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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'Mrs Unwin then read a biography of Leo Tolstoi. C.I. Evans then dealt with him as a schoolmaster - H.M. Wallis as a literary artist & R.H. Robson summarised the message ...Reginald Robson [works by and about Tolstoy]Print: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 26 December 1830: 'I shut myself up in Mr. [Henry] Scott's room. He has lately become purchaser of his Grandfather's valuable Library which was collected by Po...Walter Scott Civil war tractsPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Sunday, 27 February 1831: 'Being Saturday no Mr. Laidlaw [amanuensis] came yesterday evening nor to-day being Sunday. Truth is I began to fear I was working too hard a...Walter Scott 'German novels'Print: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 22 February 1828: 'I have not read the debates [...] I have no zest at all in politics one way or the other, ...Harriet Countess Granville NewspapersPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 22 November 1829: 'Ladies Sandon, Mary Saurin, Harriet and Louisa Ryder, devouring the two annuals you gave m...'Ladies Sandon,' Mary Saurin, Harriet and Louisa Ryder AnnualsPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, (1-10 January 1831): 'We have the two latest French papers here. Nothing can, I think, be more promising than...Lord and Lady Granville French newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, and her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 8 February 1831: 'What odd reports I spy in "Galignani" about Sir Ro...Harriet Countess Granville GalignaniPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 23 September 1831: 'I could hardly believe when I read the "Times" that my girls had dined at the Palais Roya...Harriet Countess Granville society reports (on reader's own daughters)Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 10 October 1831: 'Perhaps I am foolish in having no misgivings about public tranquillity [following the Lords...Harriet Countess Granville 'Le Temps'Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 2 August 1832: 'The cholera remains in its diminished state. Only twenty-eight deaths yesterday; I believe I ...Harriet Countess Granville bill/report of [cholera] mortalityPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 17 August 1832: 'I enjoy my life here more than I can say. My walks before breakfast, a new work, "Louis X...Harriet Countess Granville Louis XVIIIPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 26 July 1833: 'I see in the "Globe" just arrived an account of the Duke of Sutherland's death.'Harriet Countess Granville report of death of Duke of SutherlandPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister, Lady Carlisle (February 1834): 'I see with delight that your journey is over in the "Morning Herald."'Harriet Countess Granville The Morning HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 20 June 1835: 'Lord Fitzwilliam [...] and five offspring came [...] Meg took them under her especi...Wentworth ?Fitzwilliam 'comic annual'Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 11 November 1836: 'Read Picciola. It is to me the prettiest thing I know, though it pretes to the ...Harriet Countess Granville PicciolaPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 23 June 1837: 'I hope Granville [husband] will be well enough to pay a visit to England [...] but ...Leveson Gower family newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief introduction & read an article from Nov 1914 Scribners. ...Ernest E. Unwin [article in 'Scribners' by or about Galsworthy]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention. From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward & from readings by Rosamund Wallis we learnt what a ...R.B. Graham Edward, EdwardPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention. From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward & from readings by Rosamund Wallis we learnt what a ...Reginald Robson Sir Patrick SpensPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention. From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward & from readings by Rosamund Wallis we learnt what a ...Howard R. Smith Bonnie House of Airlie, ThePrint: Unknown


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