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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
 
1800-1849Elizabeth 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 Ben JonsonplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 January 1844: 'For the Dramas [of Richard Hengist Horne], we owe you many thanks -- we have read them all, & admired them al...Thomas Westwood Richard Hengist HorneplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 November 1844: 'I read Don Juan d'Autriche -- & looked into a good deal, .. or perhaps not a good deal, .. of Casimir D...Elizabeth Barrett Casimir DelavigneplaysPrint: Book
1850-1899E. M. Forster to Alice Clara Forster, 5 November 1899: 'I have been reading Bernard Shaw's plays. Wonderfully clever & amusing, but they make me feel bad inside.'Edward Morgan Forster George Bernard ShawplaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yet when the War broke out, I did not clearly understand what was meant by homosexuality, incest or sodomy, and was puzzled by the shadow that clung to the name of Oscar...Vera Brittain Oscar WildeplaysPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Besides studying Greek and Latin, Gifford learnt French and Spanish while at Oxford. He went through Moliere's plays twice and Voltaire's works once.'William Gifford Moliere playsPrint: Book
1850-1899[between journal entries for 6 November 1889 and 2 Jun 1890] 'From one till two every day, a Mr. Upton came to read to [Lady Charlotte Schreiber], first the Times and ...William ShakespeareplaysPrint: Book
1700-1799'Under [Anne Rutherford Scott, his mother's] strong encouragement Scott, at the age of seven, read aloud Shakespeare's plays and the Arabian Nights in the family circle'.Walter Scott William ShakespeareplaysPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 23 December 1751: 'I want to talk to you of Fontanelle's Plays, have you seen them? They are incomparable. Truth, virtue, simplic...Catherine Talbot Bernard le Bovier de FontenellePlaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 December 1836: 'How much ignorance I have to confess in sackcloth, with respect to the old dramatists! -- for indeed I ...Elizabeth Barrett Francis Beaumont and John Fletcherplays (extracts)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 December 1836: 'How much ignorance I have to confess in sackcloth, with respect to the old dramatists! -- for indeed I ...Elizabeth Barrett John Fordplays (extracts)Print: Book
1800-1849 'Then we write a part of the romance and read some Shakespears [sic]'.Percy Bysshe Shelley William ShakespearePlays including Richard III and King LearPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding J.M. BarriePlays of J.M. BarriePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Miss Berry [...] told me [Harriet Martineau] how she found on her table, on her return from a ball, a volume of plays [Joanna Baillie's "Plays on the Passions"]; and how...Mary Berry Joanna BailliePlays on the PassionsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge William ShakespearePlays [various]Print: Book
1900-1945MS note at the end of "The man of destiny": "Dec 5 1926 Read aloud to C, [i.e. Lady Caroline Trevelyan] - as I once did to poor George Vanderbilt".George Otto Trevelyan George Bernard ShawPlays: pleasant and unpleasantPrint: Book
1900-1945'A varied series of anonymous essays were then read - with the following titles The Love of a Nation The Tiger & the Lady Building Quaker Stories Henry Lawrence The...members of the XII Book Club [a member of the XII Book Club]Pleasure of Winter Bathing, TheManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding unknownPleasure of your Company, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Letter to Miss Dunbar May 1802 [see note] 'Did I tell you I read "Campbell?s Pleasures of Hope" at Wells and was charmed and elevated beyond measure ?'Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Thomas CampbellPleasures of hopePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] "I see they have published a splendid edition of Akenside's works. One bad ode may be suffered; but a number of them together makes one sick." Boswell. "A...James Boswell Mark AkensidePleasures of Imagination, ThePrint: Book


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