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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'We are in the far west. The journey North was a long one – from 9 am till 6.30 I had a Browning & Thackeray, a Criminal Digest & some need to work to occupy me & so t...Cornelia Sorabji Criminal DigestPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are in the far west. The journey North was a long one – from 9 am till 6.30 I had a Browning & Thackeray, a Criminal Digest & some need to work to occupy me & so t...Richard Sorabji LyttonunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'We are much interested in the view taken by Mr. Norris in his book "When will the Lord return" that His coming is indicated by Scripture to be about 1918.'Albert Ruskin Cook Harold NorrisWhen Will Our Lord Return? Prophetic Times and War...Print: Book
1800-1849'We are near the end of Macauley's 'History', and it is very entertaining reading.'Fanny Allen Thomas Babington MacauleyHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are not delighted with ''Sir H. Taylor's Letters''. They are not a bit fresh or spontaneous'.Emma Darwin unknown unknownSir H. Taylor's LettersPrint: Book
1900-1945'We are now on board ship and expect to have four or five days of it. It does seem a pity to have got so near home and be unable to get nearer. Still, I have heard ...Robert Dunlop Smith Ian HayThe Right StuffPrint: Book
1800-1849'We are now reading at the tea table, Evan's Tourist.'John Cole EvansTouristPrint: Book
1900-1945'We are reading "The Prisoner of Zenda" in sewing lessons. It is very exciting, and I love it.'Hilary Spalding Antony HopeThe Prizoner of ZendaPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading aloud Huber's "History of Bees", and the "Life of Charlotte Bronte" for the second time.'George Eliot (pseud) and G.H. LewesElizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading aloud Huber's "History of Bees", and the "Life of Charlotte Bronte" for the second time.'George Eliot (pseud) and G.H. LewesFrancois HuberNew Observations on the Natural History of BeesPrint: Book
1800-1849'We are reading Barretti's other book, & find him dreadfully abusive of poor Mr Sharpe.'Jane Austen Joseph BarettiAccount of the Manners and Customs of ItalyPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Carlyle's "Cromwell" and "Aurora Leigh" again in the evenings. I am still in the "Oedipus Tyrannus", with Shelley's Poems and snatches of "Natural History...George Eliot and G.H. LewesElizabeth Barrett BrowningAurora LeighPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Carlyle's "Cromwell" and "Aurora Leigh" again in the evenings. I am still in the "Oedipus Tyrannus", with Shelley's Poems and snatches of "Natural History...George Eliot and G.H. LewesThomas CarlyleCromwellPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Carlyle's "Cromwell" and "Aurora Leigh" again in the evenings. I am still in the "Oedipus Tyrannus", with Shelley's Poems and snatches of "Natural History...George Eliot (pseud) Sophocles Oedipus RexPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Carlyle's "Cromwell" and "Aurora Leigh" again in the evenings. I am still in the "Oedipus Tyrannus", with Shelley's Poems and snatches of "Natural History...George Eliot (pseud) Percy Bysshe Shelley[Poems]Print: Book
1800-1849'We are reading Clarentine, & are surprised to find how foolish it is. I remember liking it much less on a 2d reading than at the 1st & it does not bear a 3d at all. It i...Jane Austen Sarah Harriet BurneyClarentine, A NovelPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Gall's Anatomie et Physiologie du Cerveau in the evening, with, occasionally, Carpenter's Comparative Physiology. The Newcomes as light fare after dinner'George Eliot and G.H. LewesWilliam Benjamin CarpenterPrinciples of General and Comparative PhysiologyPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Gall's Anatomie et Physiologie du Cerveau in the evening, with, occasionally, Carpenter's Comparative Physiology. The Newcomes as light fare after dinner'...George Eliot and G.H. LewesFranz Joseph GallAnatomie et Physiologie du CerveauPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading Gall's Anatomie et Physiologie du Cerveau in the evening, with, occasionally, Carpenter's Comparative Physiology. The Newcomes as light fare after dinner'...George Eliot and G.H. LewesWilliam Makepeace ThackerayThe NewcomesPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading in the evenings now, Sydney Smith's letters, Boswell, Whewell's "History of Inductive Sciences", "the Odyssey" and occasionally Heine's "Reisebilder". I b...George Eliot [pseud] Homer Iliad, book IIPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown


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