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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'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary [of Lady Byron's]: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in The Giaour, the Fare thee well, and the Satire. Wi...Anne Isabella Lady Byron George Gordon Lord Byron'the Satire'Print: Book
1800-1849'The girl [Ada Byron] was then [1831] seventeen; her mother had been reading Harriet Martineau's Five Years of Youth, and wrote to a friend: "It is very good -- chiefly d...Anne Isabella Lady Byron Harriet MartineauFive Years of YouthPrint: Book
1800-1849'A second London season over, and [Lady Byron] and Ada made their factory-tour, the daughter [i.e. Ada] meanwhile studying hard at astronomy'.Ada Byron 'astronomy'Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother the Duke of Devonshire, 15 November 1811: 'Do you wish to see us tonight, G[eorgiana]. with a veil and shawl, near the fire...Charles Ellis  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother the Duke of Devonshire, 15 November 1811: 'Do you wish to see us tonight, G[eorgiana]. with a veil and shawl, near the fire...Lord Granville  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother the Duke of Devonshire, 15 November 1811: 'Do you wish to see us tonight, G[eorgiana]. with a veil and shawl, near the fire...Lord Harrowby and Lord Morpeth 'folios'Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth (August 1812): 'La Princesse Wilhelmine is not as interesting as she might be. There is so much detai...Harriet Countess Granville Princess WilhelmineMemoirs (vol. 1)Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth 9 November 1814: 'I have just been reading the debate. Tierney's seems a very good speech, and, alas!...Harriet Countess Granville Parliamentary debatePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 12 June 1815: 'The French papers rouse even me from my political apathy, they are so curious. Fouche...Harriet Countess Granville 'French papers'Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, from Calais, 26 July 1815: 'I wish you could see them at breakfast: Hart [brother] with one leg maki...Lord Granville MoniteurPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 29 September 1815: 'I know of no new books. I have been reading an old one in two volumes, two tiny ...Harriet Countess Granville DupatyVoyage en ItaliePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 29 September 1815: '"Fazio,' the new tragedy, is in parts very fine and in others as bad. It is writ...Harriet Countess Granville MilmanFazioPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 29 September 1815: '"Fazio,' the new tragedy, is in parts very fine and in others as bad. It is writ...Lord Lansdowne MilmanFazioPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth (1816): 'Lady Harrowby and Susan [Lady Harrowby's daughter] are arrived, and I repose my cares upon ...Lady Harrowby and daughter (?and 'Messrs. Standish and Montagu') 'two new reviews'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 13 January 1817: 'Yesterday evening we had no whist, and the evening passed rapidly, a great deal of...Duke of Devonshire and family  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 12 August 1818: 'Yesterday evening Granville [husband], Hart [her brother, the Duke of Devonshire] a...Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Granville (his brother-in-law and sister) Camoens Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 12 August 1818: 'Yesterday evening Granville [husband], Hart [her brother, the Duke of Devonshire] a...Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Granville (his brother-in-law and sister)Horace  Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 22 July 1819: 'I think parts of "Don Juan" more beautiful than anything he has written, some wit and...Harriet Countess Granville George Gordon Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 28 August 1819: 'I admire F. Lamb perhaps more than I like him. I think him uncommonly agreeable and...F. Lamb Walter ScottThe Heart of MidlothianPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 25 August 1820: 'I send you a list of new books. Chalmers' sermon, preached after the disturbances i...Harriet Countess Granville ChalmerssermonPrint: Unknown


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