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

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Lew Wallace : Ben-Hur

'I cannot resist the desire to thank you for one of the finest & loftiest works of historical imagination I have ever read.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry E. Card (?)      Print: Book

Lew Wallace : Ben-Hur

'Pray make what use you like of the letter I wrote regarding Ben-Hur, to Lady Eardley. Few books that I have read have given me greater pleasure and I thoroughly appreciate the high and noble purpose which has evidently directed its composition. I look forward to reading it again one of these days and I am glad to tell you that others who have read it on my recommendation have been as delighted with it as myself.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: John Vertue      Print: Book

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