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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
 
1900-1945Thursday 22 March 1940: 'I read Tolstoy at Breakfast -- Goldenweiser, that I translated with Kot in 1923 & have almost forgotten. Always the same reality -- like touching...Virginia Stephen Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945'Remenber me faithfully to your wife whose translation of "Karenina" is splendid. Of the thing itself I think but little, so that her merit shines with the greater lustre...Joseph Conrad Leo TolstoyAnna KareninaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am re-reading "Anna Karenina" with great pleasure and only wish I could attempt a book on a scale like that. So many groups of distinct, yet intertwining lives, all so...Antonia White Leo TolstoyAnna KareninaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I had hoped to have a clear head here - to get on with German, Italian, etc. and to read some history. But I have been so heavy and tired all the time that I can only ma...Antonia White Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Roberta Rubenstein, 14 December 1968: 'What is your evidence for saying that Virginia had never read a Russian novel until she read Crime and Punishme...Leonard Woolf Leo TolstoyAnna KareninaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Gissing, probably more than any of his contemporaries, knew well the main trends of European literature at that time, for he continued to read widely in both French and ...George Gissing Leo Tolstoy[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'[...] the gratuitous atrocity of, say, "Ivan Illyitch"[sic] or the monstrous stupidity of such a thing as "The Kreutzer Sonata" for instance; where an obvious degenerate...Joseph Conrad Leo TolstoyThe Death of Ivan Illyich and other storiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'At a meeting held on March 20 1905 at the home of Edward Little at 33 Marlborough Avenue Tolstoi's Life & Works were considered. Edward Little read a paper on his Life. ...Howard Smith Leo TolstoyResurrection, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'At a meeting held on March 20 1905 at the home of Edward Little at 33 Marlborough Avenue Tolstoi's Life & Works were considered. Edward Little read a paper on his Life. ...John Ridges Leo Tolstoy[extract from an unknown work]Print: Book
1900-1945'At a meeting held on March 20 1905 at the home of Edward Little at 33 Marlborough Avenue Tolstoi's Life & Works were considered. Edward Little read a paper on his Life. ...Charles Stansfield Leo TolstoyIvan the FoolPrint: Book
1900-1945'At a meeting held on March 20 1905 at the home of Edward Little at 33 Marlborough Avenue Tolstoi's Life & Works were considered. Edward Little read a paper on his Life. ...Alfred Rawlings Leo Tolstoy Print: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Tolstoy & his works was then taken. R. H. Robson gave a brief outline of his life. T. C. Elliott gave a reading from Faussett's "Inner Drama of Tolstoy". ...R. B. Graham Leo TolstoyAnna KareninaPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Tolstoy & his works was then taken. R. H. Robson gave a brief outline of his life. T. C. Elliott gave a reading from Faussett's "Inner Drama of Tolstoy". ...Mary Robson Leo TolstoyMaster and ManPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Tolstoy & his works was then taken. R. H. Robson gave a brief outline of his life. T. C. Elliott gave a reading from Faussett's "Inner Drama of Tolstoy". ...George Burrow Leo TolstoyThe CossacksPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Tolstoy & his works was then taken. R. H. Robson gave a brief outline of his life. T. C. Elliott gave a reading from Faussett's "Inner Drama of Tolstoy". ...Francis Pollard Leo Tolstoy[essay on the Russian Famine]Print: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Tolstoy & his works was then taken. R. H. Robson gave a brief outline of his life. T. C. Elliott gave a reading from Faussett's "Inner Drama of Tolstoy". ...R. B. Graham Leo TolstoyAnna KareninaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Long long evening — the children played Corelli's sonatas, I read "Guerre et Paix", felt dreadfully depressed.'Gertrude Bell Leo TolstoyWar and Peace Print: Book
1900-1945‘Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards—copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Of all the written words of Man that help one submit to Destiny I know nothing more persuasive than that part of "War and Peace" which tells of Pierre’s captivity an...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945‘I think we are quite near [departure for] the front—the fighting line, but at least I have control enough of my mind to think very little of this. The only thought t...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book


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