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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
 
1850-1899'[William Robertson] Nicoll's boyhood reading included Scott, Disraeli, the Brontes, Bulwer Lytton, Shelley, Johnson, Addison, Steele, Goldsmith, Emerson, Lowell, Longfel...William Robertson Nicoll Richard SteeleunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'[William Robertson] Nicoll's boyhood reading included Scott, Disraeli, the Brontes, Bulwer Lytton, Shelley, Johnson, Addison, Steele, Goldsmith, Emerson, Lowell, Longfel...William Robertson Nicoll Oliver GoldsmithunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'[William Robertson] Nicoll's boyhood reading included Scott, Disraeli, the Brontes, Bulwer Lytton, Shelley, Johnson, Addison, Steele, Goldsmith, Emerson, Lowell, Longfel...William Robertson Nicoll Ralph Waldo EmersonunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'[William Robertson] Nicoll's boyhood reading included Scott, Disraeli, the Brontes, Bulwer Lytton, Shelley, Johnson, Addison, Steele, Goldsmith, Emerson, Lowell, Longfel...William Robertson Nicoll James Russell LowellunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'[William Robertson] Nicoll's boyhood reading included Scott, Disraeli, the Brontes, Bulwer Lytton, Shelley, Johnson, Addison, Steele, Goldsmith, Emerson, Lowell, Longfel...William Robertson Nicoll Henry Wadsworth LongfellowunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'[William Robertson] Nicoll's boyhood reading included Scott, Disraeli, the Brontes, Bulwer Lytton, Shelley, Johnson, Addison, Steele, Goldsmith, Emerson, Lowell, Longfel...William Robertson Nicoll BronteunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Gladstone's reading habits were described in "The Home Life of Mr. Gladstone," Young Man (January 1892): "He was most particular, it said, in mantaining variety in his r...Wiliam Ewart Gladstone VirgilunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899"The son of a shipwright, [Hall] Caine had been largely dependent upon public sources [in particuarly the Free Library, Liverpool] to satisfy his appetite for knowledge ....Hall Caine Samuel Taylor ColeridgeunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Philip Gibbs in The Pageant of the Years (1946), on work as writer of series of articles under name "Self-Help" in early 1900s: "'All the reading I had done as a boy, all...Philip Gibbs William ShakespeareunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Philip Gibbs in The Pageant of the Years (1946), on work as writer of series of articles under name "Self-Help" in early 1900s: "'All the reading I had done as a boy, all...Philip Gibbs John MiltonunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Philip Gibbs in The Pageant of the Years (1946), on work as writer of series of articles under name "Self-Help" in early 1900s: "'All the reading I had done as a boy, all...Philip Gibbs Sir Walter ScottunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Philip Gibbs in The Pageant of the Years (1946), on work as writer of series of articles under name "Self-Help" in early 1900s: "'All the reading I had done as a boy, all...Philip Gibbs William Makepeace ThackerayunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Philip Gibbs in The Pageant of the Years (1946), on work as writer of series of articles under name "Self-Help" in early 1900s: "'All the reading I had done as a boy, all...Philip Gibbs Charles DickensunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Philip Gibbs in The Pageant of the Years (1946), on work as writer of series of articles under name "Self-Help" in early 1900s: "'All the reading I had done as a boy, all...Philip Gibbs George EliotunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Philip Gibbs in The Pageant of the Years (1946), on work as writer of series of articles under name "Self-Help" in early 1900s: "'All the reading I had done as a boy, all...Philip Gibbs Thomas HardyunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Neville Cardus, on devising cultural self-improvement scheme, in Autobiography (1947): "'I came upon the works of J. M. Robertson, also once a poor boy who had made himse...Neville Cardus J. M. RobertsonunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'[George] Saintsbury [who became a Tory journalist] read Marx as an undergraduate ...'George Saintsbury Karl MarxunknownPrint: Book
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1900-1945		'"I owe more to Scott than to any other writer," [William] Robertson Nicoll stated. "Every year even in the busiest times I have read over his best stories."'William Robertson Nicoll Walter ScottunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'For Hugh Walpole ... Scott was a lifelong passion ... from a subscription library in Durham he proceeded to read all of Scott, who influenced his own first writings.'Hugh Walpole Walter ScottunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'... [Walter Scott's] books captivated ... [Andrew Lang] as a boy and 'grow better on every fresh reading."'Andrew Lang Walter ScottunknownPrint: Book


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