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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
 
1900-194515 February 1922: 'I thought to myself, as Lytton was talking, Now I will remember this & write it down in my diary tomorrow [...] "Latest Racine" he had read on the post...Lytton Strachey anonadvertisement/announcement on racingPrint: Poster
1850-189915 March 1880: 'He [Charles Schreiber, reader's husband] canvassed again [as Parliamentary candidate for Poole] from 6 to 9, and I mooned and wept over a book that I h...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Memoirs of the Cambridge A. D. C.Print: Book
1850-189915 March 1880: 'I read in this morning's Times that Merthyr [Guest, son by her first marriage] has accepted the requisition of the electors to come forward for his nat...Lady Charlotte Schreiber report of Merthyr Guest's Parliamentary candidacyPrint: Newspaper
1850-189915 Oct 1855 Meeting Minutes: Report from Elizabeth Fry Refuge - 'One of them Eliza Salmon was a Roman Catholic and has often told the Matron that until she came to this R...Eliza Salmon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-189915 October 1879, from Berlin: 'Since dinner I have read the Merry Wives of Windsor with great delight. I have been going through the historical plays of Shakespeare fr...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William ShakespeareThe Merry Wives of WindsorPrint: Book
1850-189915 October 1879, from Berlin: 'Since dinner I have read the Merry Wives of Windsor with great delight. I have been going through the historical plays of Shakespeare fr...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Shakespearehistory playsPrint: Book
1850-189916 July 1857: 'Sitting alone at breakfast I took up the paper and saw in the military intelligence that Montague [son]'s regiment (2nd Batt. Rifle Brigade) was under o...Lady Charlotte Schreiber military intelligence columnPrint: Newspaper
1850-189916 March 1884, from Lisbon, en route home from South Africa: 'I am now reading to C. S. that charming book Rob Roy. Scott never palls. In the steamer we amused ourse...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Walter ScottRob RoyPrint: Book
1850-189916 March 1884, from Lisbon, en route home from South Africa: 'I am now reading to C. S. that charming book Rob Roy. Scott never palls. In the steamer we amused ourse...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Charles DickensBarnaby RudgePrint: Book
1850-189916 March 1884, from Lisbon, en route home from South Africa: 'I am now reading to C. S. that charming book Rob Roy. Scott never palls. In the steamer we amused ourse...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Charles DickensThe Old Curiosity ShopPrint: Book
1850-189917 July 1859: 'I sat, very sad, in the garden [at Exeter House], took up Tennyson's Guinevere, and was engrossed with it. Arthur is the noblest creature that ever live...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Alfred TennysonGuineverePrint: Book
1850-189917 March 1856: 'During breakfast I read some of Mme. d'Arblay's Memoirs to dear Charley [husband], who was much interested in her account of Dr. Johnson. he had not re...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Frances Burney D'ArblayMemoirs of Dr BurneyPrint: Book
1800-184917 March 1856: 'During breakfast I read some of Mme. d'Arblay's Memoirs to dear Charley [husband], who was much interested in her account of Dr. Johnson. He had not re...Charlotte Bertie Frances Burney D'ArblayMemoirs of Dr BurneyPrint: Book
1900-194518 April 1918: 'I went to Guildford. I don't see how to put 3 or 4 hours of Roger's conversation into the rest of this page [...] it was about all manner of things [......Roger Fry Aristophanes LysistrataManuscript: Unknown
1900-194518 April 1918: 'I went to Guildford. I don't see how to put 3 or 4 hours of Roger's conversation into the rest of this page [...] it was about all manner of things [......Roger Fry Marcel ProustDu Cote de chez SwannPrint: Book
1900-194518 December 1921: 'Roger's visit [on 17 December] went off specially well [...] Roger had Benda in his pocket & read a passage aloud'. Roger Fry Julien BendaunknownPrint: Book, Pamphlet
1850-189918 July 1876: 'Left Paris by tidal service at half-past nine, reaching London before seven... I am reading again, with great delight, Thackeray's Esmond. Since I left ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Makepeace ThackerayEsmondPrint: Book
1850-189918 July 1876: 'Left Paris by tidal service at half-past nine, reaching London before seven... I am reading again, with great delight, Thackeray's Esmond. Since I left ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesPrint: Book
1850-189918 July 1876: 'Left Paris by tidal service at half-past nine, reaching London before seven... I am reading again, with great delight, Thackeray's Esmond. Since I left ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Tobias SmollettPeregrine PicklePrint: Book
1850-189918 July 1876: 'Left Paris by tidal service at half-past nine, reaching London before seven... I am reading again, with great delight, Thackeray's Esmond. Since I left ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Mrs ElliotOld Court Life in FrancePrint: Book


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