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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'She read a great deal, among her books being one called "Pride and Prejudice", "Which is at present the fashionable novel. It is written by a sister of Charlotte Smith's...Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1800-1849'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 Maria Edgeworth[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'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 William BeckfordVathekPrint: Book
1800-1849'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 ByronChilde Harold's PilgrimagePrint: Book
1800-1849'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 Edmund SpenserThe Faerie QueenePrint: Book
1700-1799'she read much Shakespeare.'Laetitia Pilkington William Shakespeare Print: Book
1800-1849'She read one of Madame de Stael's [italics] Petits Romans [end italics], which I had lent her, and which she told me had given her great pleasure'.Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Anne Louise Germaine de Stael HolsteinPetits RomansPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'She read Renan's Life of Jesus, which had proved so critical to George Eliot's subsitution of Duty for God. As a corollary text, Rose discovered the rousing, hopeful wor...Rose Macaulay John Stuart Millprobably 'On Liberty'Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'She read Renan's Life of Jesus, which had proved so critical to George Eliot's subsitution of Duty for God. As a corollary text, Rose discovered the rousing, hopeful wor...Rose Macaulay Ernest RenanLife of JesusPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'She read sermons and other religious books, her favourite sermons being "professedly practical", without too much "Regeneration and Conversion", especially Sherlock's'.Jane Austen Thomas Sherlock[sermons]Print: Book
1700-1799'she read some new novels, though not often with approval: she disliked the politics of Caleb Williams.'Frances Burney some new novelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'she read some new novels, though not often with approval: she disliked the politics of Caleb Williams.'Frances Burney William GodwinCaleb WilliamsPrint: Book
1800-1849'She reads a great deal, and buys all new books'Princess Caroline Princess of Wales  Print: Book
1700-1799'She rejects even "good" books if she finds them tedious or ling-winded, finding unreadable Hooker's "extremely good" Laws of ecclesiastical polity and the "very profound...Elizabeth Carter Dr ShuckfordDr Shuckford's ConnectionPrint: Book
1700-1799'She rejects even "good" books if she finds them tedious or ling-winded, finding unreadable Hooker's "extremely good" Laws of ecclesiastical polity and the "very profound...Elizabeth Carter HookerLaws of ecclesiastical polityPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'She rose about eight o'clock; and, before she came down stairs, read herself a chapter in the Bible or New Testament, and that with active attention, as she frequently m...Mary Birch [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'She sade she was happy in her mind & had many a Comfortable hour when she could not Sleep in reading her testament & hymn book & praying &c'Betty Shaw [n/a]Bible ['her Testament']Print: Book
1800-1849'She sade she was happy in her mind & had many a Comfortable hour when she could not Sleep in reading her testament & hymn book & praying &c'Betty Shaw [Wesley?][hymn book]Print: Book
1800-1849'she said to H M, 'What did you really think of "Jane Eyre"?' H M. I thought it a first rate book, whereupon the little spirite went red all over with pleasure.'Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849'She speaks of "Inez" as about to be produced. I have been long expecting to hear that it was out. Do you remember reading it to me (excepting the fourth act, which was n...Fanny Trollope Mary Russell MitfordInezManuscript: Unknown


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