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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 know the work of Paul Adam very little and all I have in the house is his "Lettres de Malaisie".Joseph Conrad Paul AdamLettres de MalaisiePrint: Book
1850-189923 February 1888: Henry James writes (in French) to Paul Bourget on having read and enjoyed Bourget's Mensonges.Henry James Paul BourgetMensongesPrint: Book
1850-1899In letter of 19 October 1890, Henry James writes (in French) to Urbain Mengin on having read Paul Bourget's new novel Coeur de Femme.Henry James Paul BourgetCoeur de FemmePrint: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 4 July 1892: "Have you read any of ... [Paul Bourget's] novels? If you haven't, don't ... Make an exception, however, for Terre Prom...Henry James Paul BourgetLa Terre promiseManuscript: Sheet, proofs
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 Paul Bourget 21 December 1905, thanking him for copy of "Les Deux Soeurs": 'This volume I read with immediate attention and with the highest appreciation'.Henry James Paul BourgetLes Deux SoeursPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James writes to Paul Bourget (in French) in a letter of 19 December 1906, of having enjoyed his "Etudes et Portraits", in an inscribed copy sent to him a few weeks ...Henry James Paul BourgetEtudes et portraitsPrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James writes to Paul Bourget (in French) in a letter of 19 December 1906, of having read his article on Ferdinand Brunetiere in "Temps"a few days beforehand.Henry James Paul Bourgetarticle on Ferdinand BrunetierePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Gone on with Comparetti Vergilio nel Medio Evo. Bourget’s Physiologie de l’Amour. [next unclear] Dumas Nouveaux Entr’actes. Ribot Maladies de la Volonté. In Flaubert’s Co...Vernon Lee Paul BourgetPhysiologie de l'Amour ModernePrint: Book
1850-1899'Gissing read as widely as ever, with the same unbridled curiosity as during his youth but now with an intelligence tempered by experience. Of course he continued to read...George Gissing Paul BourgetÉtudes et portraitsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Gissing read as widely as ever, with the same unbridled curiosity as during his youth but now with an intelligence tempered by experience. Of course he continued to read...George Gissing Paul BourgetEssais de psychologie contemporainePrint: Book
1900-1945'I send you back "L'Etape" — I don't think Bourget is well suited to the character of a writer of tracts.' Gertrude Bell Paul BourgetL' EtapePrint: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Robert Trevelyan, 29 January 1918: 'I have been reading Racine and Claudel.'Edward Morgan Forster Paul Claudel Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 March 1844: 'Really, [Paul de Kock] is very bad -- he is very [italics]nasty[end italics] -- he splashes the dirt about...Elizabeth Barrett Paul de KocknovelsPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 18 January 1845: 'Paul [de Kock] is the writer of farce, .. broad farce ..: and for impulsive gaiety, he has not his peer. ...Elizabeth Barrett Paul de KockMon Ami Piffard; et ChipolataPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding Paul de KruifMen Against DeathPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read during 1944]: 'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ...Hilary Spalding Paul GallicoSnow Goose, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Also read a lovely book Snow Goose by a man called Gallico. It is a story of Dunkirk.'Vere Hodgson Paul GallicoThe Snow GoosePrint: Book
1900-1945'Finished reading "The Intimate Journals of Paul Gauguin". Very fresh mind - he at once joins the company of those whom we wish we could have met. Such a distinctive Fren...William Soutar Paul GauguinThe Intimate Journals of Paul GauguinPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been a few times to the Town [Montpellier] Library- with an object. And the object is reading up all I can discover there about Napoleon in Elba.' Joseph Conrad Paul GruyerNapoleon, roi de l'ile d'Elbe Print: Book


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