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√	Century of Experience	Evidence	Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group	Author of Text	Title of Text	Form of Text

	1850-1899	'Read "Esther Waters" which I though excellent — so direct and simple — and "La Seconde Vie de Michel Teissier" which interested me. Prosperous journey &mdash...	Gertrude Bell	Edouard Rod	La Seconde Vie de Michel Teissier	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "Famous Modern Battles" by [ ]. Ev. Bridge.'	William Thomas	Andrew Hilliard Atteridge	Famous Modern Battles	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read "France"'	Mary Shelley	Lady Morgan	France	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "Gallipoli" (John Masefield).'	John Frederick William Dunn	John Masefield	Gallipoli	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "George [Gaith?]" until Polly & Harry came home went to bed at about half past twelve o'clock'	John Buckley Castieau	[unknown]	[unknown]	Print: Unknown
	1900-1945	'Read "Have His Carcase". Will be the last fiction I'll read at weekends till after exams, worse luck. Am beginning revision to-morrow.'	Hilary Spalding	Dorothy L Sayers	Have His Carcase	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "Hebrew Migration" - an anonymous book, very well done - arguing that Mount Sinai is in Idumaea and is identical with Mount Hor'.	George Eliot [pseud]	anon.	Hebrew Migration from Egypt, The	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "Henry Brocken" all evening, as had finished prep. It's enchanting.'	Hilary Spalding	Walter de la Mare	Henry Brocken	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "Ivanhoe" to end in evening.'	John Ruskin	Sir Walter Scott	Ivanhoe	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "Kim". Heard from S by last post.'	Verena Vera Pennefather	Rudyard Kipling	Kim	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read "King John" completely for the first time; I like the historical plays myself better than the pet ones. "Midsummer Night's Dream" I like least of any in Shakespeare...	John Ruskin	William Shakespeare	King John	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "La dame aux cheveux gris" all the evening to my mother.'	John Ruskin	Henriette Cabrieres	La dame aux cheveux gris	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "La Tancia", and Gingenue, Roman Epic'	George Eliot [pseud]	Michelangelo Buonarotti the Younger	La Tancia	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "La Tancia", and Gingenue, Roman Epic'	George Eliot [pseud]	Pierre Louis Ginguene	[possibly] Histoire litteraire d'Italie	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "Lady of Glynne" in evening.'	John Ruskin	Julia Cecilia Stretton	Lady of Glynne	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read "Laurie Todd" by Galt. It is excellent; no surprising events, or very striking characters, but the humorous and entertaining parts of common life, brought forward i...	Sydney Smith	John Galt	Laurie Todd or the Settlers in the Woods	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read "Laurie Todd" by Galt. It is excellent; no surprising events, or very striking characters, but the humorous and entertaining parts of common life, brought forward i...	Sydney Smith	Lady Raffles	[memoir of her husband Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles...	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "Le Moyen Age", chiefly on Popular superstitions; looking also through other parts to see if it is worth while for me to keep the work.'	George Eliot [pseud.]	unknown	Le Moyen Age Illustre	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "Leader" and Scherr'.	George Eliot [pseud]	[various]	The Leader	Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Unknown
	1900-1945	'Read "Letters of People in Love". Quite good.'	Hilary Spalding	Donagh McDonagh	Letters of People in Love	Print: Book

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