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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'[Tuesday] Dec. 26th. [...] Read Allemagne by Madame de Stael.' [readings from this text also recorded in journal entries for 27, 28, 29 December 1820; and 3 and 5 J...Claire Clairmont Germaine de StaelDe L'AllemagnePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 9 June 1832: 'I have been reading thro' the eight first chapters of Genesis in Hebrew [...] As I knew the character[s] or some...Elizabeth Barrett Germaine de StaelCorinne, ou L'ItaliePrint: Book
1800-1849'I am busy with Gibbon, my adorable's life of Necker (not yours) and Fiesko. Either Schiller's prose is much more difficult than his verse or my head is much thicker than...Jane Baillie Welsh Germaine de StaelLife of Necker [Jacques?]Print: BookManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Or perhaps she [Madame de Stael] may wish to have it appear as if she thought so [that English women were less uncouth than they used to be] since she wrote the history ...Anne Romilly Germaine de StaelCorinne, or ItalyPrint: Book
1800-1849' have not yet seen him [Sir James Mackintosh], but I hear that he has read or has heard some chapters of "L'Angleterre". He says it is full of talent, but that there are...James Mackintosh Germaine de Stael[writings about England, never published as 'De L'...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth (February 1803): 'I have been crying my eyes out over "le Nouveau pere de famille." I wonder I did not hear...Lady Harriet Cavendish Germaine de StaelDelphinePrint: Book
1900-1945'I read the "Great Randolfo" in the train yesterday and began "Black Oxen" — both very good.' Gertrude Bell Gertrude AthertonBlack OxenPrint: Book
1. Apologies for absence were received from Margaret and A. Bruce Dilks, Alice and Arnold Joselin, Sylvanus A. Reynolds, Kenneth F. Nicholson, Francis H. Knight. Mary S. Stansfield Gertrude Bell[Letters]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 31st March 1942. S. A. Reynolds in the chair. 1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...] 4. The...Isabel Taylor Gertrude Bell[Letters]Print: Book
1850-1899'I wrote him long letters in Persian characters. "Duste azize man," they began - "Dear friend of mine." He would read them during the lesson, and answer them in ter...Gertrude Bell Gertrude Bell[untitled Persian letters]Manuscript: Letter, Letters written in Persian as part of Persian composition lessons
1900-1945I am just re-reading Gertrude Bell's 'Syria', and comparing her route with ours. She however, travelled with three baggage mules, two tents, and three servants: so ...Freya Stark Gertrude BellThe Desert and the Sown: Travels in Palestine and ...Print: Book
1900-1945'Read. Received kit. Read "The Edge o' Beyond". Inoculated.'John Frederick William Dunn Gertrude PageThe Edge o' BeyondPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Ethel] Mannin was firmly rooted in the autodidact tradition. In her father's library she enjoyed Gissing and Wells, "Adam Bede" and "The Cloister and the Hearth". A Cla...Ethel Mannin Gertrude Stein[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'...he confessed that he could not understand a word of Gertrude Stein.'Arnold Bennett Gertrude SteinunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Dear Miss Stein, Thank you so much for your letter and the wonderful portrait, which followed me through Spain, and only reached me last night, on my return from Toled...Edith Sitwell Gertrude Stein'Sitwell, Edith Sitwell': a word portrait Manuscript: Letter, A 'word portrait' so possibly contained in a letter.
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hillsborough”: 24 Jan 1940 R. H. Robson in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
[...]
7. Two one act plays were then...		Rosamund Wallis Gertrude E. JenningsFive Birds in a CagePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hillsborough”: 24 Jan 1940 R. H. Robson in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
[...]
7. Two one act plays were then...		Victor Alexander Gertrude E. JenningsFive Birds in a CagePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hillsborough”: 24 Jan 1940 R. H. Robson in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
[...]
7. Two one act plays were then...		Roger Moore Gertrude E. JenningsFive Birds in a CagePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hillsborough”: 24 Jan 1940 R. H. Robson in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
[...]
7. Two one act plays were then...		Rosamund Wallis Gertrude E. JenningsFive Birds in a CagePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hillsborough”: 24 Jan 1940 R. H. Robson in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
[...]
7. Two one act plays were then...		Mary E. Robson Gertrude E. JenningsFive Birds in a CagePrint: Book


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