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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'In [1802] [...] [Amelia Opie] published a volume of poems. It included those charming and well-known lines, which, as giving the key to her nature -- tenderness -- we ...James Mackintosh Amelia Opieverses opening 'Go, youth beloved...'Print: Book
1800-1849On literary life of Amelia Opie, 1804-25: 'It must have been something [...] to breakfast with Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott: the gifted man condescending to tell ...Walter Scott Amelia OpieFather and DaughterPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Thomas] Carlyle saw Scott's greatness in the extracts from the Diary given by Lockhart. The stern critic rightly recalls the feelings and conduct evidenced by those ext...Thomas Carlyle Walter ScottJournal (extracts)Print: Book
1800-1849'Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk was written by [J. G.] Lockhart, aided probably by one or more [...] clever young advocates [...] Sophia probably knew who its author was...Charlotte Sophia Scott J. G. LockhartPeter's Letters to his KinsfolkUnknown
1800-1849Charlotte Sophia Scott to Miss Millar (former governess), 5 July 1819: 'I would advise you to read a new book, which will be out soon called Peter's Letters to his Ki...Walter Scott J. G. LockhartPeter's Letters to his KinsfolkUnknown
1800-1849Quoted from Mrs Maxwell Scott: 'My cousin, Baroness von Appell (grand-daughter of Sir Walter [Scott]'s brother Thomas) will be one of those most interested in these le...Eliza Scott Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1800-1849'The storm around might roar and rustle We didna mind the storm a whistle'. Walter Scott Robert BurnsTam o' ShanterUnknown
1800-1849'[I] read your Demonology and a Paper on St J. Long, the only thing by you in that [al]most quite despicable Magazine.'Thomas Carlyle John A. CarlyleReview of Sir Walter Scott's 'Letters on Demonolog...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have been reading Carlyle, like all the rest of the world. He has been writing a sort of pamphlet on the state of England called ''Chartism.'' It is full of compassion...Emma Darwin Thomas CarlyleChartismPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849[Maria Branwell to her fiance, the Rev. Patrick Bronte, 5 December 1812:] 'Since I began this [letter] Jane put into my hands Lord Lyttleton's Advice to a Lady. When I...Maria Branwell George LytteltonAdvice to a LadyPrint: Book
1800-1849[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 22 January 1816:] 'Read Lord of the Isles again.'Elizabeth Firth Walter ScottThe Lord of the IslesPrint: Book
1800-1849[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 21 June 1817:] 'Read Old Mortality; did not like it.'Elizabeth Firth Walter ScottOld MortalityPrint: Book
1800-1849[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 22 April 1818:] 'Read Lalla Rookh.'Elizabeth Firth Thomas MooreLalla RookhPrint: Book
1800-1849[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 13 May 1818:] 'Read Young's Night Thoughts.'Elizabeth Firth Edward YoungNight ThoughtsPrint: Book
1800-1849[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 22 May 1818:] 'Read Remains of H. K. White.'Elizabeth Firth Henry Kirke WhiteThe Remains of Henry Kirke White, of NottinghamPrint: Book
1800-1849[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 2 January 1819:] 'Read the Heart of Midlothian.'Elizabeth Firth Walter ScottThe Heart of MidlothianPrint: Book
1800-1849[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 6 January 1820:] 'Read Goldsmith's History of Rome.'Elizabeth Firth Oliver GoldsmithHistory of RomePrint: Book
1800-1849'There is a copy of the Imitation of Christ extant, given to Charlotte [Bronte] in 1826, and there are other books that we know the [Bronte] children read during this per...Bronte children (Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, Anne)Walter ScottTales of a GrandfatherPrint: Book
1800-1849'A very fair measure of French and some skill in drawing appear to have been the most striking accomplishments which Charlotte carried back from Roe Head [school] to Hawo...Charlotte Bronte Voltaire HenriadePrint: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte to her schoolfriend Ellen Nussey, 1 January 1833:] 'I am glad you like "Kenilworth"; it is certainly a splendid production, more resembling a Romance...Ellen Nussey Walter ScottKenilworthPrint: Book


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