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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'The following programme of readings from Lewis Carroll's works as arranged by the committee of arrangements was then started [?] upon. The Mad Tea Party by Mr A.L. Goad...Alfred Rawlings Lewis Carroll [pseud.]'A Poem'Print: Book
1850-1899'The following programme of readings from Lewis Carroll's works as arranged by the committee of arrangements was then started [?] upon. The Mad Tea Party by Mr A.L. Goad...Maria Neild Lewis Carroll [pseud.][from] Sylvie and BrunoPrint: Book
1850-1899'The following programme of readings from Lewis Carroll's works as arranged by the committee of arrangements was then started [?] upon. The Mad Tea Party by Mr A.L. Goad...Lilian Goadby Lillian Goadby[explanation of Jabberwock etymology] from Through...Print: Book
1850-1899'The following programme of readings from Lewis Carroll's works as arranged by the committee of arrangements was then started [?] upon. The Mad Tea Party by Mr A.L. Goad...Elizabeth Edminson Lewis Carroll [pseud.]'Jabberwocky' [from Through the Looking-Glass and ...Print: Book
1850-1899'The following programme of readings from Lewis Carroll's works as arranged by the committee of arrangements was then started [?] upon. The Mad Tea Party by Mr A.L. Goad...Charles Stansfield Lewis Carroll [pseud.][the Mock Turtle's Story from] Alice's Adventures ...Print: Book
1850-1899'The following programme of readings from Lewis Carroll's works as arranged by the committee of arrangements was then started [?] upon. The Mad Tea Party by Mr A.L. Goad...Mrs Cass Lewis Carroll [pseud.][from] Hunting of the Snark: an Agony in Eight Fit...Print: Book
1850-1899'The following programme of readings from Lewis Carroll's works as arranged by the committee of arrangements was then started [?] upon. The Mad Tea Party by Mr A.L. Goad...Allan Goadby Lewis Carroll [pseud.][the Mad Tea Party, from] Alice's Adventures in Wo...Print: Book
1850-1899'You are quite right, according to me, in being dissatisfied with my work; but not right at all in expressing your dissatisfaction as you did. I have never written rudely...Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Glasgow BrownletterUnknown
1850-1899'During the daytime I could not gain sufficient solitude for reading my little story books and was obliged to use the only secure retreat - the long, narrow, WC. In much ...Zoe Procter [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Rondeau On reading a work by M. Auguste Maquet entitled Les Vertes Feuilles. See, "The Green Leaves", I leave them here uncut, − Drop them, recoiling, at the f...Robert Louis Stevenson Auguste MaquetLes Feuilles VertesPrint: Book
1850-1899'I heard about the great Abbot Sampson, of the twelfth century, whom I was to meet again at the age of fourteen, when I read "Past and Present" while waiting in Westminst...Zoe Procter Thomas CarlylePast and PresentPrint: Book
1850-1899'It was strange that, as a girl of fifteen, my greatest friend should have been this Colonel Berkeley. The thirty years difference in our ages did not seem to matter. He ...Zoe Procter Alfred, Lord Tennyson[poetry]Print: Book
1850-1899'It was strange that, as a girl of fifteen, my greatest friend should have been this Colonel Berkeley. The thirty years difference in our ages did not seem to matter. He ...Zoe Procter George EliotThe Spanish GipsyPrint: Book
1850-1899'It was strange that, as a girl of fifteen, my greatest friend should have been this Colonel Berkeley. The thirty years difference in our ages did not seem to matter. He ...Zoe Procter George EliotDaniel DerondaPrint: Book
1850-1899'We rowed past these [floating islands of the Dal Lake] on our way to the Shalimar Gardens, already so well known to me from reading "Lalla Rookh".'Zoe Procter Thomas MooreLalla RookhPrint: Book
1850-1899'Early in 1888 my grandmother was taken ill, and my sister Mary and I went daily to Albert Hall Mansions to help my eldest sister and do errands for her. I spent many hou...Zoe Procter AristotleEthicsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Early in 1888 my grandmother was taken ill, and my sister Mary and I went daily to Albert Hall Mansions to help my eldest sister and do errands for her. I spent many hou...Zoe Procter [unknown][nineteenth-century poets]Print: Book
1850-1899'Early in 1888 my grandmother was taken ill, and my sister Mary and I went daily to Albert Hall Mansions to help my eldest sister and do errands for her. I spent many hou...Zoe Procter Edward Bulwer Lytton[poetry]Print: Book
1850-1899'Although Mrs Craigie carried out her "duties" as a Roman Catholic, she took her religion lightly, and from her writings it was easy to read that she did not mind jests a...Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie François Rabelais [unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Another pilgrimage Mrs Cragie made was to see George Meredith at his house on Box Hill. To visit Meredith was a great privilege and I waited eagerly for her description ...Zoe Procter George Meredith[novels]Print: Book


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