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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
 
1900-1945'Two days afterwards I wrote to Clare during an air raid, enclosing a paragraph about her parents from the "Star Man's Diary" and a short appreciation which I had vainly ...Vera Brittain "Star Man's Diary"Print: Unknown
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's journal, 1890-91: 'May 28th. [1890] G. F. Watts left today, having done a fine portrait of my father [...] I read "The Golden Bough" and the "St...Hallam Tennyson "story of a Balaclava hero"Print: Unknown
1900-1945'After refreshment Geo Burrow told us of Meinholt's [sic] book "The Amber Witch" & of witchcraft & Howard R. Smith read a story written by H.M. Wallis who was unable to ...George Burrow Johannes Wilhelm Meinhold"The Amber Witch"Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 19 February 1799: 'Mr. Sotheby sent me his "Battle of the Nile." [...] There seems to be a number of good lines in the poem, but the conduct ...Mary Berry William Sotheby"The Battle of the Nile"Unknown
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of a voyage on the Pembroke Castle (September 1883): '[18 September] In response to an invitation from the hospitable Sir Donald [Currie...Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson"The Bugle Song"Unknown
1800-1849'In 1826 and early 1827, E[lizabeth] B[arrett] B[arrett] struggled with a long poem, "The Development of Genius" [...] She showed it to her father in early February 1827 ...Edward Moulton-Barrett Elizabeth Barrett"The Development of Genius"Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, March 1838: 'I have been reading the "Exile," from Marion Campbell, with much interest and delight'.Elizabeth Barrett Mary Russell Mitford"The Exile"Print: Book
1900-1945'In the early spring of 1913 Sappho [i.e. Mrs Catherine Dawson Scott, nicknamed after a poem she had authored] wrote in her diary: '"When Charlotte [Mew] came [to Mrs Da...Charlotte Mew Charlotte Mew"The Farmer's Bride"Unknown
1900-1945'Alida [Klementaski], like Mrs [Catherine] Dawson Scott, had read "The Farmer's Bride" in 1912, and had not forgotten it.' Alida Klementaski Charlotte Mew"The Farmer's Bride"Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Alida [Klementaski], like Mrs [Catherine] Dawson Scott, had read "The Farmer's Bride" in 1912, and had not forgotten it.' Catherine Dawson Scott Charlotte Mew"The Farmer's Bride"Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[Charlotte Mew's poem] "The Forest Road" is almost impossible to follow; Dr Scott [husband of Mew's friend Mrs Catherine Dawson Scott] read it and said it was so deeply ...Dr Scott Charlotte Mew"The Forest Road"Unknown
1850-1899'T.A. Jackson credited his Board school teachers with starting him on his career as a Marxist philosopher. They introduced him to Greek mythology, "which in time brought ...Thomas A. Jackson James George Frazer"The Golden Bough"Print: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of a voyage on the Pembroke Castle (September 1883): '[18 September] In response to an invitation from the hospitable Sir Donald [Currie...Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson"The Grandmother"Unknown
1800-1849Felicia Hemans to John Lodge, July 1831, on visit to Woodstock, Ireland: 'Amongst other persons of the party was Mr Henry Tighe, the widower of the poetess [Mary Tighe]. ...Henry Tighe Felicia Hemans"The Graves of a Household"Unknown
1850-1899E. M. Forster to Laura Mary Forster, 3 March 1898: 'I have just read a paper to the Classical Society on "The Greek Feeling for Nature"; everyone sat upon it very much...Edward Morgan Forster Edward Morgan Forster"The Greek Feeling for Nature"Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, c. June 1838: 'The opening stanzas of your poem would charm Criticism into silence, even if she had a little to say [goes on to discu...Elizabeth Barrett John Kenyon"The Greek Wife"Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Henry James to Mrs W. K. Clifford, 18 May 1912: 'I am reading the Green Book in bits -- as it were -- the only way in which I [italics]can[end italics] read (or at least ...Henry James unknown"the Green Book"Print: Book
1850-1899'I read your “Grosvenor”; I’ve seen more interesting articles of yours (beg parding!); but it seemed to me very nice in tone, and I think all the fellows should be please...Robert Louis Stevenson Sidney Colvin"The Grosvenor Gallery"Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'"In my childhood, I never met another who could not read", [H.M. Tomlinson] recalled. "Some of them could be so excited by the printed page that they passed on the fun t...H.M. Tomlinson Thomas Mayne Reid"The Headless Horseman"Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 11 December 1798: '[William] Roscoe has just sent us a poem of his translation from an Italian poet whose very name was unknown to my shadowy...Mary Berry Luigi Tansillo"The Nurse"Unknown


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