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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
 
1700-1799
1800-1849		The Cottagers of Glenburnie. 1 vol. by Miss Hamilton. A little tale tending to shew the folly of adhering to old customs merely because they have been habitual for many g...Ellen Weeton Miss Elizabeth HamiltonThe Cottagers of Glenburnie: A Tale for the FarmerPrint: Book
1800-1849"This minute I hear a carman is going to Navan, and I hasten to send you the Cottagers of Glenburnie, which I hope you will like as well as I do. I think it will do a vas...Maria Edgeworth Elizabeth HamiltonThe Cottages of GlenburniePrint: Book
1850-1899[at Englefield Green] 'I have finished Pulci there, and read aloud the "Chateau D'If" to G.'George Eliot [pseud] Alexandre Dumas (pere)The Count of Monte CristoPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'In the evening I played a game of bagatelle with Dotty & a game of Bezique with Sissy & with that & "Monte Christo" managed to get through the evening until Polly went t...John Buckley Castieau Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte CristoPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Missing Sewell on a stay at her aunt Mrs Hanbury's London house during late 1835: 'The house and the situation [John Street, Bedford Row] were alike dreary [.....Elizabeth Sewell Laetitia Matilda HawkinsThe Countess and GertrudePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 10 August 1836: 'I can tell you [...] of [John Kenyon's] having given himself a great deal of kind trouble in finding the ...Elizabeth Barrett Henry ShepherdThe Countess of EssexPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		"According to [James] Johnstoun, his supplement [to Sidney's Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia] grew out of his affection for Sidney's romance. Having read the Arcadia over...James Johnstoun Sir Philip SidneyThe Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaUnknown
1600-1699"According to one contemporary anecdote, when a would-be lover borrowed from the Arcadia to woo a lady, she immediately saw through his deception: she 'was so well versed...anon Sir Philip SidneyThe Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaUnknown
1600-1699"In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading: "'The 12th and 13th I spent most of the time in playing Geck...Moll Neville Philip SidneyThe Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaUnknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 1 October 1795, 'A good phrase of Sir P Sidneys for looking foolish. "he lookd like an Ape that had newly taken a purgatio...Robert Southey Sir Philip SidneyThe Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia Print: Book
1800-1849'Read the arcadia and Amadis'Mary Shelley Philip SidneyThe Countesse of Pembrokes ArcadiaPrint: Book
1900-1945‘At present I am “on sick” with lumbago, a horrid name … "Land and Water" is still very optimistic. My thoughts go onward to the dim time after the war, and the polit...Ivor Bertie Gurney Hilaire Belloc (ed)The Country Gentleman and Land and WaterPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I have also been making a study of "The Country House". You are one of the most cruel writers that ever wrote English. This statement I will die for. I don't know what...Arnold Bennett John GalsworthyThe Country HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'My dearest Jack I read the "C[ountry H[ouse]" with perfectly unalloyed delight. [...] I can only say it came to me in book form with a freshness, with a force, with an a...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Country HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'Very many thanks for the book ["The Country House"] and its dedication—it makes me very proud. I received it on Friday and began reading it straight off, but it wa...William Henry Hudson John GalsworthyThe Country HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'And that reminds me that your last Strand story was really admirable. A little faint towards the end I thought, but fundamentally damn good. 'Arnold Bennett H. G. WellsThe Country of the BlindPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Bosch put heavies into the camp now and then. I was busy in a small way most of the day, in the afternoon read Shelley, and Wells’ “[The] Country of the Blind” with eq...Edmund Blunden Herbert George WellsThe Country of the BlindPrint: Book
1900-1945'11.30 service. Rather depressed. Ev Bridge Won. Read the Wayfarers & the Country of the Blind by HG Wells.'William Thomas Herbert George WellsThe Country of the BlindPrint: Book
1900-1945'When one has set aside the rubbish that H. G. Wells always puts in, there remains a great deal of original, thoughtful and suggestive work in it. The "Door in the Wall...Clive Staples Lewis Herbert George WellsThe Country of the Blind, and Other StoriesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham, Northcourt Avenue. 13th Sept. 1940
    Howard R. Smith in the Chair.
[...]
7. F. E. Pollard commenced t...		Muriel Stevens The CountrymanPrint: Book


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