thomas Westwood Robert BrowningPippa PassesPrint: Book
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 26 September 1843: 'Browning, I have read but little of -- indeed "Pippa passes" -- is almost the only poem of his that I have ...Thomas Westwood Elizabeth Barrettreview of Richard Hengist Horne, OrionPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 26 September 1843: 'Browning, I have read but little of -- indeed "Pippa passes" -- is almost the only poem of his that I have ...Thomas Westwood Elizabeth Barrett'The Legend of the Browne Rosarie'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett, invalid, to Richard Hengist Horne, 5 October 1843: 'I very much admire Mr Macaulay -- & could scarcely read his ballads & keep lying down. They se...Elizabeth Barrett Thomas Babington MacaulayLays of Ancient RomePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Barrett, 16 October 1843: 'Lady M. Lambton discharged her commission punctually, bringing me your precious volume before 1st of Sepr. ...Harriet Martineau Elizabeth BarrettThe SeraphimPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning, Sr to Thomas Powell, 11 March 1843: 'I hope the enclosed may be acceptable as curiosities. They were written by Robert when quite a child. I once ha...Robert Browning, Sr Robert Browning, Jr'On Bonaparte'Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to William Merry, 2 November 1843: 'Your book [...] is written in a spirit so amiable & conciliating, .. so Christian-heartedly [...] that it almo...Elizabeth Barrett William MerryPredestination and Election, Considered Scriptural...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 12 December 1843: 'I have read in Baron Dupotet's & Dr Stone's book upon Mesmerism, that in cases of the chest, it will not av...Elizabeth Barrett Baron Jean du Potet de SennevoyAn Introduction to the Study of Animal Magnetism ....Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 13 December 1843: 'I admired [Richard Monckton Milne's] first volume very much; but his later poetry seems to want fire a...Elizabeth Barrett Richard Monckton Milnes'Lay of the Humble'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 22 December 1843: 'I read the "Song of the Shirt" & felt all the power of it. It is not every man -- is it? -- who can prick so int...Elizabeth Barrett Thomas Hood'The Song of the Shirt'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 23 December 1843: 'One or two volumes of the Memoirs of the queens of England, I have read -- & they seemed to me to show...Elizabeth Barrett Hannah LawranceHistorical Memoirs of the Queens of England from t...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 23 December 1843: 'Either a Stickney or a Strictland wrote the "Poetry of Life", prose (very) essays, which I couldn't ge...Elizabeth Barrett Sarah Ellis (nee Stickney)The Poetry of LifePrint: Book


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