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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'[the father of Harry Burton] 'an irregularly employed housepainter, liked a "stirring novel" but nothing more challenging than Conan Doyle: "He had no use whatever for a... The Family ReaderPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[the father of Harry Burton] 'an irregularly employed housepainter, liked a "stirring novel" but nothing more challenging than Conan Doyle: "He had no use whatever for a... [n/a]The Daily ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'[the father of Harry Burton] 'an irregularly employed housepainter, liked a "stirring novel" but nothing more challenging than Conan Doyle: "He had no use whatever for a... Lloyd's Weekly NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'[the father of Harry Burton] 'an irregularly employed housepainter, liked a "stirring novel" but nothing more challenging than Conan Doyle: "He had no use whatever for a...Harry Burton Jules VerneJourney to the Centre of the EarthPrint: Book
1900-1945'[the father of Harry Burton] 'an irregularly employed housepainter, liked a "stirring novel" but nothing more challenging than Conan Doyle: "He had no use whatever for a...family of Harry Burton ChipsPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[the father of Harry Burton] 'an irregularly employed housepainter, liked a "stirring novel" but nothing more challenging than Conan Doyle: "He had no use whatever for a...family of Harry Burton The ButterflyPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[The first two pages of these minutes (pp. 103–4) are missing from the scans. They will have begun: ‘Meeting held at 39 Eastern Avenue 31st May 1941 A. B. Dilks in t...Isabel Taylor Gerald SavoryGeorge and MargaretPrint: Book
1900-1945'[The first two pages of these minutes (pp. 103–4) are missing from the scans. They will have begun: ‘Meeting held at 39 Eastern Avenue 31st May 1941 A. B. Dilks in t...Bruce Dilks Gerald SavoryGeorge and MargaretPrint: Book
1900-1945'[The first two pages of these minutes (pp. 103–4) are missing from the scans. They will have begun: ‘Meeting held at 39 Eastern Avenue 31st May 1941 A. B. Dilks in t...Francis E. Pollard Gerald SavoryGeorge and MargaretPrint: Book
1900-1945'[The first two pages of these minutes (pp. 103–4) are missing from the scans. They will have begun: ‘Meeting held at 39 Eastern Avenue 31st May 1941 A. B. Dilks in t...Knox Taylor Gerald SavoryGeorge and MargaretPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Thomas De Quincey] got round to reading ... [Hannah More, Coelebs in Search of a Wife] only in late June or early July [1809], when "I read about 40 pages in the 1st. v...Thomas De Quincey Hannah MoreCoelebs in Search of a WifePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Thomas] Bowman [Wordsworth's schoolmaster] recalled that W[ordsworth] read [George Sandys, Relation of a Journey Begun 1610] in the Hawkshead Grammar School Library.'William Wordsworth George SandysRelation of a Journey Begun 1610. Foure Bookes. ...Print: Book
1800-1849'[Thomas] Carlyle saw Scott's greatness in the extracts from the Diary given by Lockhart. The stern critic rightly recalls the feelings and conduct evidenced by those ext...Thomas Carlyle Walter ScottJournal (extracts)Print: Book
1900-1945'[Through the Women's Co-operative Guild, Deborah Smith] began reading poetry and, at age fifty one, discovered her own spiritual longings in Tennyson: Break, break, br...Deborah Smith Alfred Lord Tennyson'Break, break, break'Print: Book
1900-1945'[Tom, an Oxford contemporary] Following an elite fashion among moneyed aesthetes, he published, privately, a slim volume of poems on thick hand-made paper - "Eyes of Ado...Ralph Glasser Tom Eyes of AdonisPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Tristan] Bernard is very engaging. I do not know why but he is.[...] It is very good of you to have sent me that volume with the others. [Elémir] Bourges--ah, that's an...Joseph Conrad Tristan BernardunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Tristan] Bernard is very engaging. I do not know why but he is.[...] It is very good of you to have sent me that volume with the others. [Elémir] Bourges--ah, that's an...Joseph Conrad Elémir Bourges(probably) Les oiseaux s'en volent et les fleurs t...Print: Book
1900-1945'[Tristan] Bernard is very engaging. I do not know why but he is.[...] It is very good of you to have sent me that volume with the others. [Elémir] Bourges--ah, that's an...Joseph Conrad Elémir BourgesLe Crépuscule des Dieux: Moeurs ContemporainesPrint: Book
1850-1899'[Trubner] brought Allen Grant's volume on the Colour Sense, of which I read the early chapters in the Evening'.George Eliot [pseud] Allen GrantColour Sense: its Origin and Development, ThePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'[Tuesday June [...] 5th. [...] Read Werther and begin Emile de Rousseau.' [also records reading latter text on 7, 8, 9 June 1821]Claire Clairmont Jean-Jacques RousseauEmile: Ou de l'educationPrint: Book


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