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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
 
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 January 1845: 'I have seen a page of the Lancet (which Nelly Bordman sent me), with extracts from the abominable "case". It ...Elizabeth Barrett unknownarticle on reported cure by mesmerism of Harriet M...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 4 February 1845: 'Do you think you cd. take courage & attempt the eight volumes of Frederic Soulie[']s Memoires du diable? ...Elizabeth Barrett Frederic SoulieLes Memoires du diablePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 15 February 1845: 'I am not sorry you fell over "La veille Fille" [sic] at last -- & the "Physiologie" besides [...] remembe...Elizabeth Barrett Honore de BalzacLe Pere GoriotPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 15 February 1845: 'I am not sorry you fell over "La veille Fille" [sic] at last -- & the "Physiologie" besides [...] remembe...Elizabeth Barrett Honore de BalzacLa vieille fillePrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 23 February 1845: 'Arnould is a happiness to see and know [...] I send, with this [letter], a Review with an article of his -- "Rabelais...Robert Browning Joseph Arnould'Rabelais and His Times' (review of various works ...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 26 February 1845: 'Tell me, was Soulie's "Confession Generale" never finished? Did it stop short for ever at the second vol...Elizabeth Barrett Frederic SoulieConfession generale, vols 1 and 2Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 26 February 1845: 'Do you know the "Napoleon et Marie Louise" of M. de Meneval, the secretary of the emperor? The three lit...Elizabeth Barrett Claude Francois de MenevalNapoleon et Marie Louise: souvenirs historiquesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 26 February 1845: 'I do not know Charlotte Smith's books for children. I read myself Mrs. Barbauld's '"Come hither Char...Elizabeth Barrett Anna Laetitia BarbauldLessons for Children, From Two to Three Years OldPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 26 February 1845: 'I do not know Charlotte Smith's books for children. I read myself Mrs. Barbauld's '"Come hither Char...Elizabeth Barrett Maria EdgeworthEarly LessonsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 5 March 1845: 'I am in the midst of "La Femme superieure." [sic] The truth of this work & the subtlety & deepness of the [i...Elizabeth Barrett Honore de BalzacLa Femme superieurPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Westwood, c.13 March 1845: 'Do you read Blackwood? & in that case, have you had deep delight in an exquisite paper by the Opium-eater, which m...Elizabeth Barrett Thomas De Quincey'Suspiria De Profundis: Being a Sequel to the Conf...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849From John Wilson Croker's notes on conversations with the Duke of Wellington at Beaudesert: '"The Subaltern" [Mr Gleig's book, which I [Croker] had brought with me and...Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington Gleig'The Subaltern'
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 3 January 1845: 'I send back your "Vestiges of Creation". The writer has a certain power in tying a knot -- -- (in mating a system) -...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Robert ChambersVestiges of the Natural History of CreationPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 18 March 1845: 'I have been so low, and weary, & tired of life [...] Yesterday, I went to bed at four o'clock -- & even the ...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Eugene SueLe Juif errantPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 18 March 1845: 'Do you know "Le macon" by Michel Raymond --? It is not as vivid as most of these books from France, -- nor a...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Raymond Brucker and Michel MassonLe maconPrint: Book
1800-1849'In a letter to Charles Boner (28 February 1851), Miss Mitford wrote that she had read L'Ecole des journalistes "in a Bruxelles edition with serveral feuilletons about it...Mary Russell Mitford Delphine de GirardinL'Ecole des journalistesPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 18 March 1845: 'I have the first volume of Victor Hugo's "Odes et Ballades," but they are slavishly loyal to those vile old ...Mary Russell Mitford Victor HugoOdes et Ballades (volume 1)Print: Book
1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 19 March 1845: 'Mind you read Andersen's "Improvisatore." I have just finished it, -- & am charmed, -- though of story, the...Elizabeth Barrett Hans Christian AndersenThe Improvisatore: or, Life in ItalyPrint: Book
1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 25 March 1845: 'Read George Sand's "Jeanne". It is full of beauty, of profound beauty & significance, .. & is pure besides ...Elizabeth Barrett George SandJeannePrint: Book
1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 5 April 1845: 'A most singular book of Eugene Sue's [sic] I have read lately, the whole front of which is directed against ...Elizabeth Barrett Frederic SoulieLe BananierPrint: Book


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