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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 9 July 1853:

'Thank you for your letter — it was as pleasant as a quiet chat [...] as reviving as a friend's v...		Charlotte Bronte Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 30 September 1854:

'We all know that it is not precisely advantageous to a really good book to be published piecemea...		Charlotte Brontë Elizabeth GaskellNorth and South (instalments)Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 30 September 1854:

'We all know that it is not precisely advantageous to a really good book to be published piecemea...		Charlotte Brontë Elizabeth GaskellNorth and South (instalment)Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte's schoolfriend, Mary Taylor, to Elizabeth Gaskell, 30 July 1857:

'I am unaccountably in receipt by post of two vols containing the "Life of ...		Mary Taylor Elizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book
1850-1899Margaret Wooler, Charlotte Bronte's former schoolteacher, to Ellen Nussey, another former pupil (1857):

'Mrs Palmer says she was more interested in [Charlo...		Mrs Palmer Elizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book
1850-1899The Bronte enthusiast Sidney Biddell to Charlotte Bronte's former schoolfriend, Ellen Nussey, 15 May 1883:

'Miss Robinson's "Emily Bronte" is prettily enou...		Sidney Biddell Elizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book
1850-1899

[Sidney Biddell to Ellen Nussey, 15 February 1885:]


'I am having a great treat in Cross's "Life of George Eliot." Most wonderful woman! [...] Of Mrs G...

George Eliot Elizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of books read]'Eileen Lawrence Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Many thanks and belated for the parcel you sent about a week ago and your letter. The apples are always a good thing to have and these remained fresh. I have not ans...Charles Hamilton Sorley Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1850-1899'Cranford'Sarah Good Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Reckitt House 27/2/30

R. H. Robson in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting approved
5. The subject of “Medieval Social Life” wh...		George Burrow Elizabeth Godfrey [pseud. of Jessie Bedford]English Children in the Olden TimePrint: Book
1800-1849'Weeton's reading becomes important in communication with friends, but also a point of conflict: when she visits her brother and his wife, they complain that she spends a...Ellen Weeton Elizabeth HamiltonThe Cottagers of GlenburniePrint: Book
1800-1849"This minute I hear a carman is going to Navan, and I hasten to send you the Cottagers of Glenburnie, which I hope you will like as well as I do. I think it will do a vas...Maria Edgeworth Elizabeth HamiltonThe Cottages of GlenburniePrint: Book
1800-1849'In December 1810 a box of books arrived and the family began to read a novel which they "liked very much". This book is "modern Philosophy", whose anti-heroine, "Miss Bi...Harriet Grove Elizabeth HamiltonMemoirs of Modern PhilosophersPrint: Book
1800-1849'In December 1810 a box of books arrived and the family began to read a novel which they "liked very much". This book is "Modern Philosophy", whose anti-heroine, "Miss Bi...Harriet Grove Elizabeth HamiltonMemoirs of modern philosophersPrint: Book
1800-1849'Having heard much of Miss Hamilton's celebrated novel of the "Modern Philosopher" we on Wed'y the 14th got it from Humphrey's Library w'ch Edw'd & I afterw'ds read out o...Marsh familyElizabeth HamiltonMemoirs of modern philosophersPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have also read the Modern Philosophers, which in spight [sic] of a little vulgarity & too much sameness, I like extremely. Julia's character is beautiful & tho' Harri...Lady Caroline Lamb Elizabeth HamiltonMemoirs of Modern PhilosophersPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text...Percy Bysshe Shelley Elizabeth HamiltonMemoirs of Modern PhilosophersPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text...Mary Godwin Elizabeth HamiltonMemoirs of Modern PhilosophersPrint: Book
1700-1799'[EDITOR'S WORDS] The same enlightened judgment [of a friend] which had protected "The Rajah", gave its sanction to "The Modern Philosophers", notwithstanding the objecti...Mrs G- Elizabeth HamiltonLetters of a Hindoo RajahManuscript: Unknown


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