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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 Dessoir came and read Hamlet'.[M.] Dessoir William ShakespeareHamletPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'read... Shakspeare's (sic) Venus and Adonis'.George Eliot [pseud] William ShakespeareVenus and AdonisPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I read Shakspeare's (sic) "Passionate Pilgrim" at breakfast and found a sonnet in which he expresses admiration of Spenser (Sonnet VIII)... I must send word of this to G...George Eliot [pseud] William Shakespeare (and others)The Passionate PilgrimPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'After dinner read "Two Gentlemen of Verona" and some of the "Sonnets". That play disgusted me more than ever in the final scene where Valentine on Proteus' mere begging ...George Eliot [pseud] William ShakespeareTwo Gentlemen of VeronaPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'After dinner read "Two Gentlemen of Verona" and some of the "Sonnets". That play disgusted me more than ever in the final scene where Valentine on Proteus' mere begging ...George Eliot [pseud] William ShakespeareSonnetsPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Shakspeare's (sic) Sonnets and part of "Tempest"'George Eliot [pseud] William ShakespeareThe TempestPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read "Romeo and Juliet"'George Eliot [pseud] William ShakespeareRomeo and JulietPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read the "Leader" and the "Nibelungen Lied"'George Eliot [pseud] anon Nibelungen LiedPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read "Athenaeum"'George Eliot [pseud] [n/a]The AthenaeumPrint: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read article on Dryden in W.R. and looked through the "Contemporary Literature"'George Eliot [pseud] [n/a]The Contemporary LiteraturePrint: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read article on Dryden in W.R. and looked through the "Contemporary Literature"'George Eliot [pseud] unknown[article on Dryden in W.R. - a periodical?]Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Scherr on the Ritterlich-romantische Literatur'George Eliot [pseud] Johannes Scherr[perhaps] Geschichte der englischen Literatur?Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Began "Reineke Fuchs"'George Eliot [pseud] Johan Wolfgang von GoetheReineke FuchsPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Began Schrader's German Mythology'George Eliot [pseud] Eberhard Schrader[German Mythology]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Schrader. Spinoza. Leader and Athenaeum. "Genesis of Science". Gibbon.'George Eliot [pseud.] Herbert SpencerThe Genesis of SciencePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Henry V and Henry VIII'.George Eliot [pseud.] William ShakespeareHenry VPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Henry V and Henry VIII'.George Eliot [pseud.] William ShakespeareHenry VIIIPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Still feverish and unable to fix my mind steadily on reading or writing. Read the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parts of Henry VI, and began Richard II'.George Eliot [pseud.] William ShakespeareHenry VI, parts 1, 2 and 3Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Still feverish and unable to fix my mind steadily on reading or writing. Read the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parts of Henry VI, and began Richard II'.George Eliot [pseud.] William ShakespeareRichard IIPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Began... to read Cumming for article in Westminster'.George Eliot [pseud.] CummingunknownPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown



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