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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'Whereas Kay was always trying to read or knit when she sat down, Louise is doing nothing at all, and so can be quite undisturbed by the constant clawing of sticky hands ...Kay [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1900-1945'The English student said that he had read an English novel in which a similar idea was suggested. One German was very much annoyed at hearing that the idea had been put ... [unknown][English novel]Print: Book
1900-1945'The steps around Eros statue are filled with an excited crowd, coster's barrows stand around selling fruit, chocolate, etc. Hot chestnuts, roasted potatoes and peanuts a...people gathered near the Eros statue [n/a][news running on electric signboard]Print: electric signboard with scrolling text
1900-1945'D. went. N. said he wasn't going to sleep, because it was too uncomfortable; would read a book. He read "Low Company", while I read the first chapter of Silone's "Bread ... [unknown]Low CompanyPrint: Book
1900-1945'D. went. N. said he wasn't going to sleep, because it was too uncomfortable; would read a book. He read "Low Company", while I read the first chapter of Silone's "Bread ...Ignazio SiloneBread and winePrint: Book
1900-1945'I did not move from my chair but reached for a book. Picked up a Shakespeare and read the closing scene, "Othello".' William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read Freud's "Introductory Lectures".'Sigmund FreudIntroductory LecturesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Also told me he had been commissioned to write a history of Dudley a few days back. Had declined. We went back and read until 12 o'clock.' [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'On the dressing table were three books, my own, "Sanders of the River", Snowden's "Wages and Prices", a relic of my student days, and "The Book of Mormon" which had been...Edgar WallaceSanders of the RiverPrint: Book
1900-1945'6.30-8 p.m. read. 8 p.m. supper. 9 p.m. bath and bed. I saw nothing stirring or peculiar. The only funny thing was the name of a row of houses, Amble Tonia.' [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Reporter. On May 12 I slept till ten. From ten to eleven I read the paper with interest until I came to a half column of news giving the time schedule of the Queen's dre... [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'On one of the side streets, a young couple parked their perambulator in the middle of the sidewalk and stopped to read the results of the Coronation procession in London...a young couple [n/a][newspaper?]Print: Unknown, perhaps front page of newspaper displayed?
1900-1945'I walked through the park for a few minutes and not finding anything of interest to see or hear, I turned into a lane nearby that led to the cemetery. Here I read the in... [n/a][tomb inscriptions]Print: epitaphs on tombs at cemetery
1900-1945'My friend didn't want to shave, although he was no longer clean-shaven, so we had a brief wrangle about washing. Then he read to me out of the newspaper, still in his py... [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I sat in a seat in the square, my neighbours were mainly old men wrapped in dowdy overcoats and growling spasmodically to each other. I continued to read "War and Peace"...Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945'At 9.50 I went into the general office in order to await any cases of infectious diseases or nuisances which may arise during the day (inspector on duty) and chatted wit... [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I prepare supper and we eat it. Listen to news. I continue to read.' [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'9.15-12.0. Dressed. Wrote a poem. Annoyed by patriotic and religious activities at Church opposite. Read a magazine, "Light and Dark", to which I had contributed. Began... [n/a]Light and DarkPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'At half past two I was dry, and eating the remnants of my lunch. I switched on the wireless and listened to the Coronation ceremony. When this had finished I read a book... [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Had extra hour in bed and read morning paper. Spent most of morning in garden making enclosure for tortoise as decide simple things are satisfying, but wireless sets are... [n/a][morning newspaper]Print: Newspaper


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