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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'Reading English History, Reign of George III. Shakespeare's King John.'George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[English history in reign of George III]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Reading English History, Reign of George III. Shakespeare's King John.'George Eliot [pseud.] William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Went to hear Mr and Mrs Wigan read Tennyson and "the Rivals" at Apsley House'.Mr and Mrs WiganRichard Brinsley SheridanThe RivalsPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Went to hear Mr and Mrs Wigan read Tennyson and "the Rivals" at Apsley House'.Mr and Mrs WiganAlfred Lord TennysonunknownPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Aeschylus before breakfast'.George Eliot [pseud.] AeschylusunknownPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'in the evening I read G.'s article on Grote's Plato'.George Eliot [pseud.] George Henry Lewes[article on Grote's Plato]Manuscript: Unknown, ms of article
1850-1899'Finished the Agamemnon, 2nd time.'George Eliot [pseud.] AeschylusAgamemnonPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have been reading Villemarque's "Contes populaires des Anciens Bretons".'George Eliot [pseud.] Th?odore Claude Henri vicomte Hersart de la VillemarquContes populaires des anciens BretonsPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have only just returned to town, and found the Rhyming Chronicle [title underlined]. Your cousin must be worth knowing: there are some very charming things in her book...Alfred Tennyson Jean IngelowRhyming chronicle of incidents and feelingsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr Moultrie's poem seems spirited but I have had no time to study it well.'Alfred Tennyson John MoultrieThe Black FencePrint: Book
1850-1899'[Mrs Ward's report of a conversation with Gladstone] 'I spoke of Pattison's autobiography as illustrating Newman's hold. He agreed, but said that Pattison's religious ph...Mary Augusta Ward Mark PattisonMemoirsPrint: Book
1850-1899'... he devotes a whole serious and excellent essay to an exploration of the fame of Silas Hocking, who wrote novels calculated to please "the taste of the Methodist mill...Arnold Bennett Silas HockingunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'[Mrs Ward's report of a conversation with Gladstone] 'I spoke of Pattison's autobiography as illustrating Newman's hold. He agreed, but said that Pattison's religious ph...William Gladstone Mark PattisonMemoirsPrint: Book
1850-1899'With the Marriotts, Bennett found himself among friends. This was a cultured household, with musical evenings, improvised theatricals and constant talk of art. It was al...Arnold Bennett unknownunknownUnknown
1850-1899'The book ["Robert Elsmere"] had moved him [Gladstone] profoundly and he felt impelled to combat the all too dangerous conclusions to which it pointed. "Mamma and I", he ...William Gladstone Thucydides Print: Book
1850-1899'They would talk French, eat in French restaurants, read French newspapers and visit the British Museum together.'Arnold Bennett [French newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'From fine I turned to applied art, diverted by a periodical called The Girl's Own Paper. For a long period this monthly, which I now regard as quaint, but which I shall ...Arnold Bennett Girl's OwnPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899[reminiscing about the Ugly Duckling, first story he remembers reading when he was 6 or so] 'When the ugly duckling at last flew away on his strong pinions, and when he m...Arnold Bennett AnonUgly DucklingPrint: Book
1850-1899[Arnold Bennett's father] 'encouraged them to read. As soon as he had any money he began to buy books, and one of the features of the house in Waterloo Road was its "Book...Arnold Bennett unknownvariousPrint: Book
1850-1899'In these last years in the Five Towns, before he left for London, Bennet claims to have done little reading, apart from work for his law examinations; though he admits t...Arnold Bennett OuidaunknownPrint: Book


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