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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
 
1700-1799After dinner, summerhouse, read the Life of Count Venivill - silly.Gertrude Savile Penelope AubinThe Strange Adventure of the Count de Vinevil andPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", ...Dorothea Beale historyPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", ...Dorothea Beale The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", ...Dorothea Beale Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", ...Dorothea Beale The Edinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899After listing some canonical writers discussed by Pound and whom Ford had never read he then goes on to write: 'On the other hand I possess a certain patience and, if I...Ford Madox Ford VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1850-1899After listing some canonical writers discussed by Pound and whom Ford had never read he then goes on to write: 'On the other hand I possess a certain patience and, if I...Ford Madox Ford Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFaustPrint: Book
1850-1899After listing some canonical writers discussed by Pound and whom Ford had never read he then goes on to write: 'On the other hand I possess a certain patience and, if I...Ford Madox Ford HomerThe IliadPrint: Book
1850-1899After listing some canonical writers discussed by Pound and whom Ford had never read he then goes on to write: 'On the other hand I possess a certain patience and, if I...Ford Madox Ford EuripidesThe BacchaePrint: Book
1850-1899After listing some canonical writers discussed by Pound and whom Ford had never read he then goes on to write: 'On the other hand I possess a certain patience and, if I...Ford Madox Ford EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945After listing some canonical writers discussed by Pound and whom Ford had never read he then goes on to write: 'On the other hand I possess a certain patience and, if I...Ford Madox Ford Charles Montagu DoughtyThe Dawn in BritainPrint: Book
1900-1945After listing some canonical writers discussed by Pound and whom Ford had never read he then goes on to write: 'On the other hand I possess a certain patience and, if I...Ford Madox Ford Robert BrowningSordelloPrint: Book
1850-1899After lunch was always a pleasant time at Vailima...that was the time Louis usually chose to read aloud something he had written. We were an eager, attentive audience, an...Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis StevensonWeir of HermistonManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899After lunch was always a pleasant time at Vailima...that was the time Louis usually chose to read aloud something he had written. We were an eager, attentive audience, an...Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis StevensonThe Witch Woman
1600-1699After my father had denied Crumwell he lived at great quiet, spending his tyme very much in reading the Bible, and good and godly tractsJohn Bramston The BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699After my father had denied Crumwell he lived at great quiet, spending his tyme very much in reading the Bible, and good and godly tractsJohn Bramston various unknown [religious titles]Print: Book
1500-1599After priuat praers I did read of the bible'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945After reading "Living Alone" in 1923, Winifred wrote Stella a letter of appreciation. When no answer arrived she concluded that Stella Benson, like so many authors, put ...Winifred Holtby Stella BensonLiving AloneUnknown
1900-1945After reading what you said about 'The Eternal Husband', I read that story again. Je le trouve un peu manqué, surtout vers le fin. Arnold Bennett Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Eternal HusbandPrint: Book
1700-1799After supper read 'The City Widow' and part of the 'Adventures of Abdella' - 2 new books got tonight. Bed past 12.Gertrude Savile Eliza Fowler HaywoodThe City Widow; or, Love in a Butt. A Novel.Print: Book


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