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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'I have read Swinburne's "Jonson" which I will keep for you, it is quite excellent.'Gertrude Bell Algernon Charles SwinburneA Study of Ben JonsonPrint: Book
1850-1899'I then read a book of Kipling's, "Under the Derdens [sic] ", which I had brought home with me and will send to you as soon as Grandmamma [Lady Olliffe] has read it. It i...Gertrude Bell Rudyard KiplingUnder the DeodarsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I then read a book of Kipling's, "Under the Derdens [sic] ", which I had brought home with me and will send to you as soon as Grandmamma [Lady Olliffe] has read it. It i...Gertrude Bell Rudyard KiplingSoldiers ThreePrint: Book
1850-1899'This morning we have read and talked — it's very wet so we haven't been out. I have been reading Mr Morley's "Walpole" which Sir Lewis [?Louis] Mallet says is supr...Gertrude Bell John MorleyWalpolePrint: Book
1850-1899'I have just returned from Clarence where I found only a few Mothers, but some very agreeable ladies amongst them. I read them "Barbara T[t]hwaite" by which they were muc...Gertrude Bell Florence BellWill o' the Wisp Print: Book
1850-1899'I am sending you a play of Sudermann's, "Heimat", which I have just read and which I must say I thought tremendous. I fancy it will suit Mr Hyde's taste and I wonder if ...Gertrude Bell Hermann SudermannHeimatPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have finally decided to come north tomorrow at 2.15. I don't like not to be there — I can read Strzygowski all the way in the train, pace you! I shall come back ...Gertrude Bell Josef StrzygowskiunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the morning to Santa Maria where we looked at the Spanish Chapel with Ruskin.[...] In the afternoon poked about in the back streets behind the Duomo which are all fu...Gertrude Bell John Ruskin?Mornings in FlorencePrint: Book
1850-1899'In the morning to Santa Maria where we looked at the Spanish Chapel with Ruskin.[...] In the afternoon poked about in the back streets behind the Duomo which are all fu...Gertrude Bell Dante Alighieri?La Divina CommediaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read some of the Farinata Canto [Canto 10 of "La Divina Commedia"]' Gertrude Bell Dante AlighieriLa Divina Commedia Print: Book
1850-1899'Home to tea. Read some of Fratesi's [sic] "In Provincia" which I think is very good. Awfully cold.' Gertrude Bell Mario PratesiIn provincia: novelle e bozzettiPrint: Book
1850-1899'After lunch they all went to the Eiffel Tower and I stayed at home and read Stevenson and wrote letters.' Gertrude Bell Robert Louis StevensonunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Lunched at Troyes, reached Bale at 7.30. Hotel Euler. Read Stevenson's "Men and Books" and Miss Warlson's "Horace Chase".' Gertrude Bell Robert Louis StevensonFamiliar Studies of Men and Books Print: Book
1850-1899'Lunched at Troyes, reached Bale at 7.30. Hotel Euler. Read Stevenson's "Men and Books" and Miss Warlson's [sic] "Horace Chase".' Gertrude Bell Constance Fenimore WoolsonHorace ChasePrint: Book
1850-1899'Last night I read the correspondence between Vanessa and Swift — I wonder if any man, beginning with the man to whom those letters were first addressed has ever un...Gertrude Bell Jonathan SwiftunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Last night a year ago I was reading Mother the "Shadow of Death" at Kirby Thore and today a year ago the shadow fell very near me. I thought much last night of him [the ...Gertrude Bell unknown unknown[?The] Shadow of Death Print: Book
1850-1899'Finished the journal to Stella. What a bitter story!' Gertrude Bell Jonathan SwiftThe Journal to StellaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read "Esther Waters" which I though excellent — so direct and simple — and "La Seconde Vie de Michel Teissier" which interested me. Prosperous journey &mdash...Gertrude Bell George MooreEsther Waters: A NovelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read "Esther Waters" which I though excellent — so direct and simple — and "La Seconde Vie de Michel Teissier" which interested me. Prosperous journey &mdash...Gertrude Bell Edouard RodLa Seconde Vie de Michel TeissierPrint: Book
1850-1899'Left at 10.40 Frontier 12.15, lunch Belfort 12.40 where I got "Lourdes" and read it with wild interest all the rest of the way. Tea at Nancy. Reims 7.30.' Gertrude Bell unknown unknownLourdes [...]Print: Book


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