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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
 
1800-1849'Afternoon reading some History of the Devil'.Adam Mackie Daniel DefoeHistory of the Devil or The Political History of tPrint: Book
1850-1899'Afternoon stopped at home and finished "Cuckoo Clock"[...].' Gertrude Bell Mary Louise MolesworthThe Cuckoo ClockPrint: Book
1900-1945'Afternoon — Rest till 3.45. worked together. Read "24 hours in a day" How to use them. Good hints but do not agree with much of it. To bed 9.15.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Arnold BennettHow to Live on 24 Hours a DayPrint: BookUnknown
1800-1849'Afternoon: read one of Blair's Sermons.'John Cole BlairSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Afterwards, when upstairs, Mrs Montagu's "Letters" which I think very highly of.'William Windham Mary Wortley MontaguLetters of the Right Hon. Lady Mary Wortley Montag...Print: Book
1800-1849'Aftn. Suitable readings & social prayers. Read a sermon by the Revd E. Butcher.'John Cole E Butcher[sermon]Print: Book
1800-1849'Aftn. Suitable readings & social prayers. Read a sermon by the Revd E. Butcher.'John Cole [Anon][suitable readings]Print: Book
1850-1899'Again and again I turned to something entitled "The Dark Journey", only to find it was an account of one's digestion. You may wonder why I did this more than once, but I...Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes The Dark JourneyPrint: Serial / periodical, Bound volumes of a periodical
1850-1899'Agatha's Husband'Sarah Good Dinah CraikAgatha's HusbandPrint: Book
1850-1899'Aged 22, Mrs [Ruth] Baily read [and enjoyed] both ... ["Donovan" and "We Two"] in 1887 ...'Ruth Baily Edna LyallWe TwoPrint: Book
1850-1899'Aged 22, Mrs [Ruth] Baily read [and enjoyed] both ... ["Donovan" and "We Two"] in 1887 ...'Ruth Baily Edna LyallDonovan: A Modern EnglishmanPrint: Book
1800-1849'Ah ['Oh!' in original] do not quite your friend forget/...' [4 lines: last 4 lines of 48-line text]'Carey/Maingay groupMary TigheOn Receiving a Branch of MezereonPrint: UnknownUnknown
1900-1945'Aha! The transformed newspaper is an accomplished fact. The issue of December 12th carries its new name of "Syonan Sinbun" (=newspaper) but this is number five. Where ar...Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Ahmed and I talked together and read the Quran, when he would put on his tarbush, put out his cigarette, and be careful that the Book should not be touched except ...Doreen Ingrams [n/a] [n/a]KoranPrint: Book, Read in Arabic
1900-1945'Alan taught himself to read in about thee weeks from a book called Reading without Tears.'Alan Mathison Turing Fauvel Lee MortimerReading Without TearsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Albert went into Dublin again after luncheon, and I wrote and read, and heard our children say some lessons.'Queen Victoria unknownunknownPrint: Poster, Unknown
1800-1849'Alethea Bigg. - "I have read M.P. & heard it very much talked of, very much praised. I like it myself & think it very good indeed, but as I never say what I do not thin...Alethea Bigg Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1900-1945'Alida [Klementaski] bought for thirty shillings a West Highland terrier which she had seen advertised in "Exchange and Mart".'Alida Klementaski Exchange and MartPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Alida [Klementaski], like Mrs [Catherine] Dawson Scott, had read "The Farmer's Bride" in 1912, and had not forgotten it.' Alida Klementaski Charlotte Mew"The Farmer's Bride"Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Alida [Klementaski], like Mrs [Catherine] Dawson Scott, had read "The Farmer's Bride" in 1912, and had not forgotten it.' Catherine Dawson Scott Charlotte Mew"The Farmer's Bride"Print: Serial / periodical


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