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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'Am reading "By Greta Bridge" instead of the Milton I ought to be reading! But it is lovely, & very cleverly written & interesting.'Hilary Spalding Louis GoodrichJew of Malta, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Slept all morning, then read quite a lot of "Utopia" in afternoon, & really it is very interesting (once you get over the spelling), & he had some very advanced ideas.'Hilary Spalding Thomas MoreUtopiaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Settled down to 3 hours solid slogging at "Utopia", & got it read & notes begun. Spent evening finishing "England their England", which I loved - it's most clever & int...Hilary Spalding Thomas MoreUtopiaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Settled down to 3 hours solid slogging at "Utopia", & got it read & notes begun. Spent evening finishing "England their England", which I loved - it's most clever & int...Hilary Spalding A.G. MacdonellEngland their EnglandPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read "Dog Beneath the Skin", a most peculiar play.'Hilary Spalding W.H. AudenDog Beneath the Skin, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Had a really wizard lecture from [Prof.] Renwick on Milton, in which he read a good lot of Milton and Shakespeare to us, and he certainly can read.'Hilary Spalding John MiltonunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Had a really wizard lecture from [Prof.] Renwick on Milton, in which he read a good lot of Milton and Shakespeare to us, and he certainly can read.'Hilary Spalding William ShakespeareunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Byron was a great genius. 'Don' Juan is a terrific work. But there is scarcely a page of it which does not show that an artistic conscience was not Byron’s strong poin...Arnold Bennett Sir Walter ScottQuentin DurwardPrint: Book
1900-1945[Communist activists often displayed hostility to literature, including Willie Gallacher. However his 'hostility to literature abated' in later years and in his later mem...William Gallacher Emily Bronte[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945[Communist activists often displayed hostility to literature, including Willie Gallacher. However his 'hostility to literature abated' in later years and in his later mem...William Gallacher Anne Bronte[Unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Byron was a great genius. 'Don' Juan is a terrific work. But there is scarcely a page of it which does not show that an artistic conscience was not Byron’s strong poin...Arnold Bennett Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta ward Walter RaleighWordsworthPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Barrett Wendell] has [...] sent me his new book on Shakespeare, in which I have been (I had read some laudatory notice of it) much disappointed. Besides being critical...Henry James unknownreview of Barrett Wendell's critical study of Shak...Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Henry James to Paul Bourget, 15 May 1900, thanking him for copy of his collection of tales, Drames de Famille: 'I have read the whole thing with the intensity [italics] q...Henry James Paul BourgetDrames de FamillePrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Mrs William James, 22 May 1900: 'Thank you [...] for telling me of Santayana's book (P. and R.) which has come and which I find of an irresistible distract...Henry James George SantayanaInterpretations of Poetry and ReligionPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to Ford Madox Hueffer, 23 May 1900, thanking him for copy of his newly published volume of verse: 'I think your doubt about the verses misplaced and unjustifi...Henry James Ford Madox HuefferPoems for PicturesPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to William Dean Howells, 29 June 1900: '[...] I've been, of late, reading you again as continuously as possible [...] the result of "Ragged Lady", the "Silver...Henry James William Dean HowellsRagged LadyPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to William Dean Howells, 29 June 1900: '[...] I've been, of late, reading you again as continuously as possible [...] the result of "Ragged Lady", the "Silver...Henry James William Dean HowellsTheir Silver Wedding JourneyPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to William Dean Howells, 29 June 1900: '[...] I've been, of late, reading you again as continuously as possible [...] the result of "Ragged Lady", the "Silver...Henry James William Dean Howells'Pursuit of the Piano' (short story)Print: Unknown
1900-1945Henry James to W. Morton Fullerton, 9 August 1901: 'You speak of your "Cornhill" article as one always speaks and feels about one's potboilers; but that doesn't prevent m...Henry James W. Morton FullertonarticlePrint: Serial / periodical


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