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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
 
1900-1945Ex-Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey in the Falloden Papers, on how he spent his time after being deposed from the Cabinet in 1916: ' ... I spent some weeks alone in the ...Sir Edward Grey William ShakespeareplaysPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		H. J. Jackson notes observations by Leigh Hunt written into back of a copy of William Wycherley's Plays originally belonging to Charles Lamb, as well as other annotations...James Leigh Hunt William WycherleyPlaysPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		H. J. Jackson notes observations by Leigh Hunt written into back of a copy of William Wycherley's Plays originally belonging to Charles Lamb, as well as other annotations...Charles Lamb William WycherleyPlaysPrint: Book
1700-1799'Mary Delaney frequently discussed her reading of plays.'Mary Delany playsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 18 April 1864: "I got Browning's plays from J[ohn].'s [La Farge] and have been reading them with deep interest."Henry James Robert BrowningplaysPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read during 1944]: 'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyPlaysPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Henry Chorley, in Memorials of Mrs Hemans (1836): 'She [Felicia Hemans, nee Browne] was early a reader of Shakespeare; and, by way of securing shade and freedom from inte...Felicia Browne William ShakespeareplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the [italics]Spectator[end italics] and [italics]The Ram...Elizabeth Sewell MasonPlaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Nov-- 3rd. Rise at nine. Read Political Justice [...] Dine at four -- Read after dinner some Plays.' Claire Clairmont unknownplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday May 16th. [...] Read Plays by Farquhar.'Claire Clairmont George FarquharplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday May 17th. [...] Read Vanburgh Plays.'Claire Clairmont John VanburghplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to her uncle, Samuel Moulton-Barrett, c. December 1816: 'I have finished "Telemaque," and have read one, or two of Racines plays, which I like very m...Elizabeth Barrett Jean RacineplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 8 September 1830: 'I have been reading lately with my brothers some of Racine's plays [...] It is several years since I read t...Elizabeth Barrett and younger Moulton-Barrett brothersJean Jacques RacineplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 8 September 1830: 'I have been reading lately with my brothers some of Racine's plays [...] It is several years since I read t...Elizabeth Barrett Jean Jacques RacineplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elzabeth Barrett, 13 October 1836: 'I have just read your delightful ballad. My earliest book was "Percy's Reliques," the delight of my chil...Mary Russell Mitford Victor HugoplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 March 1842: 'I had two volumes of Euripedes [sic] with me in Devonshire -- & have read him as well as Aeschylus & Sophocles ...Elizabeth Barrett Aeschylus playsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 March 1842: 'I had two volumes of Euripedes [sic] with me in Devonshire -- & have read him as well as Aeschylus & Sophocles ...Elizabeth Barrett Sophocles playsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 March 1842: 'I had two volumes of Euripedes [sic] with me in Devonshire -- & have read him as well as Aeschylus & Sophocles ...Elizabeth Barrett Euripides playsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27-28 March 1842: 'Do you know how Mr Macready has been attacked for trying [...] to suppress [italics]the saloons[end ita...Elizabeth Barrett Francis Beaumont and John FletcherplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27-28 March 1842: 'Do you know how Mr Macready has been attacked for trying [...] to suppress [italics]the saloons[end itali...Elizabeth Barrett Philip MassingerplaysPrint: Book


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