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

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M.G. Lewis : The Monk

"I stayed at home this morning - not that there is anything new in that - until lunch, and did very little, very easy work - just finishing up a small life. It rained steadily and as I had been at home all yesterday, I could not stand it any longer. So I took a cab to the London Library where I read Lewis's 'Monk' 3 vols in 25 minutes."

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Leslie Stephen      Print: Book

M.G. Lewis : Anaconda, The

'I am confined Teusday 2nd. Read Rhoda - Pastors Fire Side - Missionary - Wild Irish Girls - The Anaconda. Glenarvon - 1st Vol Percy's Northern antiquities'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

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