Reading Experience Database Browse Author Writings Lewis Matthew Gregory

√	Century of Experience	Evidence	Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group	Author of Text	Title of Text	Form of Text

	1800-1849	Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 6 December 1813: "Redde a good deal, but desultorily ... It is odd t...	George Gordon Lord Byron	Matthew Gregory Lewis	The Monk	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'On learning that [Hall] Caine was to present twenty-four lectures in Liverpool on "Prose Fiction" ... [D. G. Rossetti...	Hall Caine	Matthew Gregory Lewis	[unknown]	Print: Book
		?The most extraordinary production of this period was the powerful and wicked romance of The Monk.?	Charles Maturin	Matthew Gregory Lewis	The Monk	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Shelley draws & Mary reads the monk all evening.'	Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin	Matthew Gregory Lewis	The Monk: a romance	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Thursday Sept. 22nd. [...] Return [from walking] at [...] 4. Read Greek [...] Sit up till one reading the Monk.'	Claire Clairmont	Matthew Gregory Lewis	The Monk	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Friday Sept. 23rd. Finish the Monk [...] Buy a Greek Anacreon [...] Read Greek [...] Shelley reads Thalaba aloud in...	Claire Clairmont	Matthew Gregory Lewis	The Monk	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Saturday Sept. 24th. [...] Read Lewis Tales of Wonder and Delight. Shelley reads aloud Thalaba in the Evening fini...	Claire Clairmont	Matthew Gregory Lewis	Tales of Wonder	Print: Book