Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   859 860 861 862 863  864  865 866 867 868 869   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs Henry James Sr., 16 March 1881: "I have of course read Grant Allen in the March Atlantic and think it seems prettily enough argued."Henry James Grant Allenarticle (?in response to work by William James)Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 4 October 1881, on Howells's new story, Dr Breen's Practice: "I won't forego the pleasure of letting you know ... what satisfaction t...Henry James Wiliam Dean HowellsDr. Breen's PracticePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Leon Edel notes: "In the weeks after his mother's death H[enry]J[ames] converted 'Daisy Miler' into a play, and before sailing read it to Mrs. [Isabella Stewart]Gardner."...Henry James Henry JamesDaisy MillerUnknown
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 27 November 1882: "I see in the last Academy that you have never seen the magazine [containing Howells's praise of Henry James; not c...Henry James The AcademyPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 27 November 1882: "Of the articles in the Saturday Review and Punam's Monthly [apparently concerning James and Howells's controversia...Henry James The Saturday ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to William James, 1 January 1883, on having received William's farewell letter to their father too late for Henry James Sr to see it before he died: "I went o...Henry James William Jamesletter to Henry James SrManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Henry James to G. W. Smalley, 21 February 1883: "I have just been reading in the Tribune your letter of Jan. 25, in which you devote a few lines to the silly article in t...Henry James G. W. Smalleyarticle on American novelsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Henry James to George Pellew, 23 June 1883: 'I found your thin red book [on Jane Austen] on my table when I came in late last night. I read it this morning before I left...Henry James George Pellewdissertation on Jane Austen's novelsPrint: Book
1850-1899'In reference to 'N.A.'s' notes on young Rob Roy, I should like to ask the writer if he will kindly inform us what authority he has for understanding so much in his notes...Robert Louis Stevenson N. A.'Young Rob Roy' in Stirling Observer Print: Newspaper
1850-1899?The "Morning Star" was at that time the leading Radical daily in London ? almost the only Radical daily, indeed. It was my custom every morning (Sundays excepted, of cou...William Edwin Adams [n/a]Morning StarPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899?We even formed a magazine club ? purchasing periodicals, reading them in turn, and then distributing them among the members. Thackeray?s "Virginians" and Dickens?s "Litt...William Adams and colleagues at the office of the 'Illustrated Times'William ThackerayVirginiansPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899?We even formed a magazine club ? purchasing periodicals, reading them in turn, and then distributing them among the members. Thackeray?s "Virginians" and Dickens?s "Litt...William Adams and colleagues at the office of the 'Illustrated Times'Charles DickensLittle DorrittPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Headache. Read Lucrezia Floriani. We are reading White's History of Selborne in the evening'.George Eliot and G.H. LewesGilbert WhiteThe Natural History of SelbornePrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Wallenstein and Schwann in the evenings'.George Eliot and G.H. LewesTheodor (?) SchwannunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Wallenstein and Schwann in the evenings'.George Eliot and G.H. LewesS.T. ColeridgeWallensteinPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Gall's Anatomie et Physiologie du Cerveau in the evening, with, occasionally, Carpenter's Comparative Physiology. The Newcomes as light fare after dinner'...George Eliot and G.H. LewesFranz Joseph GallAnatomie et Physiologie du CerveauPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Gall's Anatomie et Physiologie du Cerveau in the evening, with, occasionally, Carpenter's Comparative Physiology. The Newcomes as light fare after dinner'George Eliot and G.H. LewesWilliam Benjamin CarpenterPrinciples of General and Comparative PhysiologyPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Gall's Anatomie et Physiologie du Cerveau in the evening, with, occasionally, Carpenter's Comparative Physiology. The Newcomes as light fare after dinner'...George Eliot and G.H. LewesWilliam Makepeace ThackerayThe NewcomesPrint: Book
1850-1899'We have been reading Longfellow's Hiawatha'.George Eliot and G.H. LewesHenry Wadsworth LongfellowHiawathaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Began the Antigone, read Von Bohlen on Genesis, and Swedenborg'.George Eliot [pseud.] SophoclesAntigonePrint: Book


Go to page: [1]   859 860 861 862 863  864  865 866 867 868 869   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design