√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 'Shakespeare incited his appetitie for poetry: Cowper, Pope, Dryden, Goldsmith, Thomson, Byron. Not only were they more interesting than the fifty volumes of Wesley's Chr... Joseph Barker George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 'De Quincey ... in a letter to the Wordsworths of 27 May 1809 said that he had read ... [Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers] "some weeks - or perhaps months - ago... Thomas De Quincey George Gordon, Lord Byron English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Print : Book1800-1849 'On 17-18 May 1812 W[ordsworth] wrote to M[ary] W[ordsworth]: "Yesterday I dined alone with Lady B. - and we read Lord Byron's new poem whch is not destitute of merit; th... William Wordsworth George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage I and II Print : Book1800-1849 'On 17-18 May 1812 W[ordsworth] wrote to M[ary] W[ordsworth]: "Yesterday I dined
alone with Lady B. - and we read Lord Byron's new poem whch is not destitute of
merit... Margaret Beaumont George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage I and II Print : Book1800-1849 'Writing to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] on 19 Aug. 1814, W[ordsworth] describes an incident in a Perth bookshop: "I stepped yesterday evening into a Bookseller's shop with a s... William Wordsworth George Gordon, Lord Byron Lara Print : Book1850-1899 'In 1898 Armstrong organised the Ashington Debating and Literary Improvement Society, and his reading broadened out to Shakespeare, Burns, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Byron... Chester Armstrong George Gordon, Lord Byron Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to William J. Bankes, on having received 'two Critical opinions, from Edinburgh' (of Lord Woodhouselee and Henry Mackenzie) in praise of his Poems on Various Occasi... Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee George Gordon, Lord Byron Poems on Various Occasions Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to William J. Bankes, on having received 'two Critical opinions, from Edinburgh' (of Lord Woodhouselee and Henry Mackenzie) in praise of his Poems on Various Occasi... Henry Mackenzie George Gordon, Lord Byron Poems on Various Occasions Print : Book1800-1849 In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): 'I never in my life read a composition [of his own], save to Hodgson, as he pays me in kind. It is a horrible thing ... George Gordon, Lord Byron George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown Unknown 1850-1899 [due to the fact that books in working class communities were generally cheap out of copyright reprints, not new works] 'Welsh collier Joseph Keating was able to immerse ... Joseph Keating George Gordon, Lord Byron Print : Book1900-1945 'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc... George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown, poetry] Print : Book1800-1849 'finished my morning's work a few minutes before 2. Made an extract or 2 from Lord Byron's Childe Harold + the lyrics at the end of the book in readiness to take it back.... Anne Lister George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold Print : Book1850-1899 '[George] Moore pinpointed his ... awakening interest in fiction to overhearing his parents discussing whether Lady Audley murdered her husband. Then aged 11, Moore "took... George Moore George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer ... liked to get away from political anxieties by devouring what he called "shilling shockers": adventure stories, American... Lloyd George George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'As a collier [Joseph Keating]... heard a co-worker sigh, "Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate". Keating was stunned: "You are quoting Pope". "Ayh", replied ... Joseph Keating George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 'I do not like Lord Byron's English Bards and Scotch reviewers, though, as my father says, the lines are very strong and worthy of Pope and the Dunciad! But I was so much... Maria Edgeworth George Gordon, Lord Byron English Bards and Scotch Reviwers: a satire Print : Book1700-1799 ?But Lord Byron ? he must write with great ease and rapidity.?
?That I don?t know. I could never finish the perusal of any of his long poems. There is something in the... Charles Maturin George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Print : Book1800-1849 'Lancashire millworker Ben Brierley read penny fairy tales and horror stories as a boy, but they did not contribute to his work as a dialect poet: "I must confess that my... Ben Brierley George Gordon, Lord Byron Print : Book1900-1945 'There were few books at home when [Harry Burton] was a boy, but one of them was "Don Juan". He read it before he was eleven - through a prepubescent frame, of course. "I... Harry Burton George Gordon, Lord Byron Don Juan Print : Book1900-1945 'George Howell, bricklayer and trade unionist..."read promiscuously. How could it be otherwise? I had no real guide, was obliged to feel my way into light. Yet perhaps th... George Howell George Gordon, Lord Byron Print : Book
