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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'I have been reading Tennyson's "Summer Evening", which is a lovely poem, full of pictures.'Hilary Spalding Alfred, Lord TennysonSummer EveningPrint: Book
1900-1945[Sunday, on a bike picnic] 'It began to pour down just as B [unidentified] and I reached a barn... so we stayed there to eat, and curled up on rugs on mouldy straw, and I...Hilary Spalding Edwyn Robert BevanJerusalem under the High Priests: five lectures on...Print: Book
1900-1945[Sunday, on a bike picnic] 'It began to pour down just as B [unidentified] and I reached a barn... so we stayed there to eat, and curled up on rugs on mouldy straw, and I...Hilary Spalding William ShakespeareSonnetsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I finished reading "The Rivals", and have embarked on Bradley's "Shakespearean Tragedy"'.Hilary Spalding Richard Brinsley SheridanRivals, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I finished reading "The Rivals", and have embarked on Bradley's "Shakespearean Tragedy"'.Hilary Spalding A.C. BradleyShakespearean TragedyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I revised "Pericles" [for Elocution exam] and wrote notes on it. It's a horrid play, completely unlikely but quite fast moving.'Hilary Spalding William ShakespearePericlesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I did a lot of "The Rivals", which I don't like a bit. It has momentary flashes of wit, but otherwise it's awful.'Hilary Spalding Richard Brinsley SheridanRivals, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I read Flecker most of evening and am more and more convinced that his poetry is wonderful'.Hilary Spalding James Elroy Flecker[poetry]Print: Book
1900-1945'As it was very hot I decided to pretend I had finished HSC [Higher School Certificate], and read Joad's book on Post War World, while drying my hair in the garden.'Hilary Spalding C.E.M. JoadAdventures of a Young Soldier in Search of a Bette...Print: Book
1900-1945'I read "Nine Tailors" all pm although I'd promised myself I'd work at night. But it was a lovely evening and I lay in a secluded corner of the garden on my rug and alth...Hilary Spalding Dorothy SayersNine Tailors, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'"Nine Tailors" all evening.'Hilary Spalding Dorothy SayersNine Tailors, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I finished "The Conquered", and wrote to Uncle John, who sent me a really wizard book - 10/ - called "People and Places"'.Hilary Spalding Naomi MichisonConquered, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I finished "The Conquered", and wrote to Uncle John, who sent me a really wizard book - 10/ - called "People and Places"'.Hilary Spalding unknownPeople and PlacesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Have begun "Peter Abelard" again. I do love it, & can never leave it once I've begun.'Hilary Spalding Helen WaddellPeter AbelardPrint: Book
1900-1945[on bike, visiting friends] 'Learnt "Jabberwocky" on the way! Passers by must have thought me mad, book in one hand, bike handle in other, sailing down hill saying in lou...Hilary Spalding Lewis CarrollJabberwockyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read "The Sun is My Undoing" - fast and very meaty. Intensely interesting - till 12 pm'.Hilary Spalding Marguerite SteenSun is my Undoing, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Spent a very sleepy afternoon nodding over "Midas"'.Hilary Spalding John LylyMidasPrint: Book
1900-1945'Spent afternoon reading "Twelfth Night"... read more of "England their England" which is a scream.'Hilary Spalding William ShakespeareTwelfth NightPrint: Book
1900-1945'Spent afternoon reading "Twelfth Night"... read more of "England their England" which is a scream.'Hilary Spalding A.G. MacdonellEngland their EnglandPrint: Book
1900-1945'Reading "The Jew of Malta", which in spite of critics is the most interesting of the plays I've read.'Hilary Spalding Christopher MarloweJew of Malta, ThePrint: Book


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