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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
 
1800-1849Maria Graham to John Murray (March 1817): 'A thousand thanks, my dear sir, for the loan of the Journal, which I have perused with the greatest interest. A more superst...Maria Graham George Gordon Lord Byron'Swiss Journal [letter]'Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849John Cam Hobhouse to John Murray, from Venice, 7 December 1817: 'Your new acquisition is a very fine finish to the three cantos already published [comments further] [....John Cam Hobhouse George Gordon Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto IVManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849John Murray to Byron, 16 June 1818: 'Mr. Frere is at length satisfied that you are the author of "Beppo." He had no conception that you possessed the protean talent of...John Hookham Frere George Gordon Lord ByronBeppoUnknown
1800-1849'Lady Caroline Lamb informed [John] Murray [Byron's publisher]: "You cannot think how clever I think 'Don Juan' is, in my heart."'Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon Lord ByronDon Juan, Cantos I and IIPrint: Book
1800-1849John Cam Hobhouse to John Murray, 22 October 1821, prior to publications of Byron's plays Cain, The Two Foscari, and Sardanapalus: 'If it be not presumptuous of me to ...John Cam Hobhouse George Gordon Lord ByronThe CorsairPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr. Hobhouse wrote that [Sardanapalus] interested him very deeply, though it might be thought fantastical and unnatural by some [goes on to quote letter from Hobhouse to...John Cam Hobhouse George Gordon Lord ByronSardanapalusManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Walter Scott to John Murray, regarding Byron's Cain: 'I do not know that his Muse has ever taken so lofty a flight amid her former soarings. He has certainly matched M...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronCain, a MysteryPrint: Book
1800-1849Sharon Turner (lawyer) to John Murray, 31 January 1822: 'Mr. Shadwell, whom I have just seen, has told me that he had read "Cain" some time ago, -- that he thinks it c...George Gordon Lord ByronCain, a MysteryPrint: Book
1800-1849'During the period that Mr. Moore had been in negotiation with the Longmans and Murray respecting the purchase of the Memoirs [of Byron], he had given "Lady Holland the...Lady Holland George Gordon Lord ByronMemoirsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'During the period that Mr. Moore had been in negotiation with the Longmans and Murray respecting the purchase of the Memoirs [of Byron], he had given "Lady Holland the...Lord John Russell George Gordon Lord ByronMemoirsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'During the period that Mr. Moore had been in negotiation with the Longmans and Murray respecting the purchase of the Memoirs [of Byron], he had given "Lady Holland the...William Gifford George Gordon Lord ByronMemoirsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'During the period that Mr. Moore had been in negotiation with the Longmans and Murray respecting the purchase of the Memoirs [of Byron], he had given "Lady Holland the...Mr Luttrell George Gordon Lord ByronMemoirsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'When Murray was about to publish Byron's "Siege of Corinth" and "Parisina," he promised to send the early sheets to Blackwood, who proposed to hold a dinner in honour ...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronThe Siege of CorinthPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'When Murray was about to publish Byron's "Siege of Corinth" and "Parisina," he promised to send the early sheets to Blackwood, who proposed to hold a dinner in honour ...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronParisinaPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Maria Graham to John Murray, 2 November 1817: 'Pray what is the 4th Canto of "Childe Harold" doing? and where is Lord Byron? You know my admiration for his works, and ...Maria Graham George Gordon Lord ByronworksPrint: Book
1800-1849Caroline Norton to John Murray, 4 November 1837: 'I have received "Don Juan" and the October Quarterly [Review]. ... In thanking you for the two volumes of Byron belon...Caroline Norton George Gordon Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
1850-1899'Our parents had accumulated a large number of books, which we were allowed to browse in as much as we liked.'Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes George Gordon Noel, Lord Byron Print: Book
1800-1849'Written Beneath a Picture' 'Dear object of defeated care!/...' 'R.G.C. 1835''R.G.C.' George Gordon, Lord ByronLines Written Beneath A PicturePrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'Princess Charlotte wrote of reading as a "great passion"; in a poignant attempt to construct bourgeois domestic intimacy in the dysfunctional household of the divorc...Princess Charlotte George Gordon, Lord Byron[poems]Print: Book
1800-1849'Extract from Byron's Monody on the death of Sheridan' [transcript of text]Emma Bowly George Gordon, Lord ByronMonody on the Death of the Right Honourable R.B. S...Unknown


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