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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
 
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Gilbert WhiteThe Works, in Natural HistoryPrint: Book
1850-1899?To say the truth, my compliment is not so strong as it seems; for there is no English paper now wh. I can read without disgust. The Saturday, politically speaking, is in...Leslie Stephen The WorldPrint: Newspaper
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 Joseph Houldsworth OldhamThe World and the GospelPrint: Book
1900-1945'Charlie Chaplin was a classic autodidact, always struggling to make up for a dismally inadequate education, groping haphazardly for what he called "intellectual manna".....Charles Spencer Chaplin Arthur SchopenhauerThe World as Will and IdeaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have also been reading in library copies, Schopenhauer's "Will and Idea".....[He] is abstruse and depressing, but has some very interesting remarks on the theory of ...Clive Staples Lewis Arthur SchopenhauerThe World as Will and IdeaPrint: Book
1800-1849'far less shall earth now hastening to decay...' 'world before the flood' 'isle of man June 15th 31'.Elisabeth or Eliza Duncan James MontgomeryThe world before the flood; a poem in ten cantosUnknown
1900-1945'Although Bennett had reservations about the book, he had enjoyed it, and had at once written to tell his friend so'. Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe World of William ClissoldPrint: Book
1900-1945 I’ve read 200 pp of 'Clissold'. Formless & wordy, I agree (introductory note foolish); but so far I think the book is very good. It is full of brains, & very provocati...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe World of William ClissoldPrint: Book
1900-1945'Emrys Daniel Hughes, [an] imprisoned CO and son of a Tonypandy miner, learned that the authorities were not unaware of the subversive potential of great literature. Foll...Emrys Daniel Hughes Herbert George WellsThe World Set FreePrint: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		[List of books read to Sir Thomas Browne by Elizabeth Lyttelton]. Headed in commonplace book: 'The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she ...Elizabeth Lyttelton Vincent Le BlancThe world surveyed: or, The famous voyages & trava...Print: Book
1500-1599?Reed by me N. Hughes 1595 ? noember? N. Hughes John DavisThe World's Hydrographical DescriptionPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 27 December 1754: 'I cannot help being so ungenteel as to send you the good wishes of the season, though to any of the fine folks...Catherine Talbot The World, No. CIVPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge Hartley ColeridgeThe Worthies of Yorkshire and LancashirePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Jeremy TaylorThe Worthy Communicant, a discourse on the nature,...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Jeremy TaylorThe Worthy Communicant, a discourse on the nature,...Print: Book
1800-1849'It was in this state of feeling that I first got hold of a little volume called "The Wreath", containing a collection of poems by various authors. Among these pieces was...Thomas Carter [n/a]The WreathPrint: Book
1900-1945'During these early years [Daphne du Maurier] filled her head with tales of adventure, romances, histories and popular novels, including such books as Treasure Island, Th...Daphne du Maurier The Wreck of the GrosvenorPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Julia Martin, 7 December 1836: 'I have been reading [...] Sheridan Knowles's play of "The Wreckers" [sic]. It is full of passion and pathos, --...Elizabeth Barrett Sheridan KnowlesThe Wrecker's DaughterPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read the wrongs of woman.'Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Mary WollstonecraftThe Wrongs of Woman; or MariaPrint: Book
1900-1945'The book ["The Year of Trafalgar"] arrived. Some day I will bring it to London for you to write your name and mine on the flyleaf, thus making it specially valuable ap...Joseph Conrad Henry NewboltThe Year of Trafalgar: being an account of the bat...Print: Book


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