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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, 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
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Felicia Hemans, 20 April 1834, thanking her for the gift of a copy of her "National Lyrics and Songs for Music": 'many of the Pieces had fallen in m...William Wordsworth Felicia Hemans"Pilgrim's Song to the Evening Star"Print: Book
1850-1899'Began to read "Principles of Success in Literature".'George Eliot [pseud] George Henry Lewes"Principles of Success in LiteraturePrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to William James, 1 January 1870 (letter begun 27 December 1869): " ... I felt a most refreshing blast of paternity, the other day in reading Father's reply t...Henry James Henry James Sr"reply to a 'Swedenborgian'"Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Charlotte Mew to Mrs Catherine Dawson Scott, 12 May 1914: '"Looking through some of Ella [D'Arcy]'s old letters [...] I find she wrote to me 3 about the Requiescat ... sh...Ella D'Arcy Charlotte Mew"Requiescat"Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'One day my [Harriet Martineau's] mother was distressed at finding in the "Times" a ribald song addressed to me.'Elizabeth Martineau anon"ribald" song about Harriet MartineauPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'every day Spike Mays ran to his East Anglia school, where he studied "Robinson Crusoe", "Gulliver's Travels" and "Tales from Shakespeare".'Spike Mays Daniel Defoe"Robinson Crusoe"Print: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Clare Benedict, 13 September 1907: 'Returning to this place [Lamb House, Rye] early in July after a long absence abroad [...] I found the March "Atlantic" ...Henry James Clare Benedict"Roderick Eaton's Children"Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'My difficulties were much increased because none of the Turks could speak English. To get over this handicap, I tried to recollect some French, that admirable language...William Collis Spackman "salty French novels"Print: Book
1900-1945Penelope Fitzgerald relates how, during Charlotte Mew's stay at his home in December 1918, Thomas Hardy 'read some of his own poems to her, and she read him something whi...Charlotte Mew Charlotte Mew"Saturday Market"Unknown
1800-1849Robert Browning to Euprhasia Fanny Haworth, ?25 April 1839: 'You read Balzac's "Scenes" etc -- he is publishing one, "Beatrix", in the feuilleton of the "Siecle", day ...Euphrasia Fanny Haworth Honore de Balzac"Scenes"Print: Unknown
1800-1849Harriet Martineau to her mother, 17 June 1833: '[Coleridge] read me (most exquisitely) some scraps of antique English'.Samuel Taylor Coleridge "scraps of antique English"Unknown
1900-1945'Siegfried Sassoon [...] bought [Sydney] Cockerell the first number of [Harold] Monro's new shilling magazine, "The Monthly Chapbook". On the last page was Charlotte [Mew...Siegfried Sassoon Charlotte Mew"Sea Love"Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Siegfried Sassoon [...] bought [Sydney] Cockerell the first number of [Harold] Monro's new shilling magazine, "The Monthly Chapbook". On the last page was Charlotte [Mew...Sydney Cockerell Charlotte Mew"Sea Love"Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Siegfried Sassoon [...] bought [Sydney] Cockerell the first number of [Harold] Monro's new shilling magazine, "The Monthly Chapbook". On the last page was Charlotte [Mew...Thomas Hardy Charlotte Mew"Sea Love"Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I have just come across these lines by A. E., which I like, because the stars are your only companions on sentry duty in the trenches; and they seem filled with majesty ...Douglas Herbert Bell George William Russell"Shadows and Lights"Print: Unknown
1850-1899'The more I read of Mr. Hawthorne's writings the more intense does my admiration become. I read over the other day a part of his "House of the Seven Gables" and I don't...Margaret De Quincey William Wordsworth"She Was a Phantom of Delight"Print: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 17 July 1820, on books used in research for Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: 'I have consulted Sanuto -- Sandi -- Navagero -- & an anonymous Siege of...George Gordon Lord Byron unknown"Siege of Zara"Print: Book
1800-1849Arabella Moulton Barrett to her sister Elizabeth Barrett, c. August 1819: 'do you rememb'r simple susan and whim and contradiction I have just read them'. ...Arabella Moulton-Barrett Maria Edgeworth"Simple Susan"Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau on reading for research toward her series of 'Tales', during 1832: 'The scenery was furnished by books of travel obtained from the Public Library [...] ...Harriet Martineau Lichtenstein"South Africa"Print: Book


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