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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
 
1800-1849'The Times recd this morning gives an account of the printing trade being in a very depressed state at present. I think Cobbett has commited himself dreadfully...'Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'The Times this morning seems to think that the corn question will meet with the same treatment as catholic emancipation'Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'The title is, The Neighbours ? just a title for Miss Austen you see! ? And for Miss Austen, you shall praise her as much as you please. She is delightful exquisite in h...Elizabeth Barrett Mary Russell MitfordOur VillagePrint: Book
1800-1849'The title is, The Neighbours ? just a title for Miss Austen you see! ? And for Miss Austen, you shall praise her as much as you please. She is delightful exquisite in h...Elizabeth Barrett Mary Russell MitfordBelford RegisPrint: Book
1800-1849'The title is, The Neighbours ? just a title for Miss Austen you see! ? And for Miss Austen, you shall praise her as much as you please. She is delightful exquisite in h...Elizabeth Barrett Jane AustenPersuasionPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Tom Poole book is pleasant except that every word of Coleridge's letters revolts me, they are a mixture of gush and mawkish egotism, and what seems like humbug.'Emma Darwin Margaret E. SandfordThomas Poole and his FriendsPrint: Book
1700-1799'The town soon went wild about the story [Evelina] [...] Mrs. Thrale read it, and liked it better than Madame Riccoboni's Tales [...] she lent it to Dr. Johnson. He was...Hester Thrale Frances BurneyEvelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the WorldPrint: Book
1700-1799'The town soon went wild about the story [Evelina] [...] Mrs. Thrale read it, and liked it better than Madame Riccoboni's Tales [...] she lent it to Dr. Johnson. He was...Samuel Johnson Frances BurneyEvelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the WorldPrint: Book
1700-1799'The town soon went wild about the story [Evelina] [...] Mrs. Thrale read it, and liked it better than Madame Riccoboni's Tales [...] she lent it to Dr. Johnson. He was...Hester Thrale Madame RiccoboniTalesPrint: Book
1850-1899'The trans: of the T.M.["The Time Machine"] is really first rate. What an admirably good thing it is, this T.M. How true,clever, ingenious, full of thought and beauty. I ...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G. (George) WellsThe Time MachinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The treasurers report showing a balance in hand of 19/- was read'Edith Smith Edith Smith[treasurer's report of XII Book Club]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The truth is that every true admirer of the novels cherishes the happy thought that he alone — reading between the lines — has become the secret friend of th...Katherine Mansfield Jane Austen Print: Book
1850-1899'The truth of the matter is that it is you who have opened my eyes to the value and quality of Turgeniev. As a boy I remember reading "Smoke" in a Polish translation (a f...Joseph Conrad Ivan TurgenevSmokePrint: newspaper supplement/magazine ('feuilleton')
1850-1899'The truth of the matter is that it is you who have opened my eyes to the value and quality of Turgeniev. As a boy I remember reading "Smoke" in a Polish translation (a f...Joseph Conrad Ivan TurgenevA Nest of GentlefolksPrint: Book
1800-1849'The twin Magas are excellent with the exception of "La petite Madelaine" which to me is quite despicable! To slight your old friend for such feminine frible-frable! Wils...James Hogg Caroline Bowles Southey'La petite Madelaine'Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'The twin Magas are excellent with the exception of "La petite Madelaine" which to me is quite despicable! To slight your old friend for such feminine frible-frable! Wils...James Hogg John Wilson'Unimore. A Dream of the Highlands'Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'The two Examiners came on Wednesday: we like them much.'Thomas Carlyle The ExaminerPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The two middle verses of that song have haunted me ever since I was a child and used to go up into the dark drawing-room with a little wax taper in my hand ... a white t...Robert Louis Stevenson Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1850-1899'The two most interesting books I have read for some time are the Edgeworth Memoir (Lady Strangford's copy) and Ld Grey's 2 vols: of Correspondce between his father and W...Harriet Martineau Frances Edgeworth ?[possibly] A Memoir of Maria Edgeworth, with a Sel...Print: Book
1850-1899'The two most interesting books I have read for some time are the Edgeworth Memoir (Lady Strangford's copy) and Ld Grey's 2 vols: of Correspondce between his father and W...Harriet Martineau Henry, Earl GreyThe reform act, 1832; the correspondence of the la...Print: Book


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