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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
 
1850-1899'After reading the first volume [of Mrs Ward's "Robert Elsmere"] he [William Arnold] wrote to Mrs Arnold, "You may look forward to finding yourself the mother of a famous...William Arnold Mary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1900-1945'After reading the minutes the arrangements for the next meeting were made'Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1900-1945'After reading these books, I began to ask: "Why should these young men have the war to themselves? Didn't women have their war as well?"Vera Brittain [books on war topics]Print: Book
1700-1799'After reading to poor Bob which was a cross to me because some one was present I wrote this.'Elizabeth Gurney [n/a][New] TestamentPrint: Book
1900-1945'After refreshment Geo Burrow told us of Meinholt's [sic] book "The Amber Witch" & of witchcraft & Howard R. Smith read a story written by H.M. Wallis who was unable to ...Howard R. Smith Henry Marriage Wallis"The Price of his Soul"Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'After refreshment Geo Burrow told us of Meinholt's [sic] book "The Amber Witch" & of witchcraft & Howard R. Smith read a story written by H.M. Wallis who was unable to ...George Burrow Johannes Wilhelm Meinhold"The Amber Witch"Print: Book
1900-1945'After Stalingrad, [Bernard Kops] immersed himself in Russian literature. A GI dating his sister introduced him to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson'.Bernard Kops [unknown][Russian literature]Print: Book
1900-1945'After Stalingrad, [Bernard Kops] immersed himself in Russian literature. A GI dating his sister introduced him to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson'.Bernard Kops Walt Whitman[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'After Stalingrad, [Bernard Kops] immersed himself in Russian literature. A GI dating his sister introduced him to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson'.Bernard Kops Emily Dickinson[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'After supper finished "The Tragedy of Cato".'Thomas Turner Joseph AddisonCato, A TragedyPrint: Book
1600-1699'After supper I up to read a little, and then to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'after supper I went againe to priuat praier and reading, and so to bed'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'After supper Mde. de Bombelles read 'Le Philanthrope' which is as amusing as possible'. [Madame] de Bombelles unknownLe PhilanthropePrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant" wherein I find the following remark: They breed (says he) the finest goats in the world in the Champaign ...Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant".'Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant".'Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read the "Tragedy of Macbeth", which I like very well.'Thomas Turner William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read the 13th book of Homer's "Odyssey", wherein I think the soliloquy which Ulysses makes when he finds the Phaeacians have, in his sleep, left him on shor...Thomas Turner HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1900-1945'After supper the Secretary read the Minutes of the last Meeting'Howard R. Smith Howard R. Smith[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1700-1799'After supper [Mama] read us "L'amour maternelle" of Mde. de Genlis.'Agathe Wynne Stephanie Felicite, Comtesse de GenlisL'amour maternellePrint: Unknown


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