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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'We set off for Ilmenau by railway. I read Liszt's account of "Der Fliegende Holander" by the way.'George Eliot (pseud) Franz Liszt[account of Der Fliegende Hollander - The Flying D...Print: Unknown
1850-1899'In the morning I partly condensed Liszt's article on Meyerbeer for the Vivian paper. In the evening walked and read aloud the Wahlverwandtschaften.'George Eliot (pseud) Franz Liszt[article on Meyerbeer]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding Franz WerfelSong of Bernadette, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read "The Count of Monte Cristo" (abridged which is simply superb. Bought "Song of Bernadette" at last.' NB "Song of Bernadette" appears on the list of 'books read d...Hilary Spalding Franz WerfelSong of BernadettePrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Gall's Anatomie et Physiologie du Cerveau in the evening, with, occasionally, Carpenter's Comparative Physiology. The Newcomes as light fare after dinner'...George Eliot and G.H. LewesFranz Joseph GallAnatomie et Physiologie du CerveauPrint: Book
1850-1899'Translation enclosed, very literal, for the fun’s sake. I have taken stock/made acquaintance of the ["Treatise of Marine Works" which you have published in 1874 […] Kin...Robert Louis Stevenson Frederic AndreletterManuscript: Letter
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then read a paper on Mrs Besant's autobiography. Some discussion folowed. Mr Morland gave a summary of Fairbairn's Christ in Modern Theology which also excit...Elizabeth Ann Smith Frederic HarrisonMeaning of History, The Print: Book
1900-1945'Your father's book is wonderful. I read the articles of course at the time; but now collected, in the mass, they astonish one by their marvellous insight into the future...Joseph Conrad Frederic HarrisonThe German Peril: Forecasts 1864-1914, Realities 1...Print: Book, Pamphlet
1900-1945'After a stormy passage I find myself once more at Alexandria and Sheyk Obeyd. During the voyage I read Frederick [sic] Harrison's novel which he has just published, a st...Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Frederic HarrisonTheophano: The Crusade of the Tenth CenturyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Up pretty late. Breakfasted with M. de P. who told me travellers' tales. Long talk with him afterwards. He then gave me "Mireille" which I proceeded to read. ' Gertrude Bell Frédéric MistralMireille (Mirèio)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 November 1842: 'Keep my secret -- but I have been reading a good deal lately of the new French literature [...] I was c...Elizabeth Barrett Frederic SoulieunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27 November 1842: 'I have just done reading a romance of Frederick Soulie's which begins with a violation & a murder, & en...Elizabeth Barrett Frederic SoulieunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 24 December 1844: '[Frederic Soulie] was one of the first of the new French school I ventured to approach, & he made me open...Elizabeth Barrett Frederic SoulieunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 December 1844: 'With regard to "La Confession Generale," I am in just your case, -- having read only the first volume, ...Elizabeth Barrett Frederic SoulieConfession generalePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 8 February 1847: 'The "Siecle" has for a feuilleton a new romance of Soulie's called "Saturnin Fichet," which is ...Elizabeth Barrett Browning Frederic SoulieLes Aventures de Saturnin Fichet ou la Conspiratio...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 8 February 1847: 'The "Siecle" has for a feuilleton a new romance of Soulie's called "Saturnin Fichet," which is ...Robert and Elizabeth Barrett BrowningFrederic SoulieLes Aventures de Saturnin Fichet ou la Conspiratio...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, letter postmarked 2 October 1847: 'The most interesting [book] that I have read for many years is Lamartine's Histo...Mary Russell Mitford Frederic SoulieLes Aventures de Saturnin Fichet ou la Conspiratio...Print: Unknown
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, 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
1800-1849 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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