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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
 
1850-1899Henry James to Grace Norton, 16 July 1871, describing life at family home: " ... I make a very pleasant life of it. I linger in a darkened room all the forenoon, reading...Henry James unknown"lightish books"Print: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 9 August 1871: "Every now and then I vaguely scheme to take up my valises and walk ... yet here I am still, taking it all out in read...Henry James timetablesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Elizabeth Boott, 24 January 1872: "I heard read in MS. the other evening a new story by Bret Harte (for the next Atlantic) better than anything in his 'sec...Henry James Francis Bret Harte[unidentified story]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899 Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 4 February 1872: "You, like all the world here I suppose, have been reading Forster's Dickens. It interested, but disappointed me -...Henry James John ForsterLife of Charles DickensPrint: Book
1850-1899" ... [Henry James] would [after 1872] be a close reader of Renan ... whom he later met."Henry James Joseph Ernest RenanunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to William James, 28 September 1872 (letter begun 22 September): " ... I read the Figaro every day, religiously, and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth."Henry James Le FigaroPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to William James, 28 September 1872 (letter begun 22 September): "I read your Taine and admired, though but imperfectly understood it."Henry James William JamesReview of Hippolyte Taine, "On Intelligence"Print: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to William James, 8 January 1873: "Yesterday came an Atlantic with my Bethnal Green notice and its other rare treasures. The B.G.N. doesn't figure very solid...Henry James The Atlantic, including articles by Henry James an...Print: Serial / periodical, Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to William James, 8 January 1873, on meeting with Mrs Kemble on previous evening: "She is very magnificent, and was very gracious, and being draped (for an ev...Frances Anne Kemble William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's DreamUnknown
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs Henry James Sr, 26 January 1873: "I trust indeed [Edward S.] Stokes will be hanged [for murder of James Fisk]. I have just been reading in the Roman ne...Henry James Roman newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs Henry James Sr, 17 February 1873: "I read Italian regularly for a short time daily and find it very easy."Henry James unknownItalian textsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs Henry James Sr, 24 March 1873: "Thank him [Henry James Sr] ... greatly for his story of Mr Webster. It is admirable material, and excellently presente...Henry James Henry James Sranecdote/account ("story of Mr Webster")Manuscript: Sheet
1850-1899Henry James to William James, 9 April 1873: "Your letter was full of points of great interest. Your criticism on Middlemarch was excellent and I have duly transcribed it...Henry James William James"criticism of Middlemarch"Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 9 May 1873: "Some time since I began to read Tasso with Miss Bartlett and though he is very delicious I have let it become rather desu...Henry James and Miss BartlettTorquato TassounknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Sarah Butler Wister, 11 May 1873 (letter begun 9 May): "I have seen some newspaper mention of [Aimee Olympe] Desclee [actress]'s being about to appear with...Henry James newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James, in letter to William James, 19 May 1873, mentions receiving and reading a "scrap from the Advertiser" (enclosed in letter from William) about his work on Gau...Henry James comments on Henry James's April 1873 North America...Print: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 22 June 1873: "I heard from my mother a day or two since that your book is having a sale -- bless it! I haven't yet seen the last pa...Henry James William Dean HowellsA Chance Acquaintance (fifth part)Print: Book
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 22 June 1873: "I've just seen Aldrich's Marjory Daw in the Revue looking as natural as if begotten in the Gallic brain. It's a prett...Henry James Thomas Bailey AldrichMarjory DawPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 9 September 1873, regarding Howells's A Chance Acquaintance (just published): "I had great pleasure in reading it over ... [goes on t...Henry James William Dean HowellsA Chance AcquaintancePrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 9 January 1874, regarding first half of "tale" (Eugene Pickering) being sent in separate cover: "I have been reading it to my brother...Henry James Henry JamesEugene PickeringManuscript: Unknown


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