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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
 
1850-1899From F. T. Palgrave's 'Personal Recollections' of Tennyson: 'In Nov. 1888 I visited Aldworth shortly after death had suddenly carried off my dearly-loved adventurous b...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonUlyssesUnknown
1900-1945 I ought to have written to you before about 'Amants, heureux amants', which you were so kind as to send me. It is, in my opinion, a very fine book, highly distinguish...Arnold Bennett James JoyceUlyssesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Father saw me off at Naples — I felt most dreadfully sad at saying goodbye to my dear family, but I consoled myself by reading "Ulysses" which is a most beautiful ...Gertrude Bell Alfred, Lord TennysonUlyssesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I'll show you where I got the hint for it [his story "The Warriors' Soul"] in Philippe de Ségur. There's a hint for another in him but I fancy too macabre (and improper)...Joseph Conrad Philippe-Paule Ségur (Comte de) Un Aide de Camp de Napoléon (de 1800 à 1812Print: Book
1900-1945'A thousand thanks for the article you devote to me in the "Revue". I read it with lively interest, profound attention and much gratitude.' Thence follow six more lines...Joseph Conrad Kazimierz WaliszewskiUn cas de naturalisation littéraire: Joseph ConradPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I doubt if you ought to call France & Flaubert "dry". "L’Education Sentimentale" ought to be read with ease. Ditto "Thais", & "La Rotisserie". Personally, though, I th...Arnold Bennett Gustave FlaubertUn Coeur SimplePrint: Book
1850-1899'I have read M. Auguste and the Crime Inconnu, being now abonne to a library.'Robert Louis Stevenson Joseph MeryUn crime inconnuPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 April 1845: '[Charles Bernard] is a very worldly writer, to my mind; & really I like George Sand's wickedness better, -- ...Elizabeth Barrett Charles BernardUn homme serieuxPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Henry James to Katherine Prescott Wormeley, 8 February 1900, thanking her for sending him a proof copy of her preface to her translation [of Balzac's Letters], and accomp...Henry James Honore de BalzacUn Roman d'AmourPrint: Book
1900-1945'The coast of Sumatra is very low — we could see it as a belt of trees on the water. Felt very slack before dinner and went to sleep. It got hot again. Read some of...Gertrude Bell Frank SwettenhamUnaddressed LettersPrint: Book
1800-1849 ?My dear Sir, I have looked over Uncle Sam, and am still of the opinion I originally formed, that we could not use it for the Miscellany without great injury to the Au...Charles Dickens G.P. PayneUncle Sam's PeculiaritiesManuscript: UnknownUnknown
1900-1945Either at school or at home I read all the classics considered necessary for children: 'Treasure Island', 'Kidnapped', 'Little Women', 'David Copperfield', 'Ivanhoe', 'Ro...Patricia Beer Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899"In 1905 [Andrew] Lang ... recalled: 'The first book that ever made me cry, of which feat I was horribly ashamed, was 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', with the death of Eva ...'"Andrew Lang Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899' ...[Lady Frances Balfour] was forbidden to read the second volume of ... [Uncle Tom's Cabin] "but human nature cannot be denied, and of course I read it" ...'Lady Frances Balfour Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899'[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered very heavy literature for a boy of fourteen or fifteen,...Edwin Whitlock Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899'There is a novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which I should not omit to mention, since it made a great sensation when it appeared, and it was the only book of its class brough...Peter Burt Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1900-1945'Am reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which is glorious, but very sad. I cried buckets and buckets!"Hilary Spalding Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'[Father] had joined the PSA at the YMCA. That is: the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon at the Young Men's Christian Association; a religious service with plenty of tuneful hymn...Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899'Arthur recalls that he could not read "properly" until he began school at the age of 9; he preferred his sister Anna to read to him. On one occasion, when she read "Uncl...Anna Symons Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book


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