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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'In the early thirties she had read a lot of French, starting with Stendhal: and a chunk of his "De l'amour", in the French, found its way into "To the North". In 1932 sh...Elizabeth Bowen Stendhal [pseud.]De l'amourPrint: Book
1900-1945'In the early thirties she had read a lot of French, starting with Stendhal: and a chunk of his "De l'amour", in the French, found its way into "To the North". In 1932 sh...Elizabeth Bowen Gustave FlaubertL'Education SentimentalePrint: Book
1900-1945'Well, I think Civil Defence is a marvellous racket. It's given me the spare time I've been wanting for years?I've done more solid reading, for instance, than I've done s...[M35B] Anon unknownunknown ["solid reading"]Unknown
1900-1945'Fortunately for me, about this time I read two books by Joseph Macabe, an ex-Catholic priest, "The Religion of Women" and "Women in Political Evolution", which I still t...Hannah Mitchell Joseph MacabeThe Religion of WomenPrint: Book
1900-1945'Fortunately for me, about this time I read two books by Joseph Macabe, an ex-Catholic priest, "The Religion of Women" and "Women in Political Evolution", which I still t...Hannah Mitchell Joseph MacabeWomen in Political EvolutionPrint: Book
1900-1945'Subsequently I recieved a curiously worded scroll addressed to "Our trusty and well beloved Hannah Maria Mitchell." This document would hardly find favour with the advoc...Hannah Mitchell [unknown][To our trusty and well beloved Hannah Maria Mitch...Manuscript: Sheet
1900-1945Sunday, Feb 4 (1940) 'Rose late. 11 o'clock. Breakfast. Went out to shovel snow off paths. Stayed in all day, reading, writing, etc. Thank goodness snow seems to be thaw... [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1900-1945'I'm getting on in age, I want light reading. You understand that, don't you? I don't want heavy reading. I don't want to study anything at my time of life. Perhaps I com... unknown[light readings]Print: Book
1900-1945'It was quite a thousand pages and they laughed at me for reading it. It was dry, but I could really live the life of that girl.' [unknown][life of Joan of Arc]Print: Book
1900-1945'Well, it's written snappy, you see. . . . Modern writers may not be up to the standard of the old writers, Dickens, Thackeray and Scott, but they're snappy-they're quick...J G BrandonDeath in Downing StreetPrint: Book
1900-1945'1.45. Paddington. All seats crowded, people eating, sleeping, reading, on seats and porters' trucks. Looking at Arrival Indicator, woman says "Trains not a bit late yet,... [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Advert. S. side of Euston Road reading "Morris Commercial Vehicles-a Body for every Trade" heavily draped with decorations. Diversion round Euston Square. Extraordinary ... [n/a][advertisement]Print: Advertisement, Poster
1900-1945'Girl sitting on soiled newspaper is reading Daily Mirror. The caption reads "Three women wait 25 hours; lead line up for the big parade".' [n/a]Daily MirrorPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I find myself between a well-to-do business man from the Midlands, who is reading a "crime" novel, and two good-looking twins who are speaking a language like Danish and... [unknown][crime novel]Print: Book
1900-1945'I find myself between a well-to-do business man from the Midlands, who is reading a "crime" novel, and two good-looking twins who are speaking a language like Danish and... [unknown]Pitman's bookPrint: Book
1900-1945Letter 255 April 7th 1940 'I?ve got this sudden craze for the Michael Angelo Sonnetts & have set about half a dozen of them (in Italian ? pretty brave, but there are pe...Benjamin Britten Michelangelo Buonarrotti[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Walking back to lunch I met an old lady wheeling another old lady in a bath-chair, and heard the one in the bath-chair reading aloud slowly from the leaflet I had been d... [unknown][pamphlet]Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Hostess is embroidering a fire-screen. Son, age 19, is reading. The wireless is on, and from time to time they consult the "Daily Telegraph Supplement"; host offers Obse... [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Hostess is embroidering a fire-screen. Son, age 19, is reading. The wireless is on, and from time to time they consult the "Daily Telegraph Supplement"; host offers Obse... [n/a]Daily Telegraph SupplementPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Very few people appeared to be out, in fact it seemed like Sunday in the High Road, I called in a snack bar, ordered a cup of tea and a packet of cigarettes, I was the o... [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper


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