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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 Edmund Gosse, 22 August 1894: " ... I have vowed not to open Lourdes [by Zola] till I shall have closed with a furious bang the unspeakable Lord Ormont, wh...Henry James George MeredithLord Ormont and His AmintaPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James, in letter of 13 December 1894 to Edmund Gosse, returns, and discusses reading (with enthusiasm) Gosse's article on Pater.Henry James Edmund Gosse"paper on Pater"Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Edmund Gosse, 27 December 1894: "I have been reading with the liveliest -- and almost painful -- interest the two volumes on the extraordinary Symonds."Henry James Horatio BrownMemoir of John Addington SymondsPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James writes (in French) on 12 February 1895 to Alphonse Daudet, on having read and enjoyed Daudet's new novel [Petite Paroisse], sent to him by Daudet, and re-read...Henry James Alphonse DaudetPetite ParoissePrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James writes (in French) on 12 February 1895 to Alphonse Daudet, on having read and enjoyed Daudet's new novel [Petite Paroisse], sent to him by Daudet, and re-read...Henry James Alphonse DaudetSaphoPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James writes (in French) on 12 February 1895 to Alphonse Daudet, on having read and enjoyed Daudet's new novel [Petite Paroisse], sent to him by Daudet, and re-read...Henry James Alphonse DaudetL'ImmortelPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Henry James Sr., from Paris, 20 December 1875: "I find the political situation here very interesting and devour the newspapers."Henry James newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Henry James Sr., from Paris, 20 December 1875: "I see both the Debats and the Temps every day ..."Henry James DebatsPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Henry James Sr., from Paris, 20 December 1875: "I see both the Debats and the Temps every day ..."Henry James TempsPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 3 February 1876: "Why won't you tell me the name of the author of the very charming notice of Roderick Hudson in the last Atlantic, w...Henry James anonReview of Henry James, Roderick HudsonPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to Alice James, 22 February, 1876: "Of course you have read Daniel Deronda, and I hope you have enjoyed it a tenth as much as I. It was disappointing, and it...Henry James George EliotDaniel DerondaPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs. Henry James Sr., 8 May 1876: "The other day I was at the house of a dreadful old lion huntress, Mme. Blaze de Bury -- an Englishwoman with a French hu...Mme. Blaze de Bury Henry JamesstoriesPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs. Henry James Sr., 8 May 1876: "I have been reading Macaulay's Life with extreme interest and entertainment, and admiration of the intellectual robustne...Henry James Thomas Babington MacaulayLifePrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs. Henry James Sr., 8 May 1876: "... [Daniel Deronda] disappoints me as it goes on -- the analysing and the sapience -- to say nothing of the tortuosity ...Henry James George EliotDaniel DerondaPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Henry James Sr., 13 February 1877: "I am writing this in the beautiful great library of the Athenaeum Club ... a little way off is the portly Archbishop of... unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Wiliam James, 28 February 1877: " ... [Henry Sidgwick] has read Roderick Hudson (!) and asked me to stop with him at Cambridge."Henry Sidgwick Henry JamesRoderick HudsonPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Alice James, 2 March 1877: "It is very late at night and I am in the delightful great drawingroom of the Athenaeum Club where I have been reading all the m...Henry James magazinesPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs John Rollin Tilton, 3 April 1878: " ... even in Rome I could not have done more than piangere over the King [Victor Emmanuel II]'s death, and that I di...Henry James The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Henry James Sr., 19 April 1878: "Two days since I dined with Frederick Macmillan to meet Mr Grove, the editor of their magazine, who had just been reading ...Archibald Grove Henry JamesThe AmericanPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Henry James Sr., 29 May 1878: " ... Sir Charles Dilke ... appears to have found time ... to read and be 'struck' by my French essays." Sir Charles Dilke Henry James"French essays"Print: Unknown


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