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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 had the Sunday School girls here last Sunday, and Susanna came to help me, and I thought we went off gloriously, only - (everything has its only) - in repeating our s...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Walter ScottKenilworthPrint: Book
1800-1849'In looking over the book I see numerous errors regarding the part written in the Lancashire dialect; 'gotten' should always be 'getten'; &c. - In the midst of all my dee...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Elizabeth GaskellMary BartonPrint: Book
1800-1849'In looking over the book I see numerous errors regarding the part written in the Lancashire dialect; 'gotten' should always be 'getten'; &c. - In the midst of all my dee...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Thomas Carlyle[letter approving 'Mary Barton']Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Who writes the literary reviews in the Examiner? I hoped Mr Forster, because I was so much delighted with Oliver Goldsmith's life, and (long ago) with the Lives of the S...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell John ForsterLife and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Who writes the literary reviews in the Examiner? I hoped Mr Forster, because I was so much delighted with Oliver Goldsmith's life, and (long ago) with the Lives of the S...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell John ForsterLives of the Statesmen of the Commonwealth Print: Book
1800-1849'I try and find out the places where Mr Forster said I strained after common-place materials for effect, till the whole book dances before my eyes as a commonplace piece ...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell John Forster[review, probably in 'The Examiner' of 'Mary Barto...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I had a letter from Carlyle, and when I am over-filled with thoughts arising from this book, I put it all aside, (or [italics] try [end italics] to put it aside,) and th...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Thomas Carlyle[encouraging letter about 'Mary Barton']Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Did you read a little piece of Carlyles on the death of Charles Buller, that appeared about a month ago in the London Examiner? I never heard of Chas Buller before; but ...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Thomas Carlyle[article in 'London Examiner' on Chas Buller]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 3 January 1845: 'I send back your "Vestiges of Creation" [...] it appears to me that I have read in my life few more melancholy books'.Elizabeth Barrett Robert ChalmersVestiges of the Natural HIstory of CreationPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6-[8] January 1845: 'As to Napoleon, if he had walked less in blood, I could have given him a fuller sympathy -- but there were...Elizabeth Barrett Las CasesMemorial de Saint HelenePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Julia Martin, 6 January 1845: 'Have you read Mr Serjeant Talfourd's "Rambles & thoughts"? With some wordiness, & faults of taste otherwise, it is a v...Elizabeth Barrett Thomas Noon TalfourdVacation Rambles and ThoughtsPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 7 January 1845: 'It is true that posterity remembers the good; but how often does it happen that the immediate public, look...Mary Russell Mitford Alphonse de LamartineLa Chute d'un angePrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 7 January 1845: 'It is true that posterity remembers the good; but how often does it happen that the immediate public, look...Mary Russell Mitford Alphonse de LamartineJocelynPrint: 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
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Julia Martin, 11 January 1845: 'Mr Kenyon has read to me an extract from a private letter -- addressed by H. Martineau to Moxon the publisher, .. to ...John Kenyon Harriet Martineauextract from letter to Edward Moxon, reporting sea...Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 January 1845: 'Did I say anything to you of "Fernande" -- Dumases --? I fancy I did, during the reading of the first sev...Elizabeth Barrett Alexandre DumasFernandePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 18 January 1845: 'Paul [de Kock] is the writer of farce, .. broad farce ..: and for impulsive gaiety, he has not his peer. ...Elizabeth Barrett Paul de KockMon Ami Piffard; et ChipolataPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Allan Park Paton, 18 January 1845: 'I take shame to myself in the confession, that the first newspaper you sent to me, was sent in vain for the v...Elizabeth Barrett Allan Park PatonpoemPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20-21 January 1845: 'I put down "Modeste Mignon" to take up your letter. I read my French abomination at breakfast & dinner...Elizabeth Barrett Honore de BalzacModeste MignonPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20-21 January 1845: 'I put down "Modeste Mignon" to take up your letter. I read my French abomination at breakfast & dinner...Mary Russell Mitford Honore de BalzacModeste MignonPrint: Book


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