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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'If one may judge from the young men and women in their twenties who call here - one must accept that exceptionally few of them have any interest in serious or solid read...Joseph Conrad[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'The subject before the meeting was Joseph Conrad. R.H. Robson introduced the subject with an interesting essay & a number of readings were given to illustrate his descri...Charles Evans and Henry Marriage WallisJoseph ConradLord JimPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject before the meeting was Joseph Conrad. R.H. Robson introduced the subject with an interesting essay & a number of readings were given to illustrate his descri...Florence Reynolds Joseph ConradAlmayer's FollyPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject before the meeting was Joseph Conrad. R.H. Robson introduced the subject with an interesting essay & a number of readings were given to illustrate his descri...Helen Rawlings Joseph ConradTyphoonPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject before the meeting was Joseph Conrad. R.H. Robson introduced the subject with an interesting essay & a number of readings were given to illustrate his descri...Reginald Robson Joseph Conrad Print: Book
1900-1945Linking a childhood memory of a great storm with a subsequent reading of Conrad's work: 'The wind blowing from this quarter is not like the south-west wind of the No...William Henry Hudson Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1900-1945'To go back to your book ["Joseph Conrad: A Study"]; I know you thought highly of "Nostromo" but didn't know you placed it quite so far above the other books. The o...William Henry Hudson Joseph ConradThe Secret AgentPrint: Book
1900-1945'To go back to your book ["Joseph Conrad: A Study"]; I know you thought highly of "Nostromo" but didn't know you placed it quite so far above the other books. The o...William Henry Hudson Joseph ConradNostromoPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have lately re-read here the complete works of Conrad and Henry James and am engaged on reading all the books of Stephen Crane that I can lay my hands on—for the to ...Ford Madox Ford Joseph ConradUnder Western EyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have lately re-read here the complete works of Conrad and Henry James and am engaged on reading all the books of Stephen Crane that I can lay my hands on—for the to ...Ford Madox Ford Joseph ConradNostromoPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have lately re-read here the complete works of Conrad and Henry James and am engaged on reading all the books of Stephen Crane that I can lay my hands on—for the to ...Ford Madox Ford Joseph ConradThe Secret AgentPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Affectionate Heart' 'Let the great man, his treasures possessing/...'Carey/Maingay groupJoseph Cottle'The Affectionate Heart'Print: UnknownUnknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 1-10 October 1795, 'I have got an old translation of Montaignes essays & hugely delighted am I with this honest egotism...Robert Southey Joseph CottlePoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: one ms note at the end of the text: 'You are a story [?] teller I ... said Mr Joseph Emin'. Some of the page is missing. John Drummond Erskine Joseph EminThe life and adventures of Joseph Emin, an Armenia...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 12 June 1796: 'Have you read Fawcetts Art of War? with all the faults of Young it possesses more beauties — & is in many...Robert Southey Joseph FawcettThe Art of WarPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday April 10th [...] Read Tour by Forsyth'.Claire Clairmont Joseph ForsythRemarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during a...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Forsyth's tour'Mary Shelley Joseph ForsythRemarks on Antiquities, Arts and Letters during an...Print: Book
1800-1849'Finish Forsyth's tour'Mary Shelley Joseph ForsythRemarks on Antiquities, Arts and Letters during an...Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday Dec. [...] 20th. [...] Letter from Mr. Baxter and Forsyth's Travels in Italy. After dinner I read it.' [records further readings from this text, some wit...Claire Clairmont Joseph ForsythRemarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during a...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home to supper and then to read the late printed discourse of Witches by a member of Gresham College, and then to bed - the discourse being well writ in good st...Samuel Pepys Joseph GlanvillSome philosophical considerations touching the bei...Print: Book


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