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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
 
1900-1945'[Father] taught himself to read English almost perfectly. Mother somehow taught herself enough English to get the gist of the contents of English newspapers. Father, odd...Mrs Glasser [n/a]Die ZeitPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'[Flora Thompson's] grandmother enjoyed the Princess Novelette and similar penny series, "and she had an assortment of these which she kept tied up in flat parcels, ready... unknownPrincess NovelettePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[Ford's] "The Heart of the Country" is out today and a very charming piece of writing it is.' Joseph Conrad Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)The Heart of the Country: A Survey of Modern LandPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Frances] Burney had read both "The Mysteries of Udolpho" and "The Italian" when they first came out, preferring the latter ...'Frances Burney Ann RadcliffeThe Mysteries of UdolphoPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Frances] Burney had read both "The Mysteries of Udolpho" and "The Italian" when they first came out, preferring the latter ...'Frances Burney Ann RadcliffeThe ItalianPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Frances] Burney's little diary of "Consolatory Extracts Daily collected or read in my extremity of Grief at the sudden & tragical loss of my beloved Susan on the instan...Frances Burney Anne-Louise-Germaine baronne de Stael-Holstein 
1800-1849'[Frances] Burney's little diary of "Consolatory Extracts Daily collected or read in my extremity of Grief at the sudden & tragical loss of my beloved Susan on the instan...Frances Burney Catherine Talbot 
1800-1849'[Frances] Burney's little diary of "Consolatory Extracts Daily collected or read in my extremity of Grief at the sudden & tragical loss of my beloved Susan on the instan...Frances Burney Hester Chapone Unknown
1700-1799'[Francis] Wrangham was ... in the habit of reading MS verses to his friends: C[oleridge] heard his "Brutoniad" in Sept. 1794.' Francis Wrangham Francis WranghamBrutoniadManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Arnold, later Ward, to her mother] I have indeed seen the paragraphs about Papa. The L's showed them me on Saturday. You can imagine the exc...Mary Augusta Ward [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha...Mary Ward Étienne Pivert de Senancour Print: Book
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha...Mary Ward HoraceEpistlesPrint: Book
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha...Mary Ward Joseph JoubertCorrespondancePrint: Book
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha...Mary Ward Joseph JoubertPenseesPrint: Book
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha...Mary Ward William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha...Mary Ward William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] the more I read and think over the New Testament the more impossible it seems to me to accept what is ordinarily called th...Mary Augusta Ward New TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish London-based priest friend of Johnson] He much commended Law's "Serious Call", which he said was the finest piece of hortatory t...Samuel Johnson William LawSerious Call to a Devout and Holy Life Print: Book
1700-1799'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish london-based priest friend of Johnson] Speaking of Mr. Harte, Canon of Windsor, and writer of "The History of Gustavus Adolphus"...Samuel Johnson Walter HarteHistory of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of ...Print: Book
1700-1799'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish london-based priest friend of Johnson] Speaking of Mr. Harte, Canon of Windsor, and writer of "The History of Gustavus Adolphus"...Samuel Johnson [unknown]['black letter', ie gothic text books - medieval t...Print: Book


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