Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   977 978 979 980 981  982  983 984 985 986 987   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'My father spoke at this time [1891] warmly of the gallant spirit of Sir Edward Reed's lines on the Fleet in the St James' Gazette; and said he liked much of Wallace's Da...Alfred Tennyson Alfred Russel WallaceDarwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural ...Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'One of the last letters my father wrote during this year [1891] was to the young poet William Watson, whose "Wordsworth's Grave" pleased him.'Alfred Tennyson William Watson'Wordsworth's Grave'Unknown
1850-1899'One of the last letters my father wrote during this year [1891] was to the young poet William Watson, whose "Wordsworth's Grave" pleased him [...] He praised too Mr Rudy...Alfred Tennyson Rudyard Kipling'The English Flag'Unknown
1850-1899'In January [1892] Dr Hubert Parry stayed with us at Farringford, for he wanted to hear my father read "The Lotos-Eaters" which he was setting to music. 'For the first...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe Lotos-EatersUnknown
1850-1899'In January [1892] Dr Hubert Parry stayed with us at Farringford, for he wanted to hear my father read "The Lotos-Eaters" which he was setting to music. 'For the first...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonOde on the Duke of WellingtonUnknown
1850-1899'In March [1892] he [Tennyson] recovered his voice [which had failed him during January] [...] He read "The Passing of Arthur" to Lord Houghton (now Lord Crewe) and his s...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe Passing of ArthurUnknown
1850-1899'On one of these June mornings [in 1892], Miss L----, who was a stranger to us, but whose brother we had known for some time, called upon us. My father took her over the ...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaud (extracts)Unknown
1850-1899'On one of these June mornings [in 1892], Miss L----, who was a stranger to us, but whose brother we had known for some time, called upon us. My father took her over the ...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe Spinster's Sweet-ArtsUnknown
1850-1899'On one of these June mornings [in 1892], Miss L----, who was a stranger to us, but whose brother we had known for some time, called upon us. My father took her over the ...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonEnoch Arden (extracts)Unknown
1850-1899'In the evening took Polly out for a little walk after I had finished reading [aloud?] "She stoops to conquer".'John Buckley Castieau Oliver GoldsmithShe stoops to conquerPrint: Book
1850-1899'Polly read the Australasian till she was tired & then went to bed'Polly Castieau [n/a]AustralasianPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I like your "Byron" well ...'Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest HenleyAthenaeum, 'The Poetry of Byron'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I liked your ... "Berlioz" better.'Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest HenleyCornhill Magazine 'Hector Berlioz: a Biography'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'When we were tired of singing we went into the house & did some Shakespearian Readings. Harry & I read the Grave-diggers. Harry read the Gravediggers very well. Afterwar...Castieau familyWilliam ShakespeareTaming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the beginning of September [1892], though feeling very ill, my father looked over a book of poems at the earnest entreaty of a stranger, Mr Dalmon, and made one or tw...Alfred Tennyson DalmonpoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's accounts of 'Last Talks' with his father: 'While reading an article in the Spectator on blank verse, he observed: "I have been reading in the Sp...Alfred Tennyson article on Keats and WordsworthPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's accounts of 'Last Talks' with his father: '"'L'Agonie' by Sully Prudhomme I have just been reading, and think it very beautiful, yet very sad; a...Alfred Tennyson Sully PrudhommeL'AgoniePrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's accounts of 'Last Talks' with his father: '"'L'Agonie' by Sully Prudhomme I have just been reading, and think it very beautiful, yet very sad; a...Alfred Tennyson Alfred de Mussetpoems including 'Tristesse'Print: Unknown
1850-1899'In 1885 he [Tennyson] came across Amiel's Journal Intime, and thought his criticisms on Hugo and literature in general good; but that the Journal throughout was too morb...Alfred Tennyson AmielJournal IntimePrint: Book
1850-1899'In 1885 he [Tennyson] came across Amiel's Journal Intime, and thought his criticisms on Hugo and literature in general good; but that the Journal throughout was too morb...Alfred Tennyson CoppeepoemsPrint: Unknown


Go to page: [1]   977 978 979 980 981  982  983 984 985 986 987   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design