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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'The families at Deane - all pleased with it. Mrs Anna Harwood delighted with Mrs Norris & the green curtain.'Anna Harwood Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'The family at Upton Gray - all very amused with it. - Miss Bates a great favourite with Mrs Beaufoy.'[Mrs] Beaufoy Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1850-1899'The family is all very shaky in health but our motto is now "Al Monte!" in the words of Don Lope, in the play the sister and I are just beating through with two bad dict...Robert Louis Stevenson Lope de VegaunknownPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'The Famous Sonnet of Sir H: Wooton beginning. Ye meaner Beauties of the Night is likewise exquisitely pretty, and I shall never forget Baretti's Critique upon it as I th...Hester Lynch Thrale Henry Wooton'Ye meaner beauties of the night'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'The Famous Sonnet of Sir H: Wooton beginning. Ye meaner Beauties of the Night is likewise exquisitely pretty, and I shall never forget Baretti's Critique upon it as I th...Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti Henry Wooton'Ye meaner beauties of the night'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'the famous Tristram Shandy itself is not absolutely original: for when I was at Derby in the Summer of 1774 I strolled by mere chance into a Bookseller's Shop, where how...Hester Lynch Thrale Anon.ife and Memoirs of Mr Ephraim Tristram Bates, comm...Print: Book
1700-1799'the famous Tristram Shandy itself is not absolutely original: for when I was at Derby in the Summer of 1774 I strolled by mere chance into a Bookseller's Shop, where how...Hester Lynch Thrale Laurence Sterneife and Opinions of Tristram ShandyPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Farbenlehre [The Theory (or Science) of Colour], which you are so good as to offer me, I have never seen, and shall thankfully accept, and study, it.'Thomas Carlyle Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFarbenlehrePrint: Book
1850-1899'The farm [a family property] in Lincolnshire consumed a vast deal of our time all through [...] 1853 [...] Grote worked at intervals even at the farm [...] the operati...George Grote Stephens'Book of the Farm'Print: Book
1900-1945'The father of Labour politician T. Dan Smith, a Wallsend miner, was facinated by travel books, Twain's Innocents Abroad, Chaliapin, Caruso, and European affairs. But har...Mark Twain[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'The father of Labour politician T. Dan Smith, a Wallsend miner, was facinated by travel books, Twain's Innocents Abroad, Chaliapin, Caruso, and European affairs. But har... [unknown][travel books]Print: Book
1700-1799'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e...Marcus Tullius Cicero[Letters]
1700-1799'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e...Samuel Richardson Marcus Tullius Cicero Print: Book
1700-1799'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e...Samuel Richardson Conyers MiddletonHistory of the Life of Marcus Tullius CiceroPrint: Book
1700-1799'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e...Samuel Richardson Colley CibberThe Character and Conduct of Cicero ConsideredPrint: Book
1850-1899'The favourite literary pabulum of us boys at school, however, was less classical: "penny bloods" and other Weeklies issued in penny sheets, such as "Sweeny Todd the Barb...Thomas Okey [Thomas Peckett] [Prest]Sweeney Todd the BarberPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The favourite literary pabulum of us boys at school, however, was less classical: "penny bloods" and other Weeklies issued in penny sheets, such as "Sweeny Todd the Barb...Thomas Okey [unknown]Dick TurpinPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The favourite literary pabulum of us boys at school, however, was less classical: "penny bloods" and other Weeklies issued in penny sheets, such as "Sweeny Todd the Barb...Thomas Okey [unknown]Spring-heeled JackPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The favourite literary pabulum of us boys at school, however, was less classical: "penny bloods" and other Weeklies issued in penny sheets, such as "Sweeny Todd the Barb...Thomas Okey [unknown]Claude DuvalPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The favourite literary pabulum of us boys at school, however, was less classical: "penny bloods" and other Weeklies issued in penny sheets, such as "Sweeny Todd the Barb...Thomas Okey [unknown]Edith the CaptivePrint: Serial / periodical


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