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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 always read sports page at breakfast and the rest in the evening. I read the Times in the train going to business, the Mirror at odd moments and the People on Sunday m... TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I always read sports page at breakfast and the rest in the evening. I read the Times in the train going to business, the Mirror at odd moments and the People on Sunday m... MirrorPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I always read sports page at breakfast and the rest in the evening. I read the Times in the train going to business, the Mirror at odd moments and the People on Sunday m... PeoplePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I glance through the papers at breakfast time, and give them careful attention before and after lunch. I glance through the evening papers when I get home at night.' NewspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Sometimes I read the paper in the morning train, after a casual glance at breakfast time. More usually I read it lunchtime and in the train home at night. The morning pa... NewspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Breakfast time - that is 8 to 8.30. I rarely pick up the newspaper again during the day, unless there happens to be a feature article I haven't managed to glance through... NewspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Let me describe my reading of the Daily Sketch. I first look and read beneath the front page pictures. The chief news feature on page 3 is read carefully and any other b... Daily sketchPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I first glance at the personal columns, probably because they are on the front of the paper. Then I turn to the middle pages where the leading articles appear. Otherwise... Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I return "The Moon and Sixpence" and your criticism. I agree with your criticism but I do not think that you have laid sufficient [? stress] on the positive qualities o...Arnold Bennett W. Somerset MaughamThe Moon and SixpencePrint: Book
1900-1945'On reading an article by Lord (then Mr) Keynes in The Times on working-class saving, I wrote to him about our survey. As well as a letter of encouragement, he sent me a...John Keynesarticle in The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I keep reading and reading the news, and I can't make out why I'm not more excited. I mean, it's so marvelous, really, isn't it? But I kind of feel I can't believe in it... NewspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Well, I'm a great admirer of her when she sings serious songs though I don't like her in films. There may be something in what the papers are saying about her, but I'm n... NewspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Reading The Case for Federal Union, one of the excellent Penguin Series. The prospect of Union seems to be remoter every day. Oh, if only one could wake up one morning a... unknownThe case for federal unionPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been reading Sir. Robert Vansittart's little book "Black Record". I have found it very interesting. He certainly has no use for the Germans, and I am wondering wh...Robert VansittartBlack RecordPrint: Book
1900-1945'but I was reading "Les Miserables", and consoled myself with the thought that I was too capable of loving noble things.'Edwin Muir Victor HugoLes MiserablesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yet learn to read I did, for when I was ill in bed at the age of seven, our doctor lent me Ruskin's "King of the Golden River", and I most certainly read that. It is, in...Norman Nicholson John RuskinKing of the Golden RiverPrint: Book
1900-1945'On incident stays clear in my mind. It was on one of the rare days, other than Christmas and New Year, when my grandmother and I went into the sitting room above the sho...Norman Nicholson [unknown]History of the World WarPrint: Book
1900-1945'On incident stays clear in my mind. It was on one of the rare days, other than Christmas and New Year, when my grandmother and I went into the sitting room above the sho...John Slater [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'When, in my schooldays, I read H.G. Wells's "Kipps", I recognised it as in some ways a portrait of my father.'Norman Nicholson H.G. WellsKippsPrint: Book
1900-1945'When, a year or two later, we read "Julius Caesar" at school, I recognised the scene immediately... I did not find it very funny, but I recognised its authenticity. Shak...Norman Nicholson William ShakespeareJulius CaesarPrint: Book


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