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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, 27 October 1845: 'Balzac's "Paysans" in its one volume, (for [italics]I[end italics] have only seen that one volume) is anot...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Honore de BalzacLes Paysans Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27 October 1845: 'Balzac's "Paysans" in its one volume, (for [italics]I[end italics] have only seen that one volume) is anot...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Eugene SueLe Juif errantPrint: Book
1800-1849Walter Savage Landor to Robert Browning, letter postmarked 10 November 1845: 'Before I have half re[a]d through your Dramatic Romances, I must acknowledge the delight ...Walter Savage Landor Robert BrowningDramatic Romances and LyricsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, 12 November 1845: 'I read Luria's first act twice through before I slept last night, & feel just as a bullet might feel [...] sho...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Robert BrowningLuria (Act I)Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Henry Fothergill Chorley, ?14 November 1845: 'I have read your three volumes of "Pomfret" with interest & moral assent, & with great pleasure in v...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Henry Fothergill ChorleyPomfretPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, 16 November 1845: 'Since I wrote what is above, I have been reading [...] that sonnet -- "Past and Future" -- which affects me mo...Robert Browning Elizabeth Barrett Barrett'Past and Future'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 1 December 1845: 'I have been loitering over "Le monde comme il est" & think your thoughts of it. Good things, excellent thi...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Astolphe Louis Leonard Marquis de CustineLe Monde comme il estPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, letter postmarked 20 December 1845: 'Mrs. Sigourney has just sent me, .. just this morning .. her "Scenes in my native land" -- &...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Lydia SigourneyScenes in my Native LandPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, 21 December 1845: 'Yesterday I was reading the "Purgatorio" and the first speech of the group of which Sordello makes one, struck...Robert Browning Dante AlighieriPurgatorioPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, 4 January 1846: 'I found Horne's book at home, and have had time to see that beautiful things are there -- I suppose "Delora" wil...Robert Browning Richard Hengist HorneBallad RomancesPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, 4 January 1846: 'I found Horne's book at home, and have had time to see that beautiful things are there -- I suppose "Delora" wil...Robert Browning Richard Hengist Horne'The Merrie Devil of Edmonton'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, 4 January 1846: 'I found Horne's book at home, and have had time to see that beautiful things are there -- I suppose "Delora" wil...Robert Browning Richard Hengist Horne'Stanzas to a Ruined Windmill'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Roberrt Browning, 4 January 1846: 'When you get Mr. Horne's book you will understand how, after reading just the first & last poems, I could not h...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Richard Hengist Horne'The Monk of Swineshead Abbey'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Roberrt Browning, 4 January 1846: 'When you get Mr. Horne's book you will understand how, after reading just the first & last poems, I could not h...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Richard Hengist Horne'The Three Knights of Camelott: a Fairy Tale'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Roberrt Browning, 4 January 1846: 'When you get Mr. Horne's book you will understand how, after reading just the first & last poems, I could not h...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Richard Hengist Horne'Bedd Gelert'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6 January 1846: 'Any more news of Balzac? "Les petits maneges" I have read & thought excellent -- but it is a continuation o...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Honore de BalzacLes Petits Menages d'une Femme verteusePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6 January 1846: 'I forgot quite to quarrel with you a little about Sir E Lytton Bulwer [sic] -- because indeed I dislike his...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Edward Bulwer Lytton'Confessions and Observations of a Water-Patient'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, ?7 January 1846: 'Zoe [...] I have been reading at last. An extraordinary book certainly. I should take the author to be a f...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Geraldine Endsor JewsburyZoe: The History of Two LivesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, 13-14 January 1846: 'Will you have Miss Martineau's books when I can lend them to you? Just at this moment I [italics]dare not[en...Moulton-Barrett familyHarriet MartineauForest and Game Law TalesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, 15 January 1846: 'Papa used to say .. "Dont read Gibbon's history -- it's not a proper book -- Dont read "Tom Jones" -- & none of...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Thomas Paine The Age of ReasonPrint: Book



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