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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'I am deep in ''Dean Stanley's Life'' and I like it so much.'Emma Darwin R. E. & G. G. Prothero & BradleyThe Life and Correspondence of Arthur Penrhyn Stan...Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Cintra Avenue
    22.IV.1938
1. Minutes of last read & approved.

[...]

The following essays wer...		Reginald H. Robson R. H. RobsonRupert BrookeUnknown
1900-1945Sunday 3 September 1939: 'This is I suppose certainly the last hour of peace. The time limit is out at 11. P[rime]M[inister] to broadcast at 11.15 [makes various brief ob...Virginia Woolf R. H. Tawney Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, 28th May 1945
    Elsie D. Harrod in the chair.

[...]

4. The subject of the eveni...		Cyril Langford R. H. WilenskyJohn Ruskin: An Introduction to further Study of h...Print: Book
1900-1945'Every child was given a little volume called King Edward's Realm, bound in imitation crimson leather, which I found slow going. The fate of books is strange. Perha...Edmund Blunden R. M. BallantyneFighting the Flames: A Tale of the London Fire Bri...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6 December 1841: 'What a singular movement is this Puseyite one [...] Mr Milnes is a Puseyite & wrote the "One tract more,...Elizabeth Barrett R. M. MilnesOne Tract More, or, The System Illustrated by "The...Print: Unknown
1800-1849'My [Harriet Martineau's] pleasure in [R. Monckton Milