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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
 
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Elizabeth Barrett, 26 October 1842: 'I had the gratification of receiving a good while ago, two copies of a volume of your writing, which I hav...William Wordsworth Elizabeth BarrettunknownPrint: 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
1800-1849Thomas 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
1800-1849Thomas 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
1800-1849Harriet 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
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 January 1844: 'For the Dramas [of Richard Hengist Horne], we owe you many thanks -- we have read them all, & admired them al...Thomas Westwood Elizabeth BarrettAnnotations in Richard Hengist Horne, The Ballad o...Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Sara Coleridge to John Kenyon, 1844: 'I return with thanks the Poems of Miss Barrett, which I now always mention in high terms to any of my acquaintances, whenever t...Sara Coleridge Elizabeth BarrettPoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 21 August 1844: 'I regret to say, dear Miss Barrett, that we have achieved our first reading of the book, & like silly children...Thomas Westwood and familyElizabeth BarrettPoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 21 August 1844: 'I regret to say, dear Miss Barrett, that we have achieved our first reading of the book, & like silly children...Thomas Westwood Elizabeth BarrettPoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Barrett, 16 September 1844: 'You have been in my mind, & your vols -- or one at a time, while the other was out, -- open before me dai...Harriet Martineau Elizabeth BarrettPoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, letter postmarked 10 January 1845: 'I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett [...] since the day last week when I...Robert Browning Elizabeth BarrettPoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, ?18 July 1845: 'I confess to you that [...] as soon as I read your "Essay on Mind" (which of course I managed to do about 12 hour...Robert Browning Elizabeth BarrettAn Essay on MindPrint: Book
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1850-1899		Letter H 3 - 9/2/1855 - "I will not fail to quote Mrs Browning in the book I am now about. I think more highly of her poetry than ever - she is a noble creature."John Ruskin Elizabeth Barrett BrowningPoems, including "Drama of Exile"Print: Book
1900-1945'her main intellectual interests were always literary, and as a novelist she was predominantly engaged in the business of reading and writing, with a keen critical intere...Rosamond Lehmann Elizabeth Bowen Print: Book
1900-1945Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West, 18 October 1932: 'My Elizabeth [Bowen] comes to see me, alone, tomorrow. I rather think, as I told you, that her emotions sway...Virginia Woolf Elizabeth Bowen Print: Book
1900-1945I finished The Hotel in Brooks's — not a good novel, although Eddy recommends it.James Lees-Milne Elizabeth BowenThe HotelPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 7 February 1755:] 'Did not you permit Miss Highmore to give [Mrs Donnelon] a copy of your poem "To a Lady fond of Life?" She she...Miss Highmore Elizabeth Carter'To a Lady fond of Life'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 7 February 1755:] 'Did not you permit Miss Highmore to give [Mrs Donnelon] a copy of your poem "To a Lady fond of Life?" She she...Mrs Donnelon Elizabeth Carter'To a Lady Fond of Life'Manuscript: Unknown


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