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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?Macaulay, who had recently died, was greatly in vogue. I had read with enjoyment and advantage his "History of England" and some of his essays.'Thomas Burt Thomas Babbington Macaulay[essays]Print: Unknown
1850-1899?Joe was never tired of expatiating on the beauties and grandeur of Wordsworth, and my lack of responsiveness must have occasionally surprised him. When he selected some ...Thomas Burt William WordsworthThe Highland GirlPrint: Book
1850-1899?This period gave me unnumbered hours for reading, and I devoured everything that came in my way, novels, histories, travels, even "The lives of the Stoics". There was no...Thomas Catling [unknown]The lives of the StoicsPrint: Book
1850-1899?This period gave me unnumbered hours for reading, and I devoured everything that came in my way, novels, histories, travels, even "The lives of the Stoics". There was no...Thomas Catling [unknown][unknown various titles]Print: Book
1850-1899'Repeated Longfellow?s Psalm of Life. Read three first chapters of Chaucer?s Prologue. I had been depressed and ill all the morning, a little intercourse with minds see...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPsalm of LifePrint: Book
1850-1899'Repeated Longfellow?s Psalm of Life. Read three first chapters of Chaucer's Prologue. I had been depressed and ill all the morning, a little intercourse with minds see...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Geoffrey ChaucerCanterbury TalesPrint: Book
1850-1899'During breakfast I read some of Mme. d'Arblay's Memoirs to dear Charley, who was much interested in her account of Dr. Johnson. He had not read it before, and I had not...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Frances BurneyMemoirsPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening we all went over to the Camerons. Several Pre-Raphaelite artists were there to meet Tennyson; Hunt and Rossetti and one or two whose names I did not gath...Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred, Lord TennysonMorte d'ArthurUnknown
1850-1899[editor's narrative] 'A visit to Dresden was richly rewarded by the acquisition of six valuable fans to add to Lady Charlotte's collection, but it was a regret to have re...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Horace WalpoleunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899[editor's narrative] 'A visit to Dresden was richly rewarded by the acquisition of six valuable fans to add to Lady Charlotte's collection, but it was a regret to have re...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Samuel PepysJournalPrint: Book
1850-1899November 19, 1880 [Paris] 'I have been reading with great interest Humphrey Clinker [sic], which I like much the best of Smollett's works. I read Peregrine Pickle some y...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Tobias SmollettHumphry ClinkerPrint: Book
1850-1899November 19, 1880 [Paris] 'I have been reading with great interest Humphrey Clinker [sic], which I like much the best of Smollett's works. I read Peregrine Pickle some y...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Laurence SterneSentimental Journey, APrint: Book
1850-1899November 19, 1880 [Paris] 'I have been reading with great interest Humphrey Clinker [sic], which I like much the best of Smollett's works. I read Peregrine Pickle some y...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Tobias SmollettRoderick RandomPrint: Book
1850-1899November 18, 1881 [Paris] 'This morning I laid in a stock of Tauchnitzes, and am beginning a pleasant sketch of Miss Thackeray's on Mme. de Sevigne. Apropos of books, I ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Anne Isabella Thackeray RitchieMadame de SevignePrint: Book
1850-1899March 16, 1884 [Lisbon] 'I am now reading to C.S. [Charles Schreiber] that charming book Rob Roy. Scott never palls. In the steamer we amused ourselves with Barnaby Rud...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Walter ScottRob RoyPrint: Book
1850-1899March 16, 1884 [Lisbon] 'I am now reading to C.S. [Charles Schreiber] that charming book Rob Roy. Scott never palls. In the steamer we amused ourselves with Barnaby Rud...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Charles DickensBarnaby RudgePrint: Book
1850-1899March 16, 1884 [Lisbon] 'I am now reading to C.S. [Charles Schreiber] that charming book Rob Roy. Scott never palls. In the steamer we amused ourselves with Barnaby Rud...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Charles DickensOld Curiosity Shop, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899March 16, 1884 [Lisbon] 'I am now reading to C.S. [Charles Schreiber] that charming book Rob Roy. Scott never palls. In the steamer we amused ourselves with Barnaby Rud...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Charles DickensPickwick Papers, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Ruy Blas aloud. Afterwards saw three acts'.George Eliot [pseud] Victor HugoRuy BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899[Marginalia]: Each sermon has a ms date (or dates), possibly indicating use of material: e.g. p. 40 sermon on "Self-ignorance" has ms note 'Ex. F.G. [?] August 8th 1858/...John CairdSermonsPrint: Book


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