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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
 
1850-1899'In the evening we went to Spargnapini's, and had some chocolate and read the papers. G. finished reading allowed (sic) the Merchant of Venice, and I the first vol. of Wi...George Eliot and G.H. Lewes newspapersPrint: NewspaperManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Finished Lessing's Laocoon - the most un-German of all German books that I have ever read.The style is strong clear and lively, the thoughts acute and pregnant. It is we...George Eliot [pseud] Gotthold Ephraim LessingLaocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Po...Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Ill all day and unable to go out. G. finished Romeo and Juliet'.George Henry Lewes William ShakespeareRomeo and JulietPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'The weather continues disagreeable and the streets dirty. Read Jacobi's Briefe uber Spinoza.'George Eliot [pseud] Friedrich Heinrich JacobiBriefe Uber SpinozaPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Home for half an hour and read Nathan der Weise'.George Eliot [pseud] Gotthold Ephraim LessingNathan der WeisePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'G. read Julius Caesar aloud, as far as Caesar's appearance in the senate house. Very much struck with the masculine style of this play and its vigorous moderation compar...George Henry Lewes William ShakespeareJulius CaesarPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899''Finished Minna von Barnhelm... G. began Antony and Cleopatra'.George Henry Lewes William ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899''Finished Minna von Barnhelm... G. began Antony and Cleopatra'.George Eliot [pseud] Gotthold Ephraim LessingMinna von BarnhelmPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Began the Italianische Reise.'George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von GoetheItalianische ReisePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Not well in the morning. Finished Fanny Lewald's Wandlungen'.George Eliot [pseud] Fanny LewaldWandlungenPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Italianische Reise - Residence in Naples. Pretty passage about a star seen through a chink in the ceiling as he lay in bed. G. read Henry IV'George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von GoetheItalianische ReisePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Italianische Reise - Residence in Naples. Pretty passage about a star seen through a chink in the ceiling as he lay in bed. G. read Henry IV'George Henry Lewes William ShakespeareHenry IVPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have begun Scherr's Geschichte Deutschen Cultur und Sitte'.George Eliot [pseud] Johannes ScherrGeschichte Deutschen Cultur und Sitte'Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Robert Louis Stevenson, 15 April 1892: "I send you by this post the magnificent Memoires de Marbot, which should have gone to you sooner by my hand if I ha...Henry James Marcelin MarbotMemoiresPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Robert Louis Stevenson, 15 April 1892: "... I have just read the last page of the sweet collection of some of your happiest lucubrations put forth by the c...Henry James Robert Louis StevensonAcross the PlainsPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 4 July 1892: "Have you read any of ... [Paul Bourget's] novels? If you haven't, don't ... Make an exception, however, for Terre Prom...Henry James Paul BourgetLa Terre promiseManuscript: Sheet, proofs
1850-1899Henry James to Robert Louis Stevenson, 8 June 1893: "It was only when I came back [from travels abroad] the other day that I could put my hand on the Island Nights, which...Henry James Robert Louis StevensonIsland NightsPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 15 November 1893: "The two beautiful volumes of dear J[ames] R[ussell] L[owell] constitute a gift for the substantial grace of which ...Henry James James Russell LowellLetters of James Russell LowellPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James, in 28 January 1894 letter to John Hay, explains how he learned of the manner of the death of Constance Fenimore Woolson in Venice: " ... coming in -- from Co...Henry James cutting from Venetian newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James, in letters to his brother, and sister-in-law, Mr and Mrs William James (25 May 1894; 28 May 1894) discusses his reading of his copy of his sister Alice James...Henry James Alice JamesThe Diary of Alice JamesPrint: Book


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