| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1800-1849 | 'Weeton's reading becomes important in communication with friends, but also a point of conflict: when she visits her b... | Ellen Weeton | Alain Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Home past 9 almost starv'd to death...Read 'Gill Blas'. Bed 12. | Gertrude Savile | Alain Rene Le Sage | The History and Adventures of Gil Blas... | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Home near 11. 'Gil Blass'. Bed past 12. | Gertrude Savile | Alain Rene Le Sage | The History and Adventures of Gil Blas... | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Made an end of 'Gil Blas'. | Gertrude Savile | Alain Rene Le Sage | The History and Adventures of Gil Blas... | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | "Of my earliest days at school I have little to say, but that they were very happy ones, chiefly because I was left at... | William Wordsworth | Alain Rene Le Sage | Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On 19 Aug. 1810, D[orothy] W[ordsworth] told W[ordsworth] that she was "reading Malkin's Gil Blas - and it is a beau... | Dorothy Wordsworth | Alain Rene Le Sage | Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, The | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | On Frances Burney d'Arblay's married life in France: 'With affection and friendship, the pleaseures of attending the t... | D'Arblay family | Alain Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849
1850-1899 | "William Carleton got the perusal of Gil Blas from a 'pedlar, who carried books about for sale, with a variety of othe... | William Carleton | Alain-Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'I spent the evening and slept at the Old Tree, a very poor inn in which I was forced to sleep in a double bedded room... | John Marsh | Alain-Rene Le Sage | The history of Vanillo Gonzales, surnamed the Merry Bachelor | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'After Muster read "Gil Blas" for a while, then played "Bezique" with Polly.' | John Buckley Castieau | Alain-Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'In the evening read "Gil Blas"' | John Buckley Castieau | Alain-Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'In the evening I was very lazily inclined & sat over "Gil Blas" for some time' | John Buckley Castieau | Alain-Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Mustered in the afternoon & read "Gil Blas" till tea was ready. After tea went to "the Yorick", read for a while & ch... | John Buckley Castieau | Alain-Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'The weather was very wet all the evening so I was not able to go out & contented myself with reading Gil Blas till ne... | John Buckley Castieau | Alain-Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'In the evening I stayed at home & read "Gil Blas" till it was time to go to bed' | John Buckley Castieau | Alain-Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'then returned home & amused myself for an hour reading "Gil Blas".' | John Buckley Castieau | Alain-Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read a little more of "Amelia", which is about the worst planned story I ever read - no plan at all in fact; "Gil Bla... | John Ruskin | Alain-Rene Le Sage | Gil Blas | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Since the age of five I have been a great reader [...]. At ten years of age I had read much of Victor Hugo and other ... | Joseph Conrad | Alain-Réné Lesage (Le Sage) | The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santilane | Print: Book |