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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 like reading. I can sit down and read a good thriller and start on it again immediately I have finished it, but nothing else ... As I've tried to explain I can't find ... [unknown][thrillers]Print: Book
1900-1945'I do like reading, and I spend most of the evening reading because there's nowhere to go.' [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Well, yes, but not good reading. I only read to pass the time away, - any old thing; any time when I happen to be stuck for an hour or so.' [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Sunday evening is the only time I do read, - I spend over an hour reading the "News of the World".' [n/a]News of the WorldPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the "Times", which takes a time, - I suppose about an hour a day.' [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the "Telegraph" reviews ... in trains and in the evening, lunch-time etc.' [n/a]TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I've got too much to do (to read books). I read the newspapers mostly, morning and evening editions, and the midday, as I'm a racing man.' [n/a][Newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I spend some time reading the papers, morning and evening editions, roughly about 14 hours a week, about two hours each day ... I expect I'm too tired of an evening to s... [n/a][Newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I don't read newspapers, but I get the magazine "Woman", and I spend about 2 hours reading that.' [n/a]WomanPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The only reading I do outside the scope of my studies is that of newspapers, and the "New Statesman", - one hour.' [n/a]New StatesmanPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The only reading I do outside the scope of my studies is that of newspapers, and the "New Statesman", - one hour.' [n/a][Newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Three hours magazines, - scientific and travel' [n/a][magazines]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I read a lot of magazines ... They're bright and easy reading, and you can find out lots of useful things in them.' [n/a][magazines]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I read one magazine, the "Engineer", which I peruse at odd times over a week or so. It would take sometimes as much as five hours to read straight off. No one ever does ... [n/a]The EngineerPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'F 25 C is holding a slim book (looks new), approximate size 81/2" x 51/2", yellow jacket cover, title "Man Born to be King" by Dorothy Sayers. She does not open the book...Dorothy SayersMan born to be kingPrint: Book
1900-1945'25 C was reading a book, waiting to be served, and reading with concentration, both elbows on table, head between hands. When served with pot of tea and a bun, continued... [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'She was deep in the writings of Father Tyrrel, of Bergson and of William James during these years'Mary Augusta Ward George Tyrrell Print: Book
1900-1945'She was deep in the writings of Father Tyrrel, of Bergson and of William James during these years'Mary Augusta Ward Henri Bergson Print: Book
1900-1945'That I don't like refugees in fiction is perhaps easy to understand, but I don't even like the war and today's conditions ("Murder in the Home Guard" and similar titles)... [unknown][books]Print: Book
1900-1945'Detective stories and thrillers are by far the most numerous, in fact at the moment are all the fiction I seem to read... After reading them I always wonder why I read t... [unknown][detective novels]Print: Book


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