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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'Read Stanleys Life of Arneld, Twiss Life of Ld Eldon'.Sydney Smith Horace TwissLife of Lord Chancellor EldonPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Stephen's admirable, arch-admirable, 'George Eliot', in that Cornhill.'Robert Louis Stevenson Leslie Stephen'George Eliot' in Cornhill MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'read Sterne & the 2nd Canto of Childe Harold'Mary Shelley George Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's PilgrimagePrint: Book
1800-1849'read Sterne & the 2nd Canto of Childe Harold'Mary Shelley Laurence Sterne[probably] Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Sterne's Sentimental Journey'Mary Shelley Laurence Sterne Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, APrint: Book
1900-1945'Read story of a yacht race. Bed 9.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook anon The Winning Gun: The Story of a Yacht RacePrint: PamphletUnknown
1850-1899'Read story of Johanan the son of Kareah, Jerem. XLII, XLIII, XLIV.'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Jeremiah)Print: Book
1900-1945'Read story to May while she worked — afterwards verified cheque book and pass book.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1800-1849'Read Suetonius and Defoe on the Plague'Mary Shelley Daniel DefoeJournal of the Plague Year: Being Observations or ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Suetonius and finish Anna St Ives'Mary Shelley Thomas HolcroftAnna St Ives: a novelPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Suetonius and finish Anna St Ives'Mary Shelley Suetonius[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Suetonius and Miss Edgeworths Comic dramas. F[anny] Holcrofts novel'Mary Shelley Maria EdgeworthComic dramas, in three actsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Suetonius and Miss Edgeworths Comic dramas. F[anny] Holcrofts novel'Mary Shelley Frances HolcroftFortitude and Frailty: a novelPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read Swift's "Four last Years of Queen Anne"; a clear, connected detail of facts, exhibited with exquisite art...'Thomas Green Jonathan SwiftThe history of the four last years of the QueenPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Tacitus - 100 lines of the Georgics'Mary Shelley VirgilGeorgicsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Tacitus - Clarke's travels & Guy Mannering - S reads Gibbon'.Mary Shelley Walter ScottGuy Mannering; or, The AstrologerPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Tacitus - Clarkes travels - transcribe for S. - S writes - reads several of the plays of Aeschylus and Spencer aloud in the evening'Percy Bysshe Shelley Aeschlyus[several plays]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Tacitus - Clarkes travels - transcribe for S. - S writes - reads several of the plays of Aeschylus and Spencer aloud in the evening'Mary Shelley Edward Daniel ClarkeTravels in various countries of Europe, Asia and A...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Tacitus - The Persian letters - S. reads Homer & writes - reads a canto of Spencer and part of the gentle shepherdess aloud'Percy Bysshe Shelley John FletcherFaithfull Shepheardesse, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Tacitus - The Persian letters - S. reads Homer & writes - reads a canto of Spencer and part of the gentle shepherdess aloud'Mary Shelley Charles de Secondat, baron de la Brede et de MontesquieuLettres persanesPrint: Book



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