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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 have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 29 May 1800: 'In the morning worked in the garden a little, read King John.'Dorothy Wordsworth William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read during 1944]: 'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ...Hilary Spalding William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading English History, Reign of George III. Shakespeare's King John.'George Eliot [pseud.] William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Read King John - & Livy'Mary Shelley William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book
1800-1849'Translate S...a [Spinoza] with Shelley - He read [sic] Sophocles and the Bible - & King John & First Part Henry IV aloud. - Finish 31st book of Livy - Finish Proverbs, E...Percy Bysshe Shelley William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read "King John" completely for the first time; I like the historical plays myself better than the pet ones. "Midsummer Night's Dream" I like least of any in Shakespeare...John Ruskin William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book


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