√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 1800-1849 | [Marginalia] | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Francois Rabelais | The Works of Francis Rabelais | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Allen Clark, the son of Bolton textile workers, found physiology books in the public library incomprehensible. A news... | Allen Clarke | Francois Rabelais | Gargantua and Pantagruel | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabela... | William Holt | Francois Rabelais | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'He lapped up those French writers who kicked against those conventions - Rabelais, Villon, Baudelaire, Rimbaud' | Lawrence Durrell | Francois Rabelais | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1500-1599 1600-1699 | 'Although he read Rabelais and several other French authors in the original, it is unlikely that [Gabriel] Harvey's ma... | Gabriel Harvey | Francois Rabelais | unknown | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'And have I read no books, then, save bad ones? That I have. Amongst those sent to me from home is an old Dublin copy ... | John Mitchel | Francois Rabelais | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. A... | Tennyson children (boys) | Francois Rabelais | | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Although Mrs Craigie carried out her "duties" as a Roman Catholic, she took her religion lightly, and from her writin... | Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie | François Rabelais | [unknown] | Print: Book |