| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1800-1849 | Byron to Lady Melbourne, 30 March 1814, on Frances Burney, The Wanderer (which contains episode recalling his ex-lover... | George Gordon Lord Byron | Frances Burney | The Wanderer, or Female Difficulties | Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | Charles Burney on his first reading of Frances Burney, "Evelina": 'I perused the first Vol. with fear and trembling, n... | Charles Burney | Frances Burney | Evelina; or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'On 2 August [1779], Charles Burney at Chessington read ... [The Witlings] aloud to a party which included [Samuel] Cr... | Charles Burney | Frances Burney | The Witlings | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | Susanna Burney describes Charles Burney's reading of The Witlings at Chessington on 2 August 1779, to Frances Burney: ... | Charles Burney | Frances Burney | The Witlings | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | 'Mrs. Thrale offered the kind of readings [of work in progress, ie Cecilia] Burney ... most valued, instant impression... | Hester Lynch Thrale | Frances Burney | Cecilia | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | 'When he was writing ... "Things as They Are" (1794) ... [William] Godwin studied "Cecilia".' | William Godwin | Frances Burney | Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '... Anne Thackeray ... discovered ... [Burney's Diary and Letters] in her father's library and felt inspired to becom... | Anne Thackeray | Frances Burney | The Diary and Letters | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Carter read and enjoyed fiction until the end of her life. Pennington reveals her enthusiasm for a number of novelist... | Elizabeth Carter | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'During breakfast I read some of Mme. d'Arblay's Memoirs to dear Charley, who was much interested in her account of Dr... | Lady Charlotte Schreiber | Frances Burney | Memoirs | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervant... | James Lackington | Frances Burney | unknown | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | ?Pray, said Mr Thrale, do you read much??
?When I can meet with large Print,? answered the old Gentleman.
?Did you e... | Henry Thrale | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'He [Dr Johnson] says Dr. Barnard, the Provost of Eaton, has been singing the praises of my Book . . .' | Edward Barnard | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | '. . . & that old Dr. Lawrence has read it ["Evelina"] through 3 Times within this last Month!' | Dr Lawrence | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | ?"She has heard a great deal of you, ? & has seen some of your Letters" . . . I am [ital] very [ital] much concerned, ... | Anne Leigh | Frances Burney | [letters] | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | 'Annabella was now reading Cowper's "Iliad" and annotating evey second line; she was studying Alfieri with the family-... | Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | '"Yes," bolted out Mrs. Bowdler, "Harriet is one of the greatest admirers of 'Evelina'."
These sort of abrupt speeche... | Henrietta Maria (Harriet) Bowdler | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: 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, ... | Victoria Kynaston | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'What a Contretems [sic]! in the language of France; What an unluckiness! in that of Mde Duval.' | Jane Austen | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: 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 ... | Anna Maria Lawes | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: 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... | Victoria Kynaston | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: 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 won... | Mary Lawes | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: 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... | Anna Maria Lawes | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: 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 wi... | Susanna Dobson | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 February 1842:
'What an amusing book these Burneyana [italics]do[end ... | Elizabeth Barrett | Frances Burney | Diary and Letters (Volume 1) | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, March 1842:
'I have only read the first volume of Madame D'Arblay's "Dia... | Mary Russell Mitford | Frances Burney | Diary and Letters (Volume 1) | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 5 December 1842:
'I did think the fifth volume [of Frances Burney D'Arbl... | Elizabeth Barrett | Frances Burney D'Arblay | Diary and Letters (Volume 5) | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'My [underlined] vast [end underlining] dear Sister!
O why, instead of 5, not give us [underlined ten, twenty [end un... | Sarah Harriet Burney | Frances Burney | Camilla; or, a Picture of Youth | Print: 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; ... | Princess Caroline Princess of Wales | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'More I reflect on the novel the higher I place it: attempts to read Swift, Miss Burney, Smollett, place it on a pinna... | Edward Morgan Forster | Frances Burney | | Print: Book |
| | 'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was... | Charles Burney | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| | 'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was... | Samuel Johnson | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| | 'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was... | Hester Lynch Thrale | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Fanny Burney has read me her new Comedy; nobody else has seen it except her Father, who will not suffer his Partialit... | Charles Burney | Frances Burney | The Witlings | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | 'Fanny Burney has read me her new Comedy; nobody else has seen it except her Father, who will not suffer his Partialit... | Frances Burney | Frances Burney | The Witlings | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | 'Fanny Burney has read me her new Comedy; nobody else has seen it except her Father, who will not suffer his Partialit... | Hester Lynch Thrale | Frances Burney | The Witlings | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | '[Fanny Burney's] new Novel called "Cecilia" is the Picture of Life such as the Author sees it: while therefore this M... | Hester Lynch Thrale | Frances Burney | Cecilia | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Wyndham and Johnson were talking of Miss Burney's new Novel - 'Tis far superior to Fielding's, says Mr Johnson; her C... | Samuel Johnson | Frances Burney | Cecilia | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 17 March 1856:
'During breakfast I read some of Mme. d'Arblay's Memoirs to dear Charley [husband], who was much int... | Lady Charlotte Schreiber | Frances Burney D'Arblay | Memoirs of Dr Burney | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 17 March 1856:
'During breakfast I read some of Mme. d'Arblay's Memoirs to dear Charley [husband], who was much int... | Charlotte Bertie | Frances Burney D'Arblay | Memoirs of Dr Burney | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Annabella was now [in 1812] reading Cowper's Iliad and annotating every second line; she was studying Alfieri with th... | Anne Isabella Milbanke | Frances Burney | Evelina | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Monday, 26 May 1828:
'I walkd down to call with [Samuel] Rogers on Mrs. D'Arblay. She shewd me some notes which she... | Walter Scott | Frances Burney | notes 'about her novels' | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | Mary Shelley to John Murray, acknowledging his gift of Croker's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson (1831):
'I hav... | Mary Shelley | Frances Burney | 'Memoirs of Dr Burney' | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'The town soon went wild about the story [Evelina] [...] Mrs. Thrale read it, and liked it better
than Madame Riccob... | Hester Thrale | Frances Burney | Evelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'The town soon went wild about the story [Evelina] [...] Mrs. Thrale read it, and liked it better
than Madame Riccob... | Samuel Johnson | Frances Burney | Evelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | '"Evelina" fascinated everyone. Burke began it one morning at seven, and sat up all night to
finish it. Sir Joshua R... | Edmund Burke | Frances Burney | Evelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | '"Evelina" fascinated everyone. Burke began it one morning at seven, and sat up all night to
finish it. Sir Joshua R... | Sir Joshua Reynolds | Frances Burney | Evelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'In 1782 "Cecilia" [...] made its appearance [...] Burke called it an extraordinary performance,
and the public were... | Edmund Burke | Frances Burney | Cecilia | Print: Book |