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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'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 HeyerSpanish BridePrint: 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... FrankauRoyal RegimentPrint: 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... unknownElizabeth of BohemiaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've read one book since the war "A Yank At Oxford". I liked that.....'John Monk SaundersA Yank at OxfordPrint: Book
1900-1945'I liked Rebecca and 'Gone with the Wind".'Daphne Du MaurierRebeccaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I liked Rebecca and 'Gone with the Wind".'Margaret MitchellGone with the WindPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like autobiography and I love a good thriller - I can't bear funny books other than Stephen Leacock. I don't like a man who sets out to be funny.'Stephen LeacockunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like anything good....something like "The Stars Looked Down" or "Gone with the Wind"...."Fame is the Spur" is a lovely book.'Margaret MitchellGone with the windPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like anything good....something like "The Stars Looked Down" or "Gone with the Wind"...."Fame is the Spur" is a lovely book.'Archibald Joseph CroninThe Stars Looked DownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like anything good....something like "The Stars Looked Down" or "Gone with the Wind"...."Fame is the Spur" is a lovely book.'Howard SpringFame is the SpurPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lately I've been reading books about China and Russia. I figure it out this way: I read the newspapers and meet different kinds of people, and they all have to say somet... unknown[books about China and Russia]Print: Book
1900-1945'I despise all these novels and so on. I'm a retired Civil Servant and I chiefly read the Times, politics and things of that sort. I don't read many books at all, but whe... The TimesPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945[I read] 'Oh, anything political - I'm mad about politics -you know, India today and all that sort of thing and all those red books that aren't allowed, I get all those.....H. RathboneWhat Next in GermanyPrint: Book
1900-1945'For light reading I like biography and travel - I see there are one or two out about the South Seas that should be interesting - I've only read two American books that I... unknown[biography and travel]Print: Book
1900-1945'I enjoy most autobiographies and biography - you know Negley Farson's Travels - at the moment I'm reading Thackeray. I've never read "Pendennis" and I'm simply adoring ...Negley FarsonTravelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I enjoy most autobiographies and biography - you know Negley Farson's Travels - at the moment I'm reading Thackeray. I've never read "Pendennis" and I'm simply adoring ...W.M. ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1900-1945'I enjoy most autobiographies and biography - you know Negley Farson's Travels - at the moment I'm reading Thackeray. I've never read "Pendennis" and I'm simply adoring ...John GalsworthyForsyte SagaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I enjoy most autobiographies and biography - you know Negley Farson's Travels - at the moment I'm reading Thackeray. I've never read "Pendennis" and I'm simply adoring ... unknownHeavenly TrouserPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I don't read much - oh, a very mixed lot - "My Son Absalom" and "Fame is the Spur"' [then in response to question from interviewer] '- who, them? I enjoy travel books, ... unknownMy Son AbsalomPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I don't read much - oh, a very mixed lot - "My Son Absalom" and "Fame is the Spur"' [then in response to question from interviewer] '- who, them? I enjoy travel books, ...Howard SpringFame is the SpurPrint: Book


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