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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'as an office boy, Pritchett tried to read widely and dreamt of an escape to Bohemia. But his knowledge of the Latin Quarter was gleaned not from Flaubert, only from thir...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Hilaire Belloc[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945 'Riceyman Steps' had brought him new prestige; it was read by lords and barbers, and Conrad was reported to say that it showed 'Bennett victorious'.Joseph Conrad Arnold BennettRiceyman StepsPrint: Book
1900-1945'...he confessed that he could not understand a word of Gertrude Stein.'Arnold Bennett Gertrude SteinunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'When Middleton Murry attacked George Moore in an editorial of the "Adelphi" in April 1924, he [Arnold Bennett] wrote a very strong letter of protest, and rightly: Murry'...Arnold Bennett John Middleton MurryWrap me up in my Aubusson CarpetPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'...he continued to . . . reassess his first loves, such as Balzac, whom he begins to doubt: in May 1926 he finds him "thin and tedious", says he will try "Splendeurs et ...Arnold Bennett Balzac Print: Book
1900-1945'. . .he was annoyed with Capes for misquoting his enthusiasm for Joyce in an advertisement for "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"'.Arnold Bennett  Print: Advertisement
1900-1945'He was annoyed by some of Priestley's comments in "The Mercury" (February 1924) as he notes in his journal . . .'Arnold Bennett J.B. PriestleyMercury, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul Thomas Stearns EliotThe Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul Thomas Stearns EliotThe Waste LandPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul David Herbert LawrenceLady Chatterley's LoverPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul James JoyceUlyssesPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul [unknown]John O' London'sPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul [n/a]The NationPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Henry James to the Earl of Lovelace, 14 January 1906: 'I left home at Christmas for a few weeks' stay, which became a fortnight's absence, and, on my return a week ago, f...Henry James Ralph Gordon Noel King, second Earl of LovelaceAstartePrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul William MacDougallPsychologyPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul F.A. ServantePsychology of the BoyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Bernard Kops, the son of an immigrant leather worker, had a special understanding of the transition from from autodidact culture to Bohemia to youth culture, because he ...Bernard Kops William ShakespeareThe TempestPrint: Book
1900-1945'Bernard Kops, the son of an immigrant leather worker, had a special understanding of the transition from from autodidact culture to Bohemia to youth culture, because he ...Bernard Kops Matthew ArnoldThe Forsaken MermanPrint: Book
1900-1945'Bernard Kops, the son of an immigrant leather worker, had a special understanding of the transition from from autodidact culture to Bohemia to youth culture, because he ...Bernard Kops Rupert BrookeGrantchesterPrint: Book
1900-1945'Bernard Kops, the son of an immigrant leather worker, had a special understanding of the transition from from autodidact culture to Bohemia to youth culture, because he ...Bernard Kops Thomas Stearns EliotThe Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockPrint: Book


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