| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1700-1799 | "'I have received from [Basil] Montagu, Godwyn's second edition,' reports W[ordsworth] on 21 March 1796: 'I expect to ... | William Wordsworth | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Mary Lamb to Mrs Morgan and Charlotte Brant, 22 May 1815:
'Godwin has just published a new book ... Wordsworth has ju... | William Wordsworth | William Godwin | Lives of Edward and John Philips, Nephews and Pupils of Milton | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | I was finally induced to come to this determination sooner than I should otherwise have done by reading Mr Godwins 'En... | Francis Place | William Godwin | Inquiry Concerning Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799
1800-1849 | 'Poor Godwin is a terrific example for all conjugal biography; but he has marked that path which may be avoided? The t... | Elizabeth Inchbald | William Godwin | Mary Wollstonecraft | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | " ... a large part of the manuscript for William Godwin's play Abbas, with Coleridge's commentary dating from 1801, ha... | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | William Godwin | Abbas | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1700-1799
1800-1849 | H. J. Jackson discusses John Horseman's annotations to, and insertions in, his first edition copy of William Godwin, M... | John Horseman | William Godwin | Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | "Benjamin Dockray ... acquired a copy of Godwin's Memoirs [of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman] seco... | Benjamin Dockray | William Godwin | Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'she read some new novels, though not often with approval: she disliked the politics of Caleb Williams.' | Frances Burney | William Godwin | Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'On the next day (Saturday 9th) I went to Canterbury in the diligence, during w'ch I amused myself with reading part o... | John Marsh | William Godwin | Things as they are, or The Adventures of Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | '...immediately afterwards went in the diligence to Margate during which I finished the eccentric performance of "Cale... | John Marsh | William Godwin | Things as they are, or The Adventures of Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'He [Shelley] reads part of "Caleb Williams" to us.' | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Things as they are: or, the adventures of Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '[T]he few men who are about me are all eager to get yr books but what has vexd me is that the 2 children & 4 young Wo... | Lady Caroline Lamb | William Godwin | unknown | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Mary reads Political Justice all the morning'. | Mary Godwin | William Godwin | An enquiry concerning political justice and its influence on general virtue and happiness | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799
1800-1849 | Mary Berry, in letter of 2 January 1800: 'I have been reading [...] a new novel of Godwin's, in four vols., called "Th... | Mary Berry | William Godwin | St Leon | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Finish Caleb Williams - read to Jane. | Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin | William Godwin | Things as the are, or, the Adventures of Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read a part of St Leon' | Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin | William Godwin | St. Leon; a tale of the sixteenth century | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Go to the tomb and read the essay on sepulchres there - Shelley is out all the morning at the Lawyers but nothing is ... | Mary Godwin | William Godwin | Essay on Sepulchres | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '[Wiliam Godwin] told me [Harriet Martineau] [...] that he wrote the first half of "Caleb William" in three months, an... | Harriet Martineau | William Godwin | Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Marginalia] | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | William Godwin | Thoughts Occasioned by the Perusal of Dr Parr's Spital Sermon | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Brought Mrs Wolstonecraft's "Letters from Norway" [etc.] Mr Godwin in his "Life of Mrs W." speaks very highly of it.' | Joseph Hunter | William Godwin | Memoirs of the Author of the Vindication of the Rights of Women | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Looked over Godwin's "Memoirs of Mrs. Woolstonecraft"; which strikingly evince that love, even in a modern philosophe... | Thomas Green | William Godwin | Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Godwin's "St. Leon". In the Preface, he explicitly abjures the doctrine of extinguishing the private affections... | Thomas Green | William Godwin | St Leon, a tale of the sixteenth century | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | "I attempt to read a book which attacks my most cherished sentiments as calmly as one which corroborates them. I have... | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have read since I saw you Burke's works, some books of Homer, Suetonius, a great deal of agricultural reading, Godw... | Sydney Smith | William Godwin | The Inquier: Reflections on Education, Manners and Literature | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'read talk and nurse - S reads the life of Chauser'. | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Life of Geoffrey Chaucer the early English poet, including memoirs of John of Gaunt | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'S finishes the life of Chauser'. | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Life of Geoffrey Chaucer the early English poet, including memoirs of John of Gaunt | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '[italics to indicate Shelley's hand] S. has read the life of Chaucer - Ochley's History of the Saracens. Mad. du Stae... | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Life of Geoffrey Chaucer the early English poet | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database ... | Mary Godwin | William Godwin | The Lives of Edward and John Philips, nephews and pupils of Milton | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database ... | Mary Godwin | William Godwin | Fleetwood; or, the New Man of Feeling | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database ... | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | The Lives of Edward and John Philips, nephews and pupils of Milton | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for ... | Mary Godwin | William Godwin | Things as they are; or, the Adventures of Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for ... | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Things as they are; or, the Adventures of Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'after dinner read some of Livy but am stopt by the badness of the edition. Shelley reads Political justice' | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Enquiry concerning . . . Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Waverly - Pliny's letters - Political Justice & Miltons Tenure of Kings and Magistrates. Shelley reads Waverly -... | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Enquiry concerning . . . Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Political Justice.' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Enquiry Concerning... Political Justice, An | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Finish the 1st book of Tacitus - become unwell - read Davis's travels in america - Godwins cursory strictures - reply... | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Cursory Strictures on the charge delivered by Lord Chief Justice Eyre; A Reply to an answer to Cursory Strictures | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Finish the 1st book of Tacitus - become unwell - read Davis's travels in america - Godwins cursory strictures - reply... | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Thoughts occasioned by the perusal of Dr. Parr's Spital Sermon | |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read St. Leon aloud. Read Davis's travels in america - Tacitus' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | St. Leon; a tale of the sixteenth century | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I read Tacitus - 3 of Hume's essays VIII IX X - some of the German theatre - write - walk - Shelleys [sic] reads Poli... | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Enquiry concerning . . . Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'S. finishes Political Justice Read Tacitus & Hume - work in the evening read Mandeville.' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Mandeville. A tale of the seventeenth century in England | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'S. finishes Political Justice Read Tacitus & Hume - work in the evening read Mandeville.' | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Enquiry Concerning... Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Mandeville all day & finish it. S. reads Mandeville.' | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Mandeville. A tale of the seventeenth century in England | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Mandeville all day & finish it. S. reads Mandeville.' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Mandeville. A tale of the seventeenth century in England | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1817. As far as possible texts mentioned in journal entries are not given separate da... | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | ['Miscellanies'] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Mandeville' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Mandeville | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Monday Sept. 19th. Rise late [...] Read the Curse of Kehama & Emile [...] Read the [S]orcerer &
Political Justice. ... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ''Tuesday Oct. 4th. [...] Read Alexy [...] Haimatoff twice through -- more delighted with it [...]
