√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 1900-1945 | Either at school or at home I read all the classics considered necessary for children: 'Treasure Island', 'Kidnapped',... | Patricia Beer | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | '"Thinking back, I am amazed at the amount of English literature we absorbed in those four years", recalled Ethel Clar... | Ethel Clark | Harriet Beecher Stowe | | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | "In 1905 [Andrew] Lang ... recalled: 'The first book that ever made me cry, of which feat I was horribly ashamed, was ... | Andrew Lang | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'The Queen [Victoria] ... read the sequel [to "Uncle Tom's Cabin"], "Dred: A Tale of the Dismal Swamp" (1856), and con... | Queen Victoria | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Dred: A Tale of the Dismal Swamp | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | ' ...[Lady Frances Balfour] was forbidden to read the second volume of ... [Uncle Tom's Cabin] "but human nature canno... | Lady Frances Balfour | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | "Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle ... | Emmeline Pankhurst | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | '[Edwin] Whitlock... borrowed books from a schoolmaster and from neighbours: "Most of them would now be considered ver... | Edwin Whitlock | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 28 February 1866: " ... allow me to retract my proposal to deal critically with M... | Henry James | Harriet Beecher Stowe | [two or three works] | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Henry James to Alice James, 31 August 1869, on walking in Switzerland and Italy: "[after crossing Bernadine pass] I ..... | Henry James | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Old Town Folks | Print: 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 ap... | Peter Burt | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Print: 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 Associat... | | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Print: 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 ... | Anna Symons | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 1850-1899 | 'Another [woman prisoner] read and re-read "Uncle Tom's Cabin," till
she must have known by heart every incident of t... | | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Print: Book |