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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
 
1800-18495 Feb 1836 Mary Birch To John Birch (son) 'How kind it was in you to copy that appropriate passage in Locke; and I, with the assistance of my good and intelligent governe...John Birch John LockeEssaysPrint: Book
1850-18995 March 1853: 'At 6 I went down again to the [workmen's] Room and to my surprise found the library finished and furnished, the refreshments all about and everything lo...Dowlais Iron Company workers  Print: Newspaper
1900-19455 October 1933: 'I spent yesterday in bed; headache; infinite weariness up my back; clouds forming in my neck; half asleep; through the rift reading Steen (author of Stal...Virginia Woolf Marguerite SteenHugh Walpole: A StudyPrint: Book
1850-18996 December 1886: 'I have just come in from Regent's Park, where, notwithstanding a bitter wind, I went and read my [Divine] service. Sunday is always such a sad day ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Divine servicePrint: Book
1850-18996 July 1853: 'Read three first characters of Chaucer's Prologue.'Lady Charlotte Guest Geoffrey ChaucerThe Canterbury Tales (Prologue)Print: Book
1900-19456 June 1918: 'I've seen Alix [...] She is able to conceive the possibility of one day finding some book to read. She has tried Bertie's mathematics, relinquished it, bu...Alix Sargant-Florence Bertrand RussellunknownPrint: Book
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Sydney Waterlow Sydney Waterlowautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Clive Bell Clive Bellautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bellautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Duncan Grant Duncan Grantautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Molly MacCarthy Molly MacCarthyautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Duncan Grant Duncan Grantautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Roger Fry Roger Fryautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1900-19457 August 1918: 'I was very glad to go on with my Byron [...] I'm amused to find how easily I can imagine the effect he had upon women [goes on to comment further upon B...Virginia Woolf unknownlife of ByronPrint: Book
1900-19457 August 1918: 'Our excitement [has been] the return of the servants from Lewes last night, with [...] the English review for me, with [...] Katherine Mansfield on Blis...Virginia Woolf Katherine Mansfield'Bliss'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-18997 December 1879: 'I was a little chilly in the morning [...] and I feared I had taken cold, so I did not go out. Read over the fire. First Freeman's account of the Bay...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Freeman'account of the Bayeux tapestry'Print: Unknown
1850-18997 December 1879: 'I was a little chilly in the morning [...] and I feared I had taken cold, so I did not go out. Read over the fire. First Freeman's account of the Bay...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Makepeace ThackerayHumoristsPrint: Book
1900-19457 January 1920: 'Reading Empire & Commerce to my genuine satisfaction, with an impartial delight in the closeness, passion & logic of it; indeed its a good thing now & th...Virginia Woolf Leonard WoolfEmpire and Commerce in Africa. A Study in Economic...Unknown
1800-18497/1/1827 ? ?Read about eighty pages of a book lent to me by Dr Ash, called ?The grounds of a Holy life?. Believe the author to be a friend in principle, if not in profess...Amelia Opie Hugh TwyfordThe Grounds of Holy LifePrint: Book
1800-18497/1/1827 ? ?Read about eighty pages of a book lent to me by Dr Ash, called ?The grounds of a Holy life?. Believe the author to be a friend in principle, if not in profess...Amelia Opie Apostle PaulAddress to AgrippaPrint: Book


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