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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'Mustered in the afternoon & then went to the Yorick where I read the papers.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Among the eminent women who sought my [Harriet Martineau's] acquaintance by letter [in the early 1830s], and whom I have never seen, [is] [...] Miss Kelty [...] I have l...Harriet Martineau Miss KeltyReminiscences of Thought and FeelingPrint: Book
1850-1899The elderly Harriet Martineau reflects upon her altered reading capacity: 'I could not now read "Lalla Rookh" through before breakfast, as I did when it appeared. I cann...Harriet Martineau Walter ScottnovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899The elderly Harriet Martineau reflects upon her altered reading capacity: 'I could not now read "Lalla Rookh" through before breakfast, as I did when it appeared. I cann...Harriet Martineau Jane AustennovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899The elderly Harriet Martineau reflects upon her altered reading capacity: 'I could not now read "Lalla Rookh" through before breakfast, as I did when it appeared. I cann...Harriet Martineau unknowntravel writingPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'I [Harriet Martineau] wrote a letter [...] to an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, who was earnest in his endeavours to get workhouses supplied with milk and vegetables, ...Harriet Martineau Harriet MartineauLetter to Assistant poor-law CommissionerPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Harriet Martineau on the death of a Town Missionary acquaintance of hers: 'A friend of his at Birmingham wrote to me that he declared himself dying [of consumption] [...anon Harriet MartineauLetterManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Harriet Martineau on the death of a Town Missionary acquaintance of hers: 'A friend of his at Birmingham wrote to me that he declared himself dying [of consumption] [...anon Harriet MartineauLetterManuscript: Letter
1850-1899'When "Currer" [Charlotte Bronte] and I [Harriet Martineau] came home, there were proof-sheets [of Martineau's correspondence with Atkinson] lying; and I read her Mr. Atk...Harriet Martineau Mr AtkinsonLetter on "distribution of the brain"Print: In proof
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Harriet Martineau, on Martineau's published correspondence with Atkinson: 'Having read your book, I cannot now think it will create any outcry. You a...Charlotte Bronte Harriet Martineau and H.G. AtkinsonLetters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Developmen...Print: Book
1850-1899Harriet Martineau on the inspirations for her project of translating Comte: 'I obtained something like a clear preparatory view, at second-hand, from a friend [...] What ...Harriet Martineau Auguste ComteunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Harriet Martineau on the inspirations for her project of translating Comte: 'I obtained something like a clear preparatory view, at second-hand, from a friend [...] What ...Harriet Martineau G.H. LewesChapter on Auguste ComtePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Harriet Martineau on the inspirations for her project of translating Comte: 'I obtained something like a clear preparatory view, at second-hand, from a friend [...] What ...Harriet Martineau Littre"epitome" (relating to Auguste Comte)Print: Unknown
1850-1899'On the 8th of May [1851], I [Harriet Martineau] went for a fortnight to stay with some friends, between whom and myself there was cordial affection, though they were Swe...anon Auguste ComteunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'"Esmond" appears to me [Harriet Martineau] [italics]the [end italics] book of the century, in its department. I have read it three times; and each time with new wonder ...Harriet Martineau William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry Esmond EsqPrint: Book
1850-1899Harriet Martineau to E. J. Furnival, 5 October 1851, thanking him for a copy of Tennyson's "In Memoriam": 'Like most other people (whom I have met with, at least), I shra...Harriet Martineau Alfred TennysonIn Memoriam A. H. H.Print: Book
1850-1899Harriet Martineau, in letter of 20 March 1873: 'The Life of Dickens is far too exclusively occupied with his personal relations with Forster [...] Yet it has an interest,...Harriet Martineau John ForsterThe Life of Charles DickensPrint: Book
1850-1899Harriet Martineau to Mrs F. G. Shaw, 17 July 1874: 'I wish to send you my thanks [...] for sending me what I so much wished to see as Mr. Curtis's "Eulogy" on his friend ...Harriet Martineau CurtisEulogy on Charles SumnerUnknown
1850-1899Harriet Martineau, in postscript to letter written in the month before her death, to 'Mr. Atkinson', 19 May 1876: 'I am in a state of amazement at a discovery just made; ...Harriet Martineau Walter ScottThe Bride of LammermoorPrint: Book
1850-1899W. Matthews, father of Harriet Martineau's maid Marianne Matthews, to Martineau's sister Susan: 'A short time before the receipt of your kind letter of yesterday I was st...W. Matthews Local newspaperPrint: Newspaper


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