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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'In February [1855] my father "translated aloud three Idylls of Theocritus, Hylas, The Island of Cos, and The Syracusan Women."' Alfred Tennyson Theocritus The Syracusan WomenPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 10.3.41 F. E. Pollard in the Chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
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3. Violet Clou...		Muriel Stevens Beatrix PotterThe Tale of Samuel WhiskersPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 22 September 1808, during stay at Bothwell Castle, seat of Lord Douglas: 'I read to Lady Douglas my sketch of a preface for the Letters [of Madame du...Mary Berry unknownThe Tale of the TimesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Have you read Frank Harris?s privately published Life & Confessions of Oscar Wilde? It is a strange & powerful book, written by a man who is a curious mixture of impuls...Arnold Bennett Anton ChekhovThe Tales of TchehovPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 12 June 1766:] 'I have been reading your third volume of Peruvians with pleasure, and though the objection you made is just, it ...Catherine Talbot Charles MorrellThe Tales of the GeniiPrint: Book
1850-1899'When old enough to read for herself, Rose Macaulay entered into other realms of fictitious brave adventure. She devoured Masterman Ready, Ivanhoe, The Talisman, Coral Is...Rose Macaulay Walter ScottThe TalismanPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Sybil Lubbock remembers ... the reading which prefaced Christmas: as she and her sister embroidered their father's slippers, or prepared things for the Hospital Box, 'our...Walter ScottThe TalismanPrint: Book
1900-1945Books read by William Lygon, seventh Earl Beauchamp (politician, 1872-1938) to his daughters Lettice (1906-73) and Sibell (1907-2005) between June 1915 and December 1916 ...William Lygon, seventh Earl Beauchamp Walter ScottThe TalismanPrint: Book
1900-1945'Having finished Morris I am reading a silly book of Anstey's "The Talking Horse" before settling down to Macaulay. I never heard you speak of Anstey, but you should re...Clive Staples Lewis F. AnsteyThe Talking Horse and Other TalesPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the evening wrote my London letters and read Shakespeare's "As you Like It" and "Taming a Shrew", both of which I think good comedies.'Thomas Turner William ShakespeareThe taming of the shrewPrint: Book
1850-1899'Christmas day. Miserably wet... Taming of the Shrew'.George Eliot [pseud] William ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Tuesday 2 October 1934: 'Books read or in reading [over summer 1934]: Sh[akespea]re. Troilus. Pericles. Taming of Shr...Virginia Woolf William ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield: 15. V. 31 George Burrow in the chair 1. Minutes of last approved [...] 5. George Burrow read a short paper introducing the Taming of the S...Members of the XII Book ClubWilliam ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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2. Minutes of the last meeting were read and signed...		Bruce Dilks William ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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2. Minutes of the last meeting were read and signed...		Muriel Stevens William ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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2. Minutes of the last meeting were read and signed...		Howard Smith William ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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2. Minutes of the last meeting were read and signed...		Sylvanus A. Reynolds William ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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2. Minutes of the last meeting were read and signed...		Kenneth F. Nicholson William ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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2. Minutes of the last meeting were read and signed...		Francis E. Pollard William ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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2. Minutes of the last meeting were read and signed...		Roger Moore William ShakespeareThe Taming of the ShrewPrint: Book


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