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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'January 7... I read "Cosmic Anatomy", Shakespeare and the Bible. Jonah.'Katherine Mansfield William ShakespeareunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'January 7... I read "Cosmic Anatomy", Shakespeare and the Bible. Jonah.'Katherine Mansfield The story of Jonah and the WhalePrint: Book
1900-1945 re: 'September' 'This work is admirably conceived and just about perfectly constructed . . . It is incomparably the best novel by an author under 40 that I have read...Arnold Bennett Frank SwinnertonSeptemberPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read what I call semi-serious novels. That is, it's got to have a love story woven through it, but at the same time well written, unlike the trashy love stories of Eth...Phillip GibbsNettle DangerPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read what I call semi-serious novels. That is, it's got to have a love story woven through it, but at the same time well written, unlike the trashy love stories of Eth...Phillip GibbsThe Sons and OthersPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read what I call semi-serious novels. That is, it's got to have a love story woven through it, but at the same time well written, unlike the trashy love stories of Eth...Phillip GibbsThe Amazing SummerPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read what I call semi-serious novels. That is, it's got to have a love story woven through it, but at the same time well written, unlike the trashy love stories of Eth...Phillip GibbsThrough the Dark NightPrint: Book
1900-1945'I can't be bothered reading heavy stuff. I don't seem able to concentrate for long. I like books of the romantic and family kind. Just now I've got at home the "Home Div...Pearl BuckThe Home DividedPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like thrillers and mysteries and oriental tales. Anything mystery which has nothing whatever to do with the war. I can read all I want about war in the newspapers. I ...P.G. WodehouseunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Oh, I like funny books, like Thorne Smith, you know, nothing too serious. ("For whom the Bell Tolls", Hemingway, was very good).'Ernest HemingwayFor whom the Bell TollsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Oh, I like funny books, like Thorne Smith, you know, nothing too serious. ("For whom the Bell Tolls", Hemingway, was very good).'Thorne SmithunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'My children like to get hold of Charteris, the Saint Stories, you know. But it's a funny thing we can't get any of his books in this library now. I don't know where they...Leslie CharterisSaint storiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like good modern books - I'm very fond of American books - or Dorothy Conyer's - good racy stories. I hate detective stories, I like Naomi Jacobs' early ones. I read ...Naomi Jacobs[early works]Print: Book
1900-1945'I like good modern books - I'm very fond of American books - or Dorothy Conyer's - good racy stories. I hate detective stories, I like Naomi Jacobs' early ones. I read ...Richard LlewellynHow Green was My ValleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like good modern books - I'm very fond of American books - or Dorothy Conyer's - good racy stories. I hate detective stories, I like Naomi Jacobs' early ones. I read ...Faith BaldwinConflictPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like good modern books - I'm very fond of American books - or Dorothy Conyer's - good racy stories. I hate detective stories, I like Naomi Jacobs' early ones. I read ...Dorothy ConyerunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Oh, I like all kinds of books - historical, semi-biography, well written. I liked "How Green was My Valley": and "All this and Heaven Too" ....I must say I can't read no...Richard LlewellynHow Green was My ValleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Oh, I like all kinds of books - historical, semi-biography, well written. I liked "How Green was My Valley": and "All this and Heaven Too" ....I must say I can't read no...Rachel FieldAll this and Heaven TooPrint: Book
1900-1945'Oh, I like all kinds of books - historical, semi-biography, well written. I liked "How Green was My Valley": and "All this and Heaven Too" ....I must say I can't read no...Brett YoungPortrait of a VillagePrint: Book
1900-1945'Oh, I like all kinds of books - historical, semi-biography, well written. I liked "How Green was My Valley": and "All this and Heaven Too" ....I must say I can't read no...Georgette HeyerRoyal EscapePrint: Book


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