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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'The evening was then devoted to the consideration of Cervantes - his life & work. C.E. Stansfield read a paper & readings were given by Mrs Rawlings, Alfred Rawlings, Mr...Helen Rawlings Miguel de Cervantes Print: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then devoted to the consideration of Cervantes - his life & work. C.E. Stansfield read a paper & readings were given by Mrs Rawlings, Alfred Rawlings, Mr...Katherine Evans Miguel de Cervantes Print: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then devoted to the consideration of Cervantes - his life & work. C.E. Stansfield read a paper & readings were given by Mrs Rawlings, Alfred Rawlings, Mr...Reginald Robson Miguel de Cervantes Print: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then devoted to the consideration of Cervantes - his life & work. C.E. Stansfield read a paper & readings were given by Mrs Rawlings, Alfred Rawlings, Mr...Mary Robson Miguel de Cervantes Print: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then devoted to the consideration of Cervantes - his life & work. C.E. Stansfield read a paper & readings were given by Mrs Rawlings, Alfred Rawlings, Mr...Charles Stansfield Miguel de Cervantes Print: Book
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 Miguel de CervantesDon QuixotePrint: Book
1900-1945'I don?t know whether the translation from the Russian, "The Golovleff Family", (published by Knopf out your way) is any good, but the book is great. I read it twice in ...Arnold Bennett Mikhail Evgrafovich SaltuikovThe Golovleff FamilyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been reading a bunch of modern plays published by Benn. Some of them seem to me to be very good and to strike a very real and human note. What do you think of the...Gertrude Bell Miles MallesonThe FanaticsPrint: Book
1900-1945'The Front Line book has just been issued, and we are all reading it. Managed to snaffle Mr Hillyard's copy before he had seen it himself, and have wept many tears this...Vere Hodgson Ministry of Home Security Front Line 1940-41: The Official Story of the Civi...Print: Book
1900-1945'The leaflet makes a special point of common sense but the way it urges people to use it is unconsciously the upper class talking to the stupid mass. This unconscious att...Ministry of Information [invasion leaflet]Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'And a housewife, after reading it, says she is satisfied the she has done everything and knows everything that can be done in civil defence: "We've got enough, I mean, w...Ministry of Information invasion leafletPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...		Albert Ruskin Cook Minos DevineEcclesiastes: Or, the Confessions of an Adventurou...Print: Book
1850-1899This growing interest in Indian India was further whetted by Ruddy's reading of a new novel "Lalun the Bergun, or the Battle of Panipat: A legend of Hindoostan", publishe...Rudyard Kipling Mirza Moorad ‘Gaekwaree’ Alee BegLalun the Beragun or the Battle of Panipat: A lege...Print: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Mary Robson Miss Cole[paper on life of Fanny Burney]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 18 July 1754:] 'I return you many thanks for Miss Farrer's Ode on the Spring; it is a charming piece, and must do her honour with...Thomas Edwards Miss Farrer'Ode on the Spring'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 1 August 1754:] 'I give you many thanks for that sweet little Ode of Miss Farrer's. I think myself honoured by the trust, and pro...Thomas Edwards Miss Farrer'Ode to Cynthia'Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'On her return to London [from Canford, after Christmas 1879] Lady Charlotte, having a very bad cold, hardly left the house for nearly a month. During this time her occup...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss FreerAnne of AustriaPrint: Book
1850-1899'On her return to London [from Canford, after Christmas 1879] Lady Charlotte, having a very bad cold, hardly left the house for nearly a month. During this time her occup...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss FreerHenri IIIPrint: Book
1850-1899'On her return to London [from Canford, after Christmas 1879] Lady Charlotte, having a very bad cold, hardly left the house for nearly a month. During this time her occup...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss FreerJeanne d'AlbretPrint: Book
1850-189929 March 1880: 'I have not read very much since I came here, but have finished Miss Freer's memoirs of that bold, bad man, Henri Quatre. When one reads of such doings ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss Freermemoir of Henri IVPrint: Book


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