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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

Meeting held at School House, L.P. :- 28. v. 37.

  C. E. Stanfield in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read & approved

[...]

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Charles E. Stansfield Charles E. Stansfield[a biographical sketch of Percy Bysshe Shelley wit...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945

Meeting held at St. Margaret’s, Shinfield Road: 20. 1. 38.

F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved

[...]

6. C....

Victor Alexander Victor AlexanderMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945

Meeting held at St. Margaret’s, Shinfield Road: 20. 1. 38.

F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved

[...]

6. C....

Charles E. Stansfield Charles E. Stansfield[A detailed biographical sketch of Æ (AE, or Georg...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945

Meeting held at St. Margaret’s, Shinfield Road: 20. 1. 38.

F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved

[...]

6. C....

Mary Pollard George William RussellGandhiPrint: Book
1900-1945

Meeting held at St. Margaret’s, Shinfield Road: 20. 1. 38.

F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved

[...]

6. C....

Francis E. Pollard Æ [pseud.]The one dimensional mindPrint: Book
1900-1945

Meeting held at St. Margaret’s, Shinfield Road: 20. 1. 38.

F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved

[...]

6. C....

Francis E. Pollard Æ [pseud.][One or more unidentified poems]Unknown
1900-1945

Meeting held at St. Margaret’s, Shinfield Road: 20. 1. 38.

F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved

[...]

6. C....

Victor Alexander Æ [pseud.][One or more unidentified poems]Unknown
1900-1945

Meeting held at St. Margaret’s, Shinfield Road: 20. 1. 38.

F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved

[...]

6. C....

Rosamund Wallis J. M. SyngeThe Tinker’s WeddingPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899

[A former pupil of Cowan Bridge School, Yorkshire (the model for 'Lowood' in Jane Eyre), to Charlotte Bronte's widower, Arthur Bell Nicholls:]


'On fir...

Anon Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1850-1899

[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 14 May 1854:]


'I took the time of the Leeds-Keighley-Skipton trains from Mr Clapham's Feby Time-Table and when I go...

Charlotte Bronte Railway timetable for February [?1854]Print: Timetable
1850-1899

[Charlotte Bronte to Sydney Dobell, 3 February 1854:]


'"Balder" arrived safely. I looked at him, before cutting his leaves, with singular pleasure [...]...

Charlotte Bronte Sydney DobellBalderPrint: Book
1800-1849

[Charlotte Brontë to the grandson of Henry James Mercier, 1 June 1848:]


'I have read 2,500 with pleasure. It is a very clever and ingenious production, ...

Charlotte Brontë Henry James MercierMemoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five HundredPrint: Book
1800-1849

[Letter 24 March 1814]
'''The Wanderer'' is to be out on Monday. It is the most interesting novel I have ever read.'

Fanny Allen Frances D'ArblayThe WandererPrint: Book
1850-1899

[Sidney Biddell to Ellen Nussey, 15 February 1885:]


'I am having a great treat in Cross's "Life of George Eliot." Most wonderful woman! — At 34 ...

Sidney Biddell and 'Sonie' [also Biddell?] The Life of George Eliot (vol. 1)Print: Book
1800-1849

[Sidney Biddell to Ellen Nussey, 15 February 1885:]


'I am having a great treat in Cross's "Life of George Eliot." Most wonderful woman! [...] Writing ...

George Eliot Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1850-1899

[Sidney Biddell to Ellen Nussey, 15 February 1885:]


'I am having a great treat in Cross's "Life of George Eliot." Most wonderful woman! [...] Of Mrs G...

George Eliot Elizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book
1700-1799?"She has heard a great deal of you, ? & has seen some of your Letters" . . . I am [ital] very [ital] much concerned, nay & [ital] hurt & half angry [ital] that this lady...Anne Leigh Frances Burney[letters]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799?? for a long time I read ten chapters in the Bible every day, I also read and learned many hymns, and as soon as I could procure some of Mr Wesley?s Tracts, Sermons etc....James Lackington WesleyTracts and SermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799?? in looking over the title pages, I met with Hobbes translation of Homer, I had some how or other heard that Homer was a great poet, but unfortunately I had never heard...James Lackington EpictetusMoralsPrint: Book
1700-1799?? in looking over the title pages, I met with Hobbes translation of Homer, I had some how or other heard that Homer was a great poet, but unfortunately I had never heard...James Lackington HomerunknownPrint: Book



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