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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'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Torquato TassoAmintaPrint: Book
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Ludovico AriostoOrlando FuriosoPrint: Book
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Il balliano; ovvero Il vero amore ne'cimenti e piu...Print: Unknown
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Pietro ChiariLa bella PellegrinaPrint: Book
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Scipione MaffeiLa MeropePrint: Unknown
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Rinaldo di CapuaLa zingaraPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough- pardon the expression) whether I have read "The Lay of the Last Minstrel"- Alas only twice- And have, in addition, only the following catalogu...Sarah H. Burney Walter ScottThe Lay of the Last MinstrelPrint: Book
1900-1945'You ask me whether I prefer a long letter or a short letter. I prefer a long letter to a short letter. No, I am not reading Shakespeare just at present. I am readi...Maurice Baring O. HenryHeart of the WestPrint: Book
1850-1899'You asked me about the ''Message of Israel''. I believe no books now affect me any more than by a transient interest. It did draw my attention to some sublime bits in th...Emma Darwin Julia WedgwoodThe Message of Israel in the Light of Modern Criti...Print: Book
1850-1899'You bet I saw the Courant notice ...'Robert Louis Stevenson Review in 'Edinburgh Courant'Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'You bid me tell you what I read; and, in obedience to your commands, I confess myself to be at present under a course of [italics] historical physic [end italics], which...Miss V[-] [books about Roman /ancient history]Print: Book
1800-1849'you can write: They really are very admirable Things and the Morality is as pure & useful as the literary merit is conspicuous: I am not sure that I have read all you ha...George Crabbe Mary Leadbeter[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'You can't think how much I shall value Fireside Travels, (which only reached me during this past week,) now that I have got it of my "very very own" (as the children say...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell James R. LowellFireside TravelsPrint: Book
1850-1899'You can't think how much I shall value Fireside Travels, (which only reached me during this past week,) now that I have got it of my "very very own" (as the children say...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell James R. Lowell[poems]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'You can't think how much I shall value Fireside Travels, (which only reached me during this past week,) now that I have got it of my "very very own" (as the children say...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell James R. LowellBiglow Papers, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'You certainly must have heard, before I can tell you, that Col. Orde has married our cousin, Margt Beckford, the Marchss of Douglas's sister. The Papers say that her fa...Jane Austen Newspaper reportPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'You did not mean me to return your story? I hope not - I shall soon be able to say it by heart - how I envy you! I would give Shandy and my pearl necklace to be able t...Jane Baillie Welsh Thomas CarlyleCruthers and JohnsonPrint: BookManuscript: Sheet
1700-1799'You did not tell me before, that you had read the Hermit and Alfrida. There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinion of...Lady Bradshaigh David MallettAmyntor and Theodora, or, The HermitPrint: Book
1700-1799'You did not tell me before, that you had read the Hermit and Alfrida. There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinion of...Samuel Richardson William MasonElfridaPrint: Book
1700-1799'You did not tell me before, that you had read the Hermit and Alfrida. There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinion of ...Lady Bradshaigh William MasonElfridaPrint: Book


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