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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
 
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] was spending a couple of days at Mrs. Marsh's, when she asked me whether I would let her read to me "one or two little stories" which she had writt...Mrs Marsh Mrs MarshThe Admiral's DaughterManuscript: Unknown
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1800-1849		William Blake, in copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Works (1798) vol I: " '... I read Burkes Treatise [on the Sublime and Beautiful] when very Young at the same time I read Lo...William Blake Francis BaconThe Advancement of LearningPrint: Book
1850-1899'I would not, I could not, give up the rides and rambles that took up so much of my time, but I would try to overcome my disinclination to serious reading. There we...William Henry Hudson John LelandThe Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revel...Print: Book
1700-1799 'I am glad the Adventurers please your Ladiship. You think the Style of some of them uneasy and difficult. The principal Author has been thought an Imitator of Mr Johnso...Lady Bradshaigh John HawkesworthThe AdventurerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Robert Southey to John Horseman, 16-20 April 1794: 'Hawkesworth argues very strongly against indulging in these fantastical pleasures — they enervate the mind & by accus...Robert Southey John HawkesworthThe AdventurerPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 17 December 1752: 'Pray can you tell me any history of a new paper called the Adventurer? We hope much from it, though we have se...Catherine Talbot and family The AdventurerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 29 January 1753: 'I like the Adventurers; we all like them exceedingly [...] They do not abound in hard words, they are varied wi...Catherine Talbot and family The AdventurerPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons [unknown]The adventures of a lousePrint: Book
1850-1899'[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,...Edwin Whitlock anonThe Adventures of a PennyPrint: Book
1700-1799'I have been reading David Simple, "which I like well enough, and think there are a great many good reflections to be made from it, and therefore very amusing."
...		Charles Russell Sarah FieldingThe Adventures of David SimplePrint: Book
1800-1849'I got thro 6 chapters of Count Fathom- about an hours undertaking- and this has been the way thro my whole readings- a chapter at one hour - the volume thrown aside for ...William Upcott Tobias George SmollettThe Adventures of Ferdinand Count FathomPrint: Book
1800-1849From Alfred Tennyson's journal of his tour in Cornwall, 1848: '19th [June]. Finished reading Fathom.'Alfred Tennyson Tobias SmollettThe Adventures of Ferdinand, Count FathomPrint: Book
1600-1699'And after dinner up and read part of the new play of "The Five houres adventures"; which though I have seen it twice, yet I never did admire or understand it enough - it...Samuel Pepys Samuel TuckThe Adventures of five houresPrint: Book
1600-1699'Begun again to rise betimes, by 4 a-clock. And made an end of "The Adventures of five houres", and it is a most excellent play.'Samuel Pepys Samuel TuckThe Adventures of five houresPrint: Book
1850-1899'Since the age of five I have been a great reader [...]. At ten years of age I had read much of Victor Hugo and other romantics. I had read in Polish and in French, histo...Joseph Conrad Alain-Réné Lesage (Le Sage) The Adventures of Gil Blas of SantilanePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards—copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney George MeredithThe Adventures of Harry RichmondPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 12 June 1796: 'Lewis’s Monk I have not seen — [material scored out] Such publications may be made the vehicles of much truth & ...Robert Southey Thomas HolcroftThe Adventures of Hugh TrevorPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 14-18 October 1793: 'In the interim you shall have the remarks that occurrd upon reading Sir Launcelot Greaves on the road. B...Robert Southey Tobias SmollettThe Adventures of Humphry ClinkerPrint: Book
1700-1799'I went to see my Grandmother, she lent me 2 romances "Richard Couer de Lion" by Mr White author of "Earl Strongbow" & "John Of Gaunt". It begins with his escape out of p...Joseph Hunter James WhiteThe Adventures of King Richard Couer de LionPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have had all things considered and thanks principally to Philip, a very passable Christmas day [...] then went upstairs and read Phillip till lunchtime (you see I adhe...Robert Louis Stevenson William Makepeace ThackerayThe Adventures of PhilipPrint: Serial / periodical


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