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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'After that I read Voltaire's "Candide", and at 12 o'clock adjourned for a pint to the local pub. Switched on the wireless again at 2.0 for the same reason as before, and... VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1900-1945'After that I read Voltaire's "Candide", and at 12 o'clock adjourned for a pint to the local pub. Switched on the wireless again at 2.0 for the same reason as before, and...Pat SloanSoviet DemocracyPrint: Book
1900-1945'On Coronation Day we had a holiday so I thought I would have a rest and so I stayed in bed all the morning reading.' [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'After tea I completed my notes on this subject and then finished a book I was reading, "The Evolution of Love", by Emil Lucka. He treats the subject in a sort of histori...Emil LuckaEvolution of love, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Followed by the thought that, had I not been reading Ethel Mannin's "Green Willow", which gives a vivid description of this development, perhaps I would not have taken s...Ethel ManninGreen WillowPrint: Book
1900-1945'About 10.30 p.m. I took her for some refreshment, we talked of books, she said she was reading "A Guide to Philosophy", I made some laudatory remarks about "Eyeless in G... [unknown]A Guide to philosophyPrint: Book
1900-1945'This landlord was new to the game and took me to see how he was studying to be master of it. He was busy reading three volumes- "Licensed Houses and Their Management".... unknownLicensed houses and their managementPrint: Book
1900-1945'A man is playing the piano briskly; on music stand is a newspaper, open at the sports page, which he is reading. A hunchback, brown suit, bow tie, sings songs about lo... [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'The conversation went on about Darwin's "Origin of species", and F. said to S. "tha doesn't favour a monkey, but tha acts like one." R. said "I think he's bloody cracker...Charles DarwinOrigin of speciesPrint: Book
1900-1945'D. Did you ever read Carpentier's life, I've been reading it in a illustrated paper, 'e thought 'e was on a easy thing 'e never trained. Battling Siki knocked everything... [unknown]Carpentier's lifePrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical, illustrated paper
1900-1945'Our own attitude and our feeling of amateur enterprise have been summed up by Professor Bronislaw Malinowski, who in our first year's "Report" (Lindsay Drummond, 1938) ...Bronislaw Malinowski?[unknown]Manuscript: Sheet, Academic paper
1900-1945'Tries to read sports page, but ends up reading news. One girl does bad piece of work in mill. Immense black-out purchasing in town.' [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'While an old working-class lady of 68 in Worktown, reading a newspaper, summed up her opinion of the war as follows.' [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'When one has finished reading through this pamphlet one comes to the inevit- able conclusion that there is absolutely no hope for Germany.' [unknown][pamphlet]Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'The only social event she goes to is the Sunday afternoon tea run by her chapel. Again she has not made many friends here, but she seems to enjoy going. Apart from that,...Molly Charles DickensA tale of two citiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'ELLEN: looks up from the "Sketch", which she has been reading: "How do you pronounce M-Y-R-R-H"?'Ellen [unknown]SketchPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'It is a bitterly cold evening, towards the end of February. The fire is very low, and at the moment is rather smothered by small coal and slack. Miss V. is sitting over ...Miss V [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Housekeeping pupil (voluntarily) reading the paper over my shoulder yesterday morning. "I suppose Eden thought they'd go on their knees to get him not to resign. If ther... [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Actually Hotspur is reading from a letter and the quotation goes on: "'The purpose you undertake is dangerous; the friends you have named uncertain; the time itself unso... letterManuscript: Letter
1900-1945'At work the sole topic was the new Conscription Bill, with discussion on how it will affect each one. After reading the "Telegraph" I worked out that it would be August ... [n/a]Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper


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