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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
 
1900-1945'So after dinner they settled down by the fire with The Northern Muse, Betty van Dusen and Tweedsmuir reading poems alternately; rather, she read from the book, but when ...Betty van Dusen The Northern Muse: An Anthology of Scots Vernacula...Print: Book
1800-1849"As Kingsbury and Farrell lost no opportunity of advancing their views, I was soon possessed of a tolerable knowledge of the tenets of each. This was supplemented by the...John Bedford Leno The Northern StarPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Ewan McColl remembered his father, a Communist ironfounder, as someone who was always giving him secondhand books. He "belonged to the generation who believed that books...Ewan McColl Nikolai GogolThe NosePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House. 13th March 1944
    J. Knox Taylor in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.		Kenneth F. Nicholson Kenneth NicholsonThe NovelManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The journey home was absolutely damnable: I had to wait an hour at Letterkenny, and an hour and a quarter at Strabane. You may judge of my boredom when I tell you that...Clive Staples Lewis [n/a] [n/a]The Novel MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The novel --Good! Très fort!! As Pinker could not have done much with it before Easter I held it up here for a second reading.'Joseph Conrad Francis Warrington DawsonThe Novel of George (published as The Pyramid)Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'We have just had a new edition of the works of Hale White (Mark Rutherford). It is a miserable and ill-printed edition, but it exists, and I am reading him all over aga...Arnold Bennett Mark RutherfordThe Novels of Mark RutherfordPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels ...Harriet Grove Lady MorganThe Novice of Saint DominickPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Received the Books last night, and spent an exciting few minutes looking through the poems. I congratulate you on the Binding & Type.’Wilfred Owen Leslie GunstonThe Nymph and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849'The following advertisement is from the "Observer" of Sunday May 22 1825. "Just published the speech of his Royal Highness the Duke of York in the house of Lords the 25 ...John Clare [n/a]The ObserverPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1900-1945'2nd September 1928 (Tuesday) Sunday?s ?Observer? suggests a clean break with the line of diplomatic action brought to light by the revelations regarding the Anglo-Fre...Gerald Moore The ObserverPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I shall never speak to Squire again. I never read anything like it for sheer idiocy.'Vita Sackville-West J.C. SquireThe ObserverPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'On Sunday morning, June 16th, I opened the "Observer", which appeared to be chiefly concerned with the new offensive - for the moment at a standstill - in the Noyon-Mont...Vera Brittain The ObserverPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'There followed a quotation from the correspondent of the Corriere della Sera, who described "the Austrian attack on the Italian positions in the neighbourhood of the Ton...Vera Brittain The ObserverPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 1-10 October 1795, 'I am obliged to Nares for a very handsome review. it is my intention next year to write a tragedy. the...Robert Southey Richard CumberlandThe Observer Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Isaac D'Israeli to John Murray, 4 August 1818: 'Mr. Stewart [Mr. Murray's clerk] has been so attentive as to send me down the Observer, without which I should scarcely...Isaac D'Israeli The ObserverPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Dinner. Coffee and rest in my room. Read Observer carefully. Supper and bed at 9.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook The ObserverPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Out in motor with Miss Kitching who gave me picture testament and Observer. Read Greek Test. with Eva[.] Finished Rev. 9.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook The ObserverPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Read service. Read Observer.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook The ObserverPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Very heavy rain. Early dinner in doors. Skimmed Observer.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook The ObserverPrint: Newspaper


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