√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 'John Smith, Bob Hankinson, and I, went over the "Hebrew Melodies" together'. Thomas Babington Macaulay George Gordon, Lord Byron Hebrew Melodies Print : Book1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text... Mary Godwin George Gordon, Lord Byron The Siege of Corinth: a poem; Parisina: a poem Print : Book1850-1899 'Lancashire journalist Allen Clarke (b.1863), the son of a Bolton textile worker, avidly read his father's paperback editions of Shakespeare and ploughed through the lite... Allen Clarke George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown] Print : Book1700-1799 'Anne Grant loved books, but felt guilty about literary pleasure: she enjoyed Byron's poems but worried about their morality, and was "fully convinced of the bad tendency... Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] George Gordon, Lord Byron [poems] Print : Book1850-1899 'In the [italics]Autobiography[end italics] he tells us of the impact of Byron on him and his friend Dave: "His influence on Dave was so great that it was publicly shown ... William Henry Davies George Gordon, Lord Byron Print : Book1850-1899 'In the [italics]Autobiography[end italics] he tells us of the impact of Byron on him and his friend Dave: "His influence on Dave was so great that it was publicly shown ... [Dave, friend of W.H. Davies] anon George Gordon, Lord Byron Print : Book1900-1945 Leon Edel quotes John Buchan, in "Memory Hold-the-Door" (1940), pp.151-52:
'an aunt of my wife's [Lady Lovelace], who was the widow of Byron's grandson, asked Henry J... Henry James and John Buchan George Gordon, Lord Byron letters to Lady Melbourne (copies) Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 'From that time [summer 1840] to the present [1845] I have not read much. I have, however, looked through Lord Byron's works, the "Memoirs of Mr William Hutton", and Dr S... Thomas Carter George Gordon, Lord Byron [works] Print : Book1850-1899 'Did not go out but read a little Byron & then played Bezique with Polly till it was bed time' John Buckley Castieau George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown] Print : Book1850-1899 'I read a little Byron for my own amusement then a number of Aesop's Fables for the amusement of the youngsters. The evening seemed quite short in consequence of the empl... John Buckley Castieau George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Chorley, in Memorials of Mrs Hemans (1836): 'after having heard those beautiful stanzas addressed to his sister [composed August 1816] by Lord Byron -- which afterw... Felicia Hemans George Gordon, Lord Byron Stanzas ("My Sister -- my sweet Sister") Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'Childe Harold
I have read your Book & cannot refrain from telling you that I think it & all those whom I live with & whose opinions are far more worth having--think it ... Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Print : Book1800-1849 '"perchance my dog will whine in vain
"Till fed my stranger hands--
"But long e'er I come back again
"he'd tear me where he stands' Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Print : Book1800-1849 'She read enormously, finding time and energy we wonder how. A list of her books makes the unregenerate blood run cold, though she did include some novels - Miss Edgewort... Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Print : Book1800-1849 'she asked [Byron] to recommend her some books of modern history. At present she was reading Sismondi's "Italian Republics". And she had read "Lara". Shakespeare alone po... Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke George Gordon, Lord Byron Lara Print : Book1800-1849 'Early in July appeared the first part of "Don Juan". "The impression was not so disagreeable as I expected", wrote Annabella. "In the first place I am very much relieved... Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron George Gordon, Lord Byron Don Juan Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in 'The Giaour', the 'Fare thee well', and the 'Satire'. With the first... Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron George Gordon, Lord Byron The Giaour Print : Book1800-1849 'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in 'The Giaour', the 'Fare thee well', and the 'Satire'. With the first... Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron George Gordon, Lord Byron Fare Thee Well Print : Book1800-1849 'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in 'The Giaour', the 'Fare thee well', and the 'Satire'. With the first... Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron George Gordon, Lord Byron [a Satire - on Annabella?] Print : Book1800-1849 'Mary read to me some passages from Ld Byron's poems. I was not before so clearly aware [of] how much of the colouring our own feelings throw upon the liveliest delineati... Mary Godwin George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown] Print : Book
