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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'In various letters to Osborne he mentions having received "Tom Jones" which he did not care for; "Jane Eyre" he thought a "wonderful book"; in a volume titled "British D...Arthur Symons Thomas CarlyleHeroes and Hero WorshipPrint: Book
1850-1899'In various letters to Osborne he mentions having received "Tom Jones" which he did not care for; "Jane Eyre" he thought a "wonderful book"; in a volume titled "British D...Arthur Symons William Makepeace ThackerayHenry EsmondPrint: Book
1850-1899'Arthur became interested in "humanity" when he discovered George Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel "Lavengro" (1851), which contains the author's adventures among gyp...Arthur Symons George BorrowLavengroPrint: Book
1850-1899'The weather was very wet all the evening so I was not able to go out & contented myself with reading Gil Blas till nearly bed-time'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read "Pot-Bouille"; "Pot-Bouille" made me laugh, there is one good character'Robert Louis Stevenson Emile ZolaPot-BouillePrint: Book
1850-1899'My dear General Wallace, -- I sat up the night before last to finish your beautiful book, and I assure you I find it difficult to express my admiration of it. It is won...Earl Dufferin Lew WallaceBen-Hur, A Tale of the ChristPrint: Book
1850-1899'Before leaving BIdeford, he told Osborne, he had read Rossetti's poems "rapturously": "I am mad about Rossetti ever since and I solemnly declare that of all poems tha...Arthur Symons Dante Gabriel Rossetti'Sister Helen'Print: Unknown
1850-1899'In June, a three-volume novel titled "Circe's Lovers" appeared, written by Leith Derwent (the pseudonym of John Veitch), a friend of Osborne. Interested in this novelist...Arthur Symons Leith Derwent [pseud.]Circe's LoversPrint: Book
1850-1899'In another letter Arthur praises William Dean Howells's "A Modern Instance" as "a owerful novel - bare, blank, utterly unidealised realism, not by any means the ideal 'i...Arthur Symons William Dean HowellsA Modern InstancePrint: Book
1850-1899'Now he discovered "one of Swinburne's models" - Gautier: "I have just bought is "Emaux et Camees", he told Osborne, "translated several of them, and read a good many. Sc...Arthur Symons Theophile GautierEmaux et CameesPrint: Book
1850-1899'In discussing Meredith's "Evan Harrington" (1861) in a letter to Campbell, Arthur reveals his Victorian-orientated interst in the autobiographical element in novels: ".....Arthur Symons George MeredithEvan HarringtonPrint: Book
1850-1899'On reading the subjoined chapters on the Turkish Bath, in Mr Urquhart's "Pillars of Hercules", I was electrified; and resolved, if possible, to add that institution to...Dr Richard Barter David UrquhartThe Pillars of Hercules, or, a narrative of travelPrint: Book
1850-1899In a notebook entry for 12 July 1896, Mattison expresses regret over the death of oscialist activist Caroline Martyn, mentioning that he has read of her illness in the La...Alf Mattison Keir HardieLabour LeaderPrint: Broadsheet, Newspaper
1850-1899'. H. Ewing's diary entry: 'In the evening Boy read Milton to me and I worked'.Alexander (Rex) Ewing John MiltonParadise Lost [?]Print: Book
1850-1899J. H. Ewing's diary entry: 'Boy read me Kingslake's account of the conflict [...] of the 2nd of Dec. Horribly interesting.' Alexander (Rex) Ewing Kingslake[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899J. H. Ewing diary entry: 'Last Chronicle of Barset'Juliana Horatia Ewing Anthony TrollopeLast Chronicle of BarsetPrint: Book
1850-1899J.H. Ewing's diary entry, July 23: 'Johnson's Meditations' Juliana Horatia Ewing Samuel JohnsonPrayers and Meditations [?]Print: Book
1850-1899J. H. Ewing's diary entry, April 10 1869: 'Goulburn's Study of the Holy Scriptures'Juliana Horatia Ewing Edward Meyrick GoulburnAn Introduction to the Devotional Study of the Hol...Print: Book
1850-1899J.H. Ewing diary entry, Aug. 25 1869: 'Read Drew'Juliana Horatia Ewing Drew[unknown]Unknown
1850-1899J.H. Ewing diary entry, July 13th 1869: 'Good Words'. Juliana Horatia Ewing [n/a]Good WordsPrint: Serial / periodical


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