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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
 
1900-1945'I have read 100 pages of 'L. Leuwen'. [Lucien Leuwen] It is exceedingly fine, but I don’t yet class it with 'La Chartreuse'.[La Chartreuse de Parme]Arnold Bennett Henri Beyle [Stendhal]Lucien LeuwenPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have read 100 pages of 'L. Leuwen'. [Lucien Leuwen] It is exceedingly fine, but I don’t yet class it with 'La Chartreuse'.[La Chartreuse de Parme]Arnold Bennett Henri Beyle [Stendhal]La Chartreuse de ParmePrint: Book
1800-1849'Some three weeks ago, a packet of Books arrived here, accompanied with a Letter addressed A l'Auteur de l'Article intitule, Caractere de notre Epoque, the whole perfectl...Thomas Carlyle Henri de Saint-SimoneNouveau ChristianismePrint: Book
1800-1849'Some three weeks ago, a packet of Books arrived here, accompanied with a Letter addressed A l'Auteur de l'Article intitule, Caractere de notre Epoque, the whole perfectl...Thomas Carlyle Henri de Saint-SimoneL'Industrie, ou discussions politiques, morales et...Print: Book
1850-1899'Finished reading the four last volumes of the "Histoire des Ordres Religieux". Began "La Beata", a story of Florentine life by T.A. Trollope. I am also reading Sachetti'...George Eliot [pseud.] Henri Marc-Bonnet"Histoire des Ordres Religieux"Print: Book
1850-1899'I read […] Martin’s "History of France"[…]'Robert Louis Stevenson Henri MartinHistory of FrancePrint: Book
1850-1899'I am reading in the evenings the Memoirs of Beaumarchais and Milne Edwards's Zoology'.George Eliot [pseud] Henri Milne-Edwards[work on Zoology]Print: Book
1850-1899'I have continued reading Milne-Edwards aloud, and have also read Harriet Martineau's article on Missions in the "Westminster", and one or two articles in the "National"....George Eliot (pseud) Henri Milne-Edwards[work on Zoology]Print: Book
1900-1945'The poet Clare Cameron, born Winifred Wells to a London blacksmith, was a 15s a week clerk given to artistic ecstasies... She ate cheap lunches at Lyons to save money fo...Clare Cameron Henri MurgerScenes de la BohemePrint: Book
1850-1899'In the late 1880s Gissing immersed himself in contemporary European fiction, as he had during previous periods of his life. Gissing's wide reading has been often noted b...George Gissing Henri MurgerScenes de la Vie BohemePrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Some marginal notes in English and French throughout, especially pp.127-37Vernon Lee Henri Etienne BeaunisLes sensations internesPrint: Book
1850-1899'[letter from Mrs Ward's brother William Arnold] I served on a jury at the Assizes last week - two murder cases and general horrors. I sat next to a Mr Amiel - prounounce...Mr Amiel Henri Frederic AmielJournal IntimePrint: Book
1850-1899'it was during this year [1884] that she began her translation of Amiel's "Journal".'Mary Augusta Ward Henri Frederic AmielJournal IntimePrint: Book
1850-1899'[letter from Mrs Ward to Gladstone] Thank you very much for the volume of "Gleanings" with its gracious inscription. I have read the article you point out to me with the...Mary Augusta Ward Henri Frederic AmielJournal IntimePrint: Book
1900-1945'Arrived: A book with a Chinese title of Scandinavian authorship translated by Mrs Reynolds. I am touched and pleased indeed by the kind`attention. Have looked into it al...Joseph Conrad Henri Jean François BorelWu Wei: A Phantasy Based on the Philosophy of Lao-...Print: Book
1700-1799'Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. Johnson. "I have been reading Twiss's 'Travels in Spain', which are just come out. They are as go...Samuel Johnson Henri Marie Ducrotay de BlainvilleTravels through Holland, Germany and Switzerland, ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Benjamin Constant is writing some of the most successful pamphlets of the day., particularly one in favour of the liberty of the press which Lady Holland has just sent t...Samuel Romilly Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque[pamphlet on press freedom]Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849'Benjamin Constant is writing some of the most successful pamphlets of the day, particularly one in favour of the liberty of the press which Lady Holland has just sent to...Anne Romilly Henri-Benjamin Constant-de Rebecque[pamphlet on press freedom]Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945Passages in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1944) include two short quotations, from Bede ('Two most wicked spirits rising with forks in their hands[...]') and Amiel ('...Edward Morgan Forster Henri-Frederic AmielFragments d'un Journal IntimePrint: Book
1900-1945'Finished reading Amiel's "Journal Intime" today. How easy for a critic to lapse into a patronising attitude towards this most sensitive man who was so critical of himsel...William Soutar Henri-Frédéric AmielThe Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielPrint: Book


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