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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
 
1900-1945'Sat. Read Play You Never Can Tell by Bernard Shaw & Odd Things by Dolf Wyllarde. Ev Badminton with Bolton.' William Thomas George Bernard ShawYou Never Can TellPrint: Book
1900-1945'In odd moments last week I read an excellent novel by — you'd never guess — Bernard Shaw. It is called "Love among the Artists" and is published in Constable's shillin...Clive Staples Lewis George Bernard ShawLove among the Artists: A NovelPrint: Book
1900-1945'Since leaving Oxford I have had quite a little opportunity for reading and have read all kinds of things, some of the better books being: Conan Doyle's "Micah Clar...Roderick Ward Maclennan George Bernard Shaw[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'My early reading had been confined to the work of the pioneers, and in consequence it never occurred to me that big mountains coud be climbed without guides.[...] I had...Eric Shipton George D. AbrahamSwiss Mountain ClimbsPrint: Book
1900-1945'20th January, Thursday. Pat has given me a number of his poems for the ?Two Houses?. [a magazine of which Gerald Moore was the editor] I had to smile at finding again ...Gerald Moore George Eric Patersonpoems [unspecified]Manuscript: Sheet
In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813, on pleasure at learning of his works' popularity in the USA: "The greatest pleasure I ever derived, ...George Gordon Lord Byron George Frederick CookeMemoirs of George Frederick Cooke, late of the The...Print: Book
1800-1849'Byron had intoxicated him "with the freedom of his style of writing, with the fervour or passionateness of his feelings and with the dark and terrible pictures which he ...Joseph Barker George Gordon Byron Print: Book
1800-1849At 3 1/4 down the old bank to the library. Miss Maria Browne there. Came up to me to say her sister had so bad a cold [...] she could not possibly stir out today [...] I ...Miss Browne George Gordon ByronChilde HaroldPrint: Book
1800-1849'Byron has sent us a new poem the Age of Bronze: it is short, and pithy - but not at all poetical. Byron may still easily fail to be a great man. You shall see his Bron...Thomas Carlyle George Gordon ByronThe Age Of BronzePrint: BookManuscript: LetterUnknown
1850-1899[According to Flora Thompson], "Modern writers who speak of the booklessness of the poor at that time must mean books as possessions...there were always books to borrow"....Flora Thompson George Gordon Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813, on pleasure at learning of his works' popularity in the USA: "The greatest pleasure I ever derived, ...George Frederick Cooke George Gordon Lord ByronEnglish Bards and Scotch ReviewersPrint: Book
In extract from journal of George Frederick Cooke in W. Dunlap, Memoirs of George Frederick Cooke: "Read English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, by Lord Byron. It is well wr...George Frederick Cooke George Gordon Lord ByronEnglish Bards and Scotch ReviewersPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 15 September 1814: 'I believe I told you of Larry and Jacquy [ie Lara and Jacqueline, poems by Byron and Samuel Rogers respectively, published to...George Gordon Lord ByronLara; JacquelinePrint: Book
1800-1849'Murray had written to Byron on September 12 [1816] that he had carried the manuscript of the third canto of Childe Harold to [William] Gifford [his literary advisor]... ...William Gifford George Gordon Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage Canto IIIManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 25 March 1817, on Alpine travels in 1816: 'I kept a journal of the whole for my sister Augusta, which she copied and let Murray see.' Augusta Leigh George Gordon Lord Byrontravel journalManuscript: Codex
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 25 March 1817, on Alpine travels in 1816: 'I kept a journal of the whole for my sister Augusta, which she copied and let Murray see.' John Murray George Gordon Lord Byrontravel journalManuscript: Codex
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 9 April 1817: 'I will tell you something about [The Prisoner of] Chillon. -- A Mr. De Luc ninety years old -- a Swiss -- had it read to him & is ple...John Andre de Luc George Gordon Lord ByronThe Prisoner of ChillonPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 15 September 1817, on what he perceives to be inferiority of contemporary authors to Pope: 'I am the more confirmed in this - by having lately gone ...George Gordon Lord Byron George Gordon Lord Byron[poems]Unknown
1800-1849'Robert White... had somewhat more progressive tastes [than Robert Story], which extended to Shelley, Keats, Childe Harold, and The Lady of the Lake. But his reading stop...Robert White George Gordon Lord ByronChilde HaroldPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 6 July 1821: 'At the particular request of the Countess G[uiccioli] I have promised not to continue Don Juan ... She had read the two first [cantos]...Countess Teresa Guiccioli George Gordon Lord ByronDon Juan (Cantos I and II)Print: BookManuscript: Letter


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