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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'Then your simile about the spider and the King?s palace is very grim and good; like a sort of Quarles emblem; and that sentence begins admirably, although its feet are o...Robert Louis Stevenson Katharine de MattosunknownManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read & wrote till bed time'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'In the evening read the papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Had something to eat & then read & smoked till after twelve o'clock.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'I can say this much that your paper has impressed me very much, and I shall never get the village out of my head; I know the place; it is called (to imitate Bunyan) the ...Robert Louis Stevenson John BunyanThe Pilgrim?s Progress from this world to that whi...Print: Book
1850-1899'And yet I am going to send you a book that was written altogether in the spirit of that place. I send it however, because it is just one of those specimens of consummate...Robert Louis Stevenson Charles BaudelairePetits poemes en prosePrint: Book
1850-1899'Is it the third or the fifth book of Virgil you so much liked; I have taken to reading the third.'Robert Louis Stevenson VirgilThe Aeneid, Books III and probably VPrint: Book
1850-1899'I tried to read Tennyson?s Ode on the Dook of Wellington (which is the finest lyrical poem in the language in case you don?t know) aloud this morning, and I had a hand a...Robert Louis Stevenson Alfred, Lord TennysonOde on the Death of the Duke of Wellington.Print: Unknown
1850-1899 'The other main diversions of the voyage resolved themselves into reading unimportant novels aloud, by pairs, on the deck, and gambling in the smoking-room.' George Warrington Steevens unknownunknown [novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'I somehow could not think the gulph so impassable and read him some notes on the Duke of Argyll.'Robert Louis Stevenson George Campbell, 8th Duke of ArgyllThe Reign of LawPrint: Book
1850-1899'As if she had not already enough to occupy her mind [with business and legal affairs following her first husband's death in November 1852] Lady Charlotte now suddenly de...Lady Charlotte and Ivor GuestEuclid  Print: Book
1850-1899[Transcription] 'Das Herz ist mir bedruckt und sehnlich Gedenke ich der alten Zeit; Die Welt war damals noch so wohnlich Und ruhig lebten hin die Leut. Doch jetz...Robert Louis Stevenson Heinrich HeineDie Heimkehr. XXXIX Buch der LiederPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have been out reading Hallam in the garden ...'Robert Louis Stevenson Henry HallamConstitutional History of England [?]Print: Book
1850-18995 March 1853: 'At 6 I went down again to the [workmen's] Room and to my surprise found the library finished and furnished, the refreshments all about and everything lo...Dowlais Iron Company workers  Print: Newspaper
1850-189919 March 1853: 'I turned into the workmen's Room for a moment [...] About a dozen men were enjoying the smoking room. Maria [Lady Charlotte's daughter] counted 50 in t...Dowlais Iron Company workers  Print: Book
1850-1899'I have read Morley's second article on Education today'Robert Louis Stevenson John MorleyThe Struggle for National EducationPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I have meditated also a large work, on the Plan of ... Campbell's Chancellors ...'Robert Louis Stevenson John Lord CampbellLives of the Lord Chancellors etcPrint: Book
1850-1899'As Montaigne says, talking of something quite different:"Pour se laisser tomber a plomb, et de si haut, il faut que se soit entre les bras d'une affection solide, vigour...Robert Louis Stevenson Michel Eyquem de MontaigneLes Essais, Livre III, Ch XII, De la physionomiePrint: Book
1850-1899'I have had a day of open air; only a little modified by Le Capitaine Fracasse before the dining room fire.'Robert Louis Stevenson Theophile GautierLe Capitaine FracassePrint: Book
1850-1899'It has the same talent as Emaux et Camees and no other.'Robert Louis Stevenson Theophile GautierEmaux et CameesPrint: Book


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