Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   1164 1165 1166 1167 1168  1169  1170 1171 1172 1173 1174   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'I'm not keen to read books dealing with the current situation. War's grim enough, I prefer to choose books without war interest. For that reason I try and get books o...Ian HayA Knight on WheelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I'm not keen to read books dealing with the current situation. War's grim enough, I prefer to choose books without war interest. For that reason I try and get books of ...E M DelafieldThe Diary of a Provincial LadyPrint: Book
1900-1945'My husband usually buys the penguin books. They're cheap and easy to carry about and afterwards he gives them away to the Forces. He's working very hard and seems to der... unknown[detective fiction]Print: Book
1900-1945'The girl has joined the library. She's a big reader. Reads about 2 books a week. She's begun to start bringing home "love" books now. The boy isn't a bit keen on reading... unknown["love" stories]Print: Book
1900-1945'January 18. No letters: strike still on. A fine day. But what is that to me? I am an invalid. I spend my life in bed. Read Shakespeare in the morning. I feel I cannot be...Katherine Mansfield William ShakespeareunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945[I read] 'Good books - Dickens, and Scott, and all that, but I don't believe I've opened a book since I got married, and that's nearly 30 years now.'Charles DickensunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945[I read] 'Good books - Dickens, and Scott, and all that, but I don't believe I've opened a book since I got married, and that's nearly 30 years now.'Walter ScottunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'An author's name carries weight with me, but results are sometimes disappointing - e.g. I enjoyed Evelyn Waugh's "Decline and Fall", and so I bought "Vile Bodies" only ...Evelyn WaughDecline and FallPrint: Book
1900-1945'An author's name carries weight with me, but results are sometimes disappointing - e.g. I enjoyed Evelyn Waugh's "Decline and Fall", and so I bought "Vile Bodies" only ...Evelyn WaughVile BodiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'January 14. "To be happy with you seems such an impossibility! It requres a luckier star than mine! It will never be...The world is too brutal for me." [Keats to Fanny B...Katherine Mansfield John KeatsLettersPrint: Book
1900-1945'Just now I'm reading books [of] what I call Geography plus books that give great insight in [to] different places. I'm reading now the causes and conditions that brought...Gerald SamsonWarning Light of AsiaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lately I've got interested in Spiritualism. I've read one book about it, I thought it was a lot of rubbish. That was written by a Minister; this one is just by an ordina...Arthur FindlayThe Unfolding UniversePrint: Book
1900-1945[I am reading] 'An endeavour to see whether or not war can sort of be got under control for the future. (Freud; War & Death)'Sigmund FreudWar and deathPrint: Book
1900-1945'I'm interested in Russia and want to know all about socialism. (Russia, Friend or Foe: Sloan)'Pat SloanRussia, Friend or FoePrint: Book
1900-1945'I thought it would be interesting to me in my work (Salesmanship - Hover)' HoverSalesmanshipPrint: Book
1900-1945'It appealed to me - I like books about the country and farms and country life in general. (Lost Fields: McLaverty)'Michael McLavertyLost FieldsPrint: Book
1900-1945[I am reading this] 'Because I've got a ten week's old baby. (Practical Psychology: Allen)' AllenPractical PsychologyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I'm taking up nursing, and I thought I would get a good inside knowledge from a book of this kind. (Hospital Nurse: Swinburne)'Doreen SwinburneHospital NursePrint: Book
1900-1945'Shakespeare Notes. All's Well that Ends Well. The First Lord is worth attending to.... Hamlet: ...But I could write a thousand pages about Hamlet...Miranda and Juliet: T...Katherine Mansfield William ShakespeareAll's Well that Ends WellPrint: Book
1900-1945'Shakespeare Notes. All's Well that Ends Well. The First Lord is worth attending to.... Hamlet: ...But I could write a thousand pages about Hamlet...Miranda and Juliet: T...Katherine Mansfield William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book


Go to page: [1]   1164 1165 1166 1167 1168  1169  1170 1171 1172 1173 1174   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design