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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' ... had Roast Beef & Potatoes for dinner, then made some stew for tomorrow, then read the Christian Age. Went to bed about 8 P.M.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899' ... had my dinner and fixed some soup then read a good bit from Christian Age ...'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I read a good bit from C Age & done some writing am now going to bed.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899' ... read a good deal from C Age - also some chapters in the Book of Cronicles [sic] ...'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899' ... read a good deal from C Age - also some chapters in the Book of Cronicles [sic] ...'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]Bible (Chronicles)Print: Book
1850-1899'I went down to see Peter & stayed a good while until breakfast then read 2 Sermons from C Age & Peter came up here.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'this eve I read the Joyful News which I enjoyed very much ...'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Joyful NewsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I read some papers & then went to bed ...'James Bennetts Williams Anon Anon[unknown]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899' ... had my dinner & read the Newspaper & boiled a pot of potatoes ...'James Bennetts Williams Anon Anon[unknown]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'A more poignant Newcastle memory came later. Settled in the town in a house of our own, we had been reading David Copperfield aloud of an evening to manma, when she ...Ernest Rhys Charles DickensDavid Copperfield
1850-1899'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major Pendennis. Mer...Joseph Conrad William Dean HowellsThe Rise of Silas LaphamPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major Pendennis. Mer...Joseph Conrad William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfort...Print: Book
1850-1899'Mr Joseph Conrad, the author, writes: I don’t remember any child’s book. I don’t think I ever read any; the first book I remember distinctly is Hugo’s "Travailleurs...Joseph Conrad Victor HugoLes Travailleurs de la merPrint: Book
1850-1899'[Conrad]admitted he was a Victorian, and that most of his reading was in nineteenth- century authors. He had [...] read Poe in French. He was fond of Emerson and Whit...Joseph Conrad Edgar Allan PoeunspecifiedPrint: Book
1850-1899'My first English reading was the "Standard" newspaper, and my first acquaintance by the ear with it was in the speech of fishermen, shipwrights and sailors of the East...Joseph Conrad StandardPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'He first read Twain in London in the late eighties. "Innocents Abroad"(1869) was all the rage. But his description of life in America-some of his short stories as well...Joseph Conrad Mark TwainLife on the MississippiPrint: Book
1850-1899'She[a distant Polish relative of Conrad]spoke of you, told me you were her cousin, that you always loved reading Jules Verne's travels, etc., etc.'Joseph Conrad Jules Verneunknown (see notes below)Print: Book
1850-1899'I wrote him long letters in Persian characters. "Duste azize man," they began - "Dear friend of mine." He would read them during the lesson, and answer them in ter...Gertrude Bell Gertrude Bell[untitled Persian letters]Manuscript: Letter, Letters written in Persian as part of Persian composition lessons
1850-1899'For lighter reading we had the Shah's Diary, a work whose child-like simplicity admitted of but one interpretation. I never got through very much of it, but I did ...Gertrude Bell Naser al-Din Shah QajarDiariesPrint: Book
1850-1899'We fell to wondering, while the evening light faded from land to sea, what the meagre history of Ineboli could be - so remote it seemed, so forgotten - and it pres...Gertrude Bell StraboGeographicaPrint: Book


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