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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849?Amid these dark middle ages of novel literature, Miss Burney?s Evelina strikes us with the first gleam of ?rescued nature and reviving sense.? Her novels, all her novels...Charles Maturin Fanny BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799Charles Burney on his first reading of Frances Burney, "Evelina": 'I perused the first Vol. with fear and trembling, not supposing she wd disgrace her parentage, but not ...Charles Burney Frances BurneyEvelina; or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the Worl...Print: Book
1700-1799'Carter read and enjoyed fiction until the end of her life. Pennington reveals her enthusiasm for a number of novelists "of considerable genius, as well as strict morals"...Elizabeth Carter Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799?Pray, said Mr Thrale, do you read much?? ?When I can meet with large Print,? answered the old Gentleman. ?Did you ever, said my Master, read Evelina?? ? I almost jump...Henry Thrale Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Dr Johnson] says Dr. Barnard, the Provost of Eaton, has been singing the praises of my Book . . .' Edward Barnard Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799'. . . & that old Dr. Lawrence has read it ["Evelina"] through 3 Times within this last Month!'Dr Lawrence Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1800-1849'What a Contretems [sic]! in the language of France; What an unluckiness! in that of Mde Duval.'Jane Austen Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Annabella was now reading Cowper's "Iliad" and annotating evey second line; she was studying Alfieri with the family-solicitor's daughter; for relaxation condescending t...Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799'"Yes," bolted out Mrs. Bowdler, "Harriet is one of the greatest admirers of 'Evelina'." These sort of abrupt speeches from people one hardly knows are amazingly distres...Henrietta Maria (Harriet) Bowdler Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Lord, Ma'am, I was so entertained & I was quite ill, too, Ma'am, quite ill when I read it! - but for all that, Lord, Ma'am, why I was as eager, -& I wanted sadly to see ...Victoria Kynaston Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799'. . . but I am going to the Library immediately for the Book, -though I assure you I read it all when it first came out,-. . .'Anna Maria Lawes Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799'. . . Mrs Kynaston, good humouredly ,called out -"I'm sure, Ladies, I am very glad to see you so merry, - ah - one of you young ladies, - I don't say which, has given me...Victoria Kynaston Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Annabella was now [in 1812] reading Cowper's Iliad and annotating every second line; she was studying Alfieri with the family-solicitor's daughter; for relaxation condes...Anne Isabella Milbanke Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Soon after, the old mamma hobbled to me,? and began a furious panegyric upon my Book,? saying at the same Time "I wonder, miss, how you could get at them low characters!...Mary Lawes Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799?Pray have you read Miss Burney?s Book?? Book? What Book is it?? cried the other. ? A Novel, answered Miss Lawes,? but indeed it?s very much above a Novel.?Anna Maria Lawes Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799?Miss Burney I am come to thank you for the vast entertainment you have given me; ? I am quite happy to see you,? I wished to see you very much; ? it?s a charming book in...Susanna Dobson Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1800-1849'What do you think of the "Wardour", by Madame d'Arblais [sic]? It has only proved to us that she forgot her English; and the same suspicion has arisen again in my mind, ...Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was by his second Daughter Fanny, who certainly must be...Charles Burney Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was by his second Daughter Fanny, who certainly must be...Samuel Johnson Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was by his second Daughter Fanny, who certainly must be...Hester Lynch Thrale Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book


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