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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'Read Pamela - Little Babe not well - S. reads Locke & Pamela'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Samuel RichardsonPamela; or Virtue RewardedPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Pamela - Little Babe not well - S. reads Locke & Pamela'.Mary Godwin Samuel RichardsonPamela; or Virtue RewardedPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Locke - Shelley reads Locke and Curt - & Pamela aloud in the evening'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Samuel RichardsonPamela; or Virtue RewardedPrint: Book
1900-1945'[...]the 2 vols of my uncle's memoirs which I have by me, to refresh my recollections and settle my ideas.' [while Conrad was starting to write his own memoirs].Joseph Conrad Tadeusz BobrowskiPamietniki Print: Book
1850-1899Lord Lyndhurst to Lord Strangford [1854]: 'I never hear Disraeli speak in any way unfriendly of [John Wilson] Croker, and was very much surprised and annoyed when I re...Lord Lyndhurst W. Vernon-Harcourtpamphlet attacking Lord DerbyPrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799"Pope collected copies of attacks on his own work, and the notes in these tend understandably to the defensive, as in the occasional sarcastic comment in pamphlets by Joh...Alexander Pope John Dennispamphlet attacking Pope's poetryPrint: Pamphlet
1850-1899George Grote to G. C. Lewis, 6 November 1862: 'I send you herewith a letter and pamphlet which was forwarded to me by an unknown correspondent. I read the pamphlet wit...George Grote Irvingpamphlet on mythology and the human mindPrint: Pamphlet
1850-1899Elizabeth Missing Sewell, in letter to 'My Dear _____', from Florence, May 1861: 'A pamphlet [on the Chiesa Evangelica] which has been lent me, giving an account of it...Elizabeth Missing Sewell unknownPamphlet on the Chiesa EvangelicaPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849'We had a very pleasant day on monday at Ashe [...] There was a whist & a casino table, & six outsiders. - Rice & Lucy made love, Mat: Robinson fell asleep, James and Mr...James Austen Dr Edward Jennerpamphlet on the cow poxPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849'We had a very pleasant day on monday at Ashe [...] There was a whist & a casino table, & six outsiders. - Rice & Lucy made love, Mat: Robinson fell asleep, James and Mr...Augusta Bramston Dr Edward Jennerpamphlet on the cow poxPrint: Pamphlet
1850-18991 November 1879: 'We left Bruges by an early train, the express, joining the steamer at Ostend, and had a beautiful passage home reading Disraeli's pamphlet, which has...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Benjamin Disraelipamphlet [featuring descriptions of Syria and Cypr...Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849Byron to Octavius Gilchrist, 5 September 1821, acknowledges receipt and reading of three pamphlets (by Gilchrist) relating to Bowles-Pope controversy.George Gordon Lord Byron Octavius GilchristpamphletsPrint: Pamphlet
1850-1899From Elizabeth Missing Sewell's Journal, 19 February 1856: 'I came here [Bournemouth] for a fortnight and have stayed a month. I have written a little, and read a good ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell pamphletsPrint: Pamphlet
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1800-1849		H. J. Jackson notes Jeremy Bentham's annotations (including highlightings and marginal comments) to eight pamphlets by Edmund Burke.Jeremy Bentham Edmund Burkepamphlets including Observations on a late State o...Print: Pamphlet
1850-1899'Polishness which I took from Mickiewicz and Slowacki. My father read "Pan Tadeusz" aloud to me and made me read it aloud. Not just once or twice. I used to prefer "K...Joseph Conrad Adam MickiewiczPan TadeuszPrint: Book
1850-1899'Since the age of five I have been a great reader [...]. At ten years of age I had read much of Victor Hugo and other romantics. I had read in Polish and in French, histo...Joseph Conrad Adam Bernard Mickiewicz de PorajPan TadeuzPrint: Book
1900-1945'I said rather dazedly aloud - to Beston - I wonder what time the next train to London goes - & a stranger with a time-table told me. I had just time to catch it. I had a...Violet Asquith Robert GreenePandostoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish the 2nd vol. of Adele - write - read Curt. In the evening we go up to Diodati - Shelley finishes the Panegyric of Trajan and begins Tacitus'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Gaius Plinius SecundusPanegyricusPrint: Book
1800-1849'Shelley's 24th birthday. Write read [underlined] tableau de famille [end underlining] - go out with Shelley in the boat & read aloud to him the fourth book of Virgil - ...Percy Bysshe Shelley Gaius Plinius SecundusPanegyricusPrint: Book
1900-1945'I didn't thank you for the book ["Papa's War and Other Satires" ] by letter because I knew I was coming to town at once. You know my opinion of all the pieces composing ...Joseph Conrad Edward GarnettPapa's War and Other SatiresPrint: Book


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