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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'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] [Mrs] Grey[Etruscan subjects]Print: Book
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] George DennisCities and Cemeteries of Etruria, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] Ben JonsonAlchemist, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] Ben JonsonVolponePrint: Book
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] John Bright[Speeches]Print: Book
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] George Gordon Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] John Bright[4th speech on India]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[Italian story]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] unknownSpectator, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] W Thomson[essay in Revue des Cours]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Aloud [these past two days] I have read Bright's speeches and "I promessi sposi". To myself I have read Mommsen's Rome'.George Eliot [pseud.] Alessandro ManzoniI Promessi SposiPrint: Book
1850-1899'Aloud [these past two days] I have read Bright's speeches and "I promessi sposi". To myself I have read Mommsen's Rome'.George Eliot [pseud.] Theodor MommsenHistory of RomePrint: Book
1850-1899'The last few days I have been looking through Matthew Arnold's poems, and find his earlier ones very superior to the later'.George Eliot [pseud] Matthew Arnold[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening I read aloud a short speech of Bright's on Ireland, delivered 20 years ago, in which he insists that nothing will be a remedy for the woes of that country...George Eliot [pseud] John Bright[speech on Ireland and Church Establishment]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening I read aloud a short speech of Bright's on Ireland, delivered 20 years ago, in which he insists that nothing will be a remedy for the woes of that country...George Eliot [pseud] [n/a]Spectator, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'G. finished reading "Seraphime" aloud to me'.George Henry Lewes [unknown]SeraphimePrint: Unknown
1850-1899'I am reading about plants, and Helmholtz on music'George Eliot [pseud] Hermann von Helmholtz[book on music]Print: Book
1850-1899'I am reading about plants, and Helmholtz on music'George Eliot [pseud] [unknown][books on plants]Print: Book
1850-1899'Finished my readings in Lucretius. Reading Victor Hugo's "L'Homme qui rit". Also the Frau von Hillern's novel "Ein Arzt der Seele".'George Eliot [pseud] LucretiusDe Rerum NaturaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished my readings in Lucretius. Reading Victor Hugo's "L'Homme qui rit". Also the Frau von Hillern's novel "Ein Arzt der Seele".'George Eliot Victor HugoL'Homme Qui RitPrint: Book


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