Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   1116 1117 1118 1119 1120  1121  1122 1123 1124 1125 1126   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'David Watson, M.A. of St. Andrews University, used to spend every spare moment of his day and whole Sundays on end with this writer [Ford] standing beside him at his p...Ford Madox Ford James Fenimore CooperThe Two AdmiralsPrint: Book
1800-1849'The son of a Methodist farm worker, he studied Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" and "The Two Covenants".'Joseph Mayett The Two CovenantsPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 25 March 1852:

'I have lately read with great pleasure "The Two Families." This work, it seems, should have reached me ...		Charlotte Brontë Sarah R. WhiteheadThe Two FamiliesPrint: Book
1850-1899In a long letter to Edward Garnett, in which Conrad outlines some aspects of his family history, he writes that his father Apollonius N. Korzeniowski translated into Pol...Joseph Conrad William ShakespeareThe Two Gentlemen of Verona Manuscript: Codex, Sheet, One page of his father's translation into Polish.
1850-1899'PS I've read "Two Magics" Henry James's last. The first story ["The Turn of the Screw"] is all there. He extracts an intellectual thrill out of the subject. The second [...Joseph Conrad Henry JamesThe Two MagicsPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, Saturday 18 May 1811: 'I went with Joanna Baillie to Hampstead, to remain till Monday. Dined before four, and went out upon the Heath. Sat for abov...Mary Berry and Joanna BaillieMary BerryThe Two MartiusManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 15 June 1812: 'Called by appointment on Sir G. Beaumont to meet [George] Colman [manager of Haymarket Theatre], and read with him 'The Two Martius.' ...Mary Berry Mary BerryThe Two MartiusManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'F. E. Pollard gave a short introduction to the play of The Two Noble Kinsmen and in the ensuing reading took the part of Arcite Thos C Elliott taking Palamon and Mrs Eva...Francis Pollard William ShakespeareThe Two Noble Kinsmen
1900-1945F. E. Pollard gave a short introduction to the play of The Two Noble Kinsmen and in the ensuing reading took the part of Arcite Thos C Elliott taking Palamon and Mrs Evan...T. C. Elliott Shakespeare and FletcherThe Two Noble KinsmenPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945F. E. Pollard gave a short introduction to the play of The Two Noble Kinsmen and in the ensuing reading took the part of Arcite Thos C Elliott taking Palamon and Mrs Evan...Katharine S. Evans Shakespeare and FletcherThe Two Noble KinsmenPrint: Book
1900-1945F. E. Pollard gave a short introduction to the play of The Two Noble Kinsmen and in the ensuing reading took the part of Arcite Thos C Elliott taking Palamon and Mrs Evan...E. Dorothy Brain Shakespeare and FletcherThe Two Noble Kinsmen
1900-1945'9. Charles Stansfield then read his paper on Charles Lamb. He gave us a clear picture of Lamb in his family relationships, beginning with a delightful study of Lamb’s ...Edith Goadby Charles LambThe Two Races of MenManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899Herbert Spencer to Alfred Tennyson [1855]: 'I happened recently to be re-reading your Poem "The Two Voices," and coming to the verse 'Or if thro' lower lives I came...Herbert Spencer Alfred TennysonThe Two VoicesPrint: Book
1900-1945In 'The Ugly Duckling' the meaning was something that in my own way I thought about much of the time: I was destined for a higher sphere and would be appreciated when I a...Patricia Beer Hans Christian AndersonThe Ugly DucklingPrint: Book
1900-1945'A lady I know well was sitting by the fire one evening. She wanted something to read so she reached out a hand to the bookcase by her side and took out a book at random....Humbert WolfThe Uncelestial CityPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 18 April 1880: "I read your current novel with pleasure, but I don't think the subject fruitful, and I suspect that much of the publi...Henry James Wiliam Dean HowellsThe Undiscovered CountryPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Wiliam Dean Howells, 20 July 1880; "I am much obliged to you for the pretty volume of the Undiscovered, which I immediately read with greater comfort and c...Henry James William Dean HowellsThe Undiscovered CountryPrint: Book
1850-1899'I feel conscious of sin in regard to your manuscripts. With reference to An Unequal Yoke I knew that Young was bitten by it, & so asked him to supper & whiskey just in ...Arnold Bennett Mrs H. H. PenroseThe Unequal YokeManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Lately I've got interested in Spiritualism. I've read one book about it, I thought it was a lot of rubbish. That was written by a Minister; this one is just by an ordina...Arthur FindlayThe Unfolding UniversePrint: Book
1700-1799?With this proposal I of course readily closed and accordingly the next day my father gave me the 1st vol of the "Universal History" (beginning with the life of Mohamed) ...John Marsh John CampbellThe Universal HistoryPrint: Book


Go to page: [1]   1116 1117 1118 1119 1120  1121  1122 1123 1124 1125 1126   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design