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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
 
1850-189915 March 1880: 'He [Charles Schreiber, reader's husband] canvassed again [as Parliamentary candidate for Poole] from 6 to 9, and I mooned and wept over a book that I h...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Memoirs of the Cambridge A. D. C.Print: Book
1850-189915 March 1880: 'I read in this morning's Times that Merthyr [Guest, son by her first marriage] has accepted the requisition of the electors to come forward for his nat...Lady Charlotte Schreiber report of Merthyr Guest's Parliamentary candidacyPrint: Newspaper
1850-189929 March 1880: 'I had one of my wakeful nights and read a great deal of the Life of Marguerite de Valois, Philip's Queen.'Lady Charlotte Schreiber Life of Marguerite de ValoisPrint: Book
1850-189912 April 1880: 'Towards the evening there came a telegram from Mr. Drysdale, drawing attention to a notice in the Echo. C[harles]. S[chreiber] was out, but I sent for ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber report on Liberal petition against return of Charl...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention. From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward & from readings by Rosamund Wallis we learnt what a ...Charles and Katherine Evans Nut Brown MaidPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'After reading these books, I began to ask: "Why should these young men have the war to themselves? Didn't women have their war as well?"Vera Brittain [books on war topics]Print: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention. From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward & from readings by Rosamund Wallis we learnt what a ...Henry Marriage Wallis Helen of KirconnelPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention. From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward & from readings by Rosamund Wallis we learnt what a ...Helen Rawlings Undaunted MaryPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'I see the "Obs[erv]er" every Sunday and I am waiting the next number with impatience.' [For a review by Sidney Colvin of "The Shadow-Line"]Joseph Conrad Observer Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Of course like everybody else I was a reader of the "Singapore Free Press" which was the [underlined] paper of the East as between Rangoon and Shanghai.'Joseph Conrad Singapore Free PressPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'As he left Frankfort the passengers in the train were discussing the break-up of the Disarmament Conference, and in London a "Times" editorial reproved the Fuhrer like a...Vera Brittain The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-189918 November 1884: 'Ivor [son] went to attend a Conservative meeting summoned by Lord Salisbury to settle to new programme [for the Franchise Bill], invited by Gladst...Lady Charlotte Schreiber reports on talks towards Franchise BillPrint: Newspaper
1850-18996 December 1886: 'I have just come in from Regent's Park, where, notwithstanding a bitter wind, I went and read my [Divine] service. Sunday is always such a sad day ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Divine servicePrint: Book
1850-1899[between Journal entries for 1 October 1887 and 6 January 1889, concerning period following Easter 1888] 'In order to save her eyes, which now increasingly troubled ... Nollekens and his TimesPrint: Book
1900-1945'On the plane I saw in the paper of the fellow ahead of me, "Le Marechal Pilzudski est mort hier".'George Catlin  Print: Newspaper
1850-1899[between journal entries for 6 November 1889 and 2 Jun 1890] 'From one till two every day, a Mr. Upton came to read to [Lady Charlotte Schreiber], first the Times and ...Mr Upton The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899[between journal entries for 6 November 1889 and 2 Jun 1890] 'From one till two every day, a Mr. Upton came to read to [Lady Charlotte Schreiber], first the Times and ...Mr Upton 'book'Print: Book
1850-1899[between journal entries for 6 November 1889 and 2 Jun 1890] 'From one till two every day, a Mr. Upton came to read to [Lady Charlotte Schreiber], first the Times and ...Miss Moody texts including 'some memoirs' Print: Book
1700-1799'[At boarding school in Chelsea] I applied rigidly to study, and acquired a taste for books, which has never, from that time, deserted me. Mrs [Meribah] Lorrington freque...Mary Darby  Print: Book
1700-1799'[At boarding school in Chelsea] I applied rigidly to study, and acquired a taste for books, which has never, from that time, deserted me. Mrs [Meribah] Lorrington freque...Meribah Lorrington  Print: Book


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