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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
 
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 8 March 1851:

'I have read "Rose Douglas" — read it with a tranquil but not a shallow pleasure; full well do I like...		Charlotte Brontë Sarah R. WhiteheadRose Douglas; or, Sketches of a Country Parish: be...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 April 1845: '[Charles Bernard] is a very worldly writer, to my mind; & really I like George Sand's wickedness better, -- ...Elizabeth Barrett George SandRose et BlanchePrint: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...		Harriet Bickersteth Cook Kate Douglas WigginRose o' the RiverPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 26 April 1848:

'I have now read "Rose, Blanche, and Violet," and I will tell you, as well...		Charlotte Brontë G. H. LewesRose, Blanche, and VioletUnknown
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Mrs Causley Joseph HockingRosemary CarewPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the afternoon, Mrs M & I walked to the quay hotel etc. where we met Mrs Hening of Chichester who was staying in lodgings at Littlehampton. We however found it so cold...Miss PilkingtonRosinaPrint: Book
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons [unknown]Roslin CastlePrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Edmund Gosse, 28 April 1891: "I return the Ibsenite volume with many thanks -- especially for the opportunity to read your charming preface which is really...Henry James Henrik IbsenRosmersholmPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Rosmunda - Polinice & Antigone of Alfieri'Mary Shelley Vittorio AlfieriRosmundaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks for the "Rossetti". My opinion of it you know but I am reading it carefully. It is good.'Joseph Conrad Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)RossettiPrint: Book
1850-1899'Of course I had a shelf for my books..."Rosy's Voyage Around the World" was prime favourite.'Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes Rosy's Voyage Around the WorldPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read the Round Table'Mary Shelley William HazlittRound Table, The: A Collection of EssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Hugh Walpole, 11 April 1913: 'I have [...] read -- with difficulty -- another Young Fiction of the day [...] Gilbert Cannan's "Round the Corner".' Henry James Gilbert CannanRound the CornerPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read Round the Fire Stories by Conan Doyle. Joined the Library. Started Lettres de Mon Moulin Par Alphonse Daudet. No sign of peace. Will it last another year 2:1 it wil...William Thomas Arthur Conan DoyleRound the Fire StoriesPrint: Book
1850-1899'Thank you for your beautiful book, which I admired with my eyes and then read with great amusement.'Robert Louis Stevenson Peter Christen AsbjorsenRound the Yule LogPrint: Book
1900-1945'The evening was given over to the consideration of Thackeray. A paper by J.J. Cooper was read by Miss Marriage followed by readings from his works Charles E. Stansfiel...Henry Marriage Wallis William Makepeace ThackerayRoundabout PapersPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am very much interested in Morley's ''Life of Rousseau'' ... Morley does not gloss over any of his crimes or odiousness.'Emma Darwin John MorleyRousseauPrint: Book
1800-1849'I was invited on one occasion to Mr Champley's, in Newborough, where I saw a specimen of Etty's peculiar painting in the portrait of Mr Champley himself; and looked over...John Cole [unknown]Royal Academy CataloguePrint: Book, Pamphlet
1850-1899'Had a good breakfast sent into the mine & a good dinner. When I came out read a good bit of the Cornwall Gazette. Went out to see the old man. I then had my tea & ...James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]Royal Cornwall GazettePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Oh, I like all kinds of books - historical, semi-biography, well written. I liked "How Green was My Valley": and "All this and Heaven Too" ....I must say I can't read no...Georgette HeyerRoyal EscapePrint: Book


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