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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Hogg stays all day with us - talk with him and read the fall of the Jesuits and Rinaldo Renaldini - not in good spirits'.Mary Godwin Christian August VulpiusRinaldo Rinaldini, der RauberhauptmannPrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies: " ... your poem [Rinaldo] I have read with considerable attention."William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesRinaldo, a desultory PoemUnknown
1900-1945'the rest of the evening was devoted to Browning's The Ring & the Book. Henry M. Wallis read a masterly paper in introduction. This enabled those who had not read the lon...Reginald Robson Robert BrowningRing and the Book, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'the rest of the evening was devoted to Browning's The Ring & the Book. Henry M. Wallis read a masterly paper in introduction. This enabled those who had not read the lon...Alfred Rawlings Robert BrowningRing and the Book, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'the rest of the evening was devoted to Browning's The Ring & the Book. Henry M. Wallis read a masterly paper in introduction. This enabled those who had not read the lon...Mr Gidham Robert BrowningRing and the Book, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'the rest of the evening was devoted to Browning's The Ring & the Book. Henry M. Wallis read a masterly paper in introduction. This enabled those who had not read the lon...Katherine Evans Robert BrowningRing and the Book, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'the rest of the evening was devoted to Browning's The Ring & the Book. Henry M. Wallis read a masterly paper in introduction. This enabled those who had not read the lon...Henry Marriage Wallis Robert BrowningRing and the Book, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro...Michael Stapleton Washington IrvingRip van WinklePrint: Book
1850-1899'At "Rip Van Winkle" in evening, and much enjoyed it'John Ruskin Washington IrvingRip Van WinklePrint: Book
1900-1945'Gilbert Murray & his work was the subject for the evening & a paper was read by H.M. Wallis. This afforded an interesting & useful introduction to the evening's subject ...Henry Marriage Wallis Gilbert MurrayRise of the Greek Epic, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Gilbert Murray & his work was the subject for the evening & a paper was read by H.M. Wallis. This afforded an interesting & useful introduction to the evening's subject ...Helen Rawlings Gilbert MurrayRise of the Greek Epic, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'I tell [Mr Aide] my "honest opinion" of his [italics] first [end italics] volume at any rate: It introduces one just exactly into the kid of disrepuble [sic] society one...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Mr AideRitaPrint: Book
1850-1899"And that reminds me that the last Contemporary is worth looking at, not only for Gladstone's twaddle about Ritualism, wh. has sold ten editions of the number, twaddle th...Leslie Stephen W E GladstoneRitualism and RitualPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Doctor Hawkesworth has left a Tragedy in manuscript, which I have had the reading of, that I think capital; if want of Probability in the Story be excusable, for that se...Hester Lynch Thrale John HawkesworthRival, TheManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I finished reading "The Rivals", and have embarked on Bradley's "Shakespearean Tragedy"'.Hilary Spalding Richard Brinsley SheridanRivals, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I did a lot of "The Rivals", which I don't like a bit. It has momentary flashes of wit, but otherwise it's awful.'Hilary Spalding Richard Brinsley SheridanRivals, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding Richard Brinsley SheridanRivals, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849Lord Lonsdale to William Wordsworth, 1 May 1820: 'I have read the Sonnets on the Duddon, and the notes annexed to them with great Pleasure ... the perusal of them afforde...Lord Lonsdale William WordsworthRiver Duddon, A Series of Sonnets, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Yes I know Sudermann ? his play ?Magda? was one of Mrs Pat. Campbell?s great parts ? and I believe he was the author of a book called ?The Song of Songs? that Billie Woo...Winifred Agnes Moore Susan GlaspellRoad to the TemplePrint: Book
1900-1945'Started to read George Orwell's "Road to Wigan Pier" -Left Book Club choice for March. Arrived at Liverpool St. punctually at 9.30.' George OrwellRoad to Wigan PierPrint: Book


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