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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
 
1600-1699'She spent much time in reading the Scripture, and a Book called The best friend in the worst of times ... Another Book that she was much delighted with, was Mr Swinnock'...Sarah Howley BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'She sulked for four and twenty hours, and then wrote me a long epistle; wherein she demonstrated (not by geometrical reasonings) that I was utterly lost to all sense of ...Jane Baillie Welsh Grace Baillie WelshLetterManuscript: Letter
1700-1799'she thinks Rousseau "the most dangerous writer I ever read", his work "of so bad tendency that, after a few trials, I have determined never to look into any thing he sho...Elizabeth Carter Jean Jacques RousseauworksPrint: Book
1700-1799'She used passages from Defoe's "Tour through the whole island of Great Britain" to prepare her two boys for a visit to Windsor Castle in 1792: "I did it", she wrote, "th...Anna Larpent Daniel DefoeTour through the whole island of Great BritainPrint: Book
1700-1799'She was "surprised into tears" by "The Vicar of Wakefield", although she did not much like it.'Frances Burney Oliver GoldsmithThe Vicar of WakefieldPrint: Book
1900-1945'She was deep in the writings of Father Tyrrel, of Bergson and of William James during these years'Mary Augusta Ward George Tyrrell Print: Book
1900-1945'She was deep in the writings of Father Tyrrel, of Bergson and of William James during these years'Mary Augusta Ward Henri Bergson Print: Book
1900-1945'She was deep in the writings of Father Tyrrel, of Bergson and of William James during these years'.Mary Augusta Ward Wlliam James Print: Book
1800-1849'she was reading Dryden's "Don Sebastian", which treats of incest, and happened to ask Byron a question. He said angrily: "Where did you hear that?". "I looked up and saw...Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron John DrydenDon SebastianPrint: Book
1800-1849'she was reading Leigh Hunt's "Rimini", and copied a passage of twenty lines on the character of Giovanni - evidently because it was to her as a portrait of another diffi...Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron Leigh HuntRiminiPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'She was shocked by some of the hero's adventures but more often thrilled. Laura learned quite a lot by reading "Don Juan".'Flora Thompson George Gordon, Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
1850-1899'She [a Mrs Granville, nee Wheler] had been a great friend of the Miss Porters (Jane and Anna Maria) in girlhood; and it was perhaps owing to their example that she had t...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Mrs Granville[tales]Print: Book
1800-1849'She [Anne Isabella Milbanke] read enormously [...] A list of her books makes the unregenerate blood run cold, though it did include some novels -- Miss Edgeworth's and B...Anne Isabella Milbanke Edmund SpenserThe Faerie QueenePrint: Book
1800-1849'She [Anne Isabella Milbanke] read enormously [...] A list of her books makes the unregenerate blood run cold, though it did include some novels -- Miss Edgeworth's and B...Anne Isabella Milbanke George Gordon Lord ByronChilde Harold's PilgrimagePrint: Book
1800-1849'She [Anne Isabella Milbanke] read enormously [...] A list of her books makes the unregenerate blood run cold, though it did include some novels -- Miss Edgeworth's and B...Anne Isabella Milbanke William BeckfordVathekPrint: Book
1800-1849'She [Anne Isabella Milbanke] read enormously [...] A list of her books makes the unregenerate blood run cold, though it did include some novels -- Miss Edgeworth's and B...Anne Isabella Milbanke Maria EdgeworthnovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899'She [Charlotte Bronte] has had an uncomfortable kind of coolness with Miss Martineau, on account of some [italics] very [end italics] disagreeable remarks Miss M. made o...Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899'she [Charlotte Bronte] was very angry indeed with that part of the Examiner review of Esmond (I had forgotten it) which said his [Thackeray's] works would not live; and ...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Examiner [review of Thackeray's 'Henry Esmond']Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'she [Charlotte Bronte] was very angry indeed with that part of the Examiner review of Esmond (I had forgotten it) which said his [Thackeray's] works would not live; and ...Charlotte Bronte Examiner [review of Thackeray's 'Henry Esmond']Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'She [Emma Darwin] was especially devoted to Jane Austen's novels and almost knew them by heart... Scott was also a perennial favourite, especially ''The Antiquary''. Mrs...Emma Darwin Jane AustenunknownPrint: Book


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