In the Evening re... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ''Wednesday Oct. 5th. [...] Read Political Justice Shelley reads aloud the Ancient Mariner. &
Mad [...] Mother.'
... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | ''Thursday Oct. 6th. [...] Read a little of Political Justice [...] Dine at six [...] After dinner
[Shelley] reads p... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Friday Oct. 6th. [...] Read Political Justice.'
... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Sunday Oct-- 9th [...] Read Political Justice [...] Shelley reads aloud part of Abbe Barruel
about the Illuminati'. | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Monday Oct -- 10th. Read Political Justice [...] sit up till twelve [...] Read through Zastrozzi --
by Shelley.'
... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Tuesday Oct. 11th. [...] Shelley reads [a]loud Abbe Barruel -- the Illuminati [...] read Political
Justice & talk w... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Thursday -- 13th [October]. Read Political Justice.' | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Friday Oct.14 [...] Read St Leon -- go to bed at [...] nine'. | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Wednesday Oct 19th [...] Read Prince Alexy Haimatoff again -- read also Political Justice [...] In
the Evening read... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Thursday Oct -- 20th [...] After dinner read Political Justice [...] read Memoires of Voltaire -- &
the Life of Alf... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Monday Oct. 24th. Rise at eight [...] M. reads aloud She stoops to [C]onquer -- She sets out to
see Shelley at ele... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Wednesday Nov. 2nd. [...] Read Political Justice. Chapter on Necessity.'
| Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Thursday Nov-- 3rd. Rise at nine. Read Political Justice.'
| Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Monday Nov. 7th. Rise at nine -- Work. Read Political Justice -- Mary [Wollstonecraft
Godwin] dines at one & goes... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Tuesday Nov. 8th. Rise at nine -- Read through the Man of Feeling who would have just suited
Fanny [Godwin] for a h... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Teusday [sic] August 8th. Ill all day. I dream I see a ghost [this sentence inserted above
line]. Bathe. Read C... | Claire Clairmont | William Godwin | Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read the 1st vol of Mandeville' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Mandeville: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century in England | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Translate Sxxxxxa [Spinoza]. Read Lettres Cabalistiques - S. reads Ezechiel aloud. Reads Political Justice -' | Percy Bysshe Shelley | William Godwin | Enquiry Concerning Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'read Memoirs.' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Memoirs of the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Caleb Williams' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Caleb Williams, or Things as they are | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'finish Caleb Williams. S. reads Euripides' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Caleb Williams, or Things as they are | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'read & finish Malthus - Begin the Answer' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Of Poulation... an answer to Mr Malthus's Essay on that Subject | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'read the Answer to Malthus - finish it' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Of Population... an answer to Mr Malthus's Essay on that Subject | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'read Caleb Williams to Jane' | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Things as They Are, or The Adventures of Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have just finished Cloudesley - the interest is inexpressibly absorbing - there is a truth and majesty in the delin... | Mary Shelley | William Godwin | Cloudesley | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 12-15 December 1793: 'I would recommend you to read Godwins enquiry concerni... | Robert Southey | William Godwin | Enquiry concerning Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 1-10 October 1795, 'Experience never wasted her lesson on a less fit p... | Robert Southey | William Godwin | Enquiry Concerning Political Justice | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 12 June 1796: 'Lewis’s Monk I have not seen — [material scored out] Suc... | Robert Southey | William Godwin | Things as They Are: or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 12 September 1797: 'Nothing disgusts me so much as the affectation of... | Robert Southey | William Godwin | The Enquirer. Reflections on Education, Manners and Literature in a Series of Essays | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '"You will know my secret if you will; but if I tell you, you shall be made miserable throughout your life -- I will b... | Anne Isabella Lady Byron | William Godwin | Caleb Williams | Print: Book |