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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'"Thinking back, I am amazed at the amount of English literature we absorbed in those four years", recalled Ethel Clark, a Gloucester railway worker's daughter, "and I pa...Ethel Clark Rudyard Kipling Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Beatrice and Sidney Webb Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent William Blake Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent John Stuart Mill Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Print: Book
1900-1945'[Edgar Wallace recalled] the teacher read aloud "The Arabian Nights". "The colour and beauty of the East stole through the foggy windows of Reddin's Road School. Here wa...Edward Wallace AnonArabian NightsPrint: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent [Freudian psychology]Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent [industrial administration]Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent [unknown][political history]Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Bertrand RussellEssays in ScepticismPrint: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Oswald Arnold Gottfried SpenglerThe Decline of the WestPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn Percy Bysshe ShelleyOde to the West WindPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn John MiltonLycidasPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn [unknown][Ancient Greek literature]Print: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn George Bernard Shaw[plays]Print: Book
1900-1945'Jack Common recalled that his mother brought him a secondhand and severely abridged "Life of Johnson" for 1d., and he had to read it several times before he even partial...Jack Common James BoswellLife of JohnsonPrint: Book
1900-1945'merchant seaman Lennox Kerr ditched overboard his early experiments in authorship:"... writing isn't for the working man. It sets him apart. He isn't such a toiler if he...Lennox Kerr William Shakespeare[works]Print: Book


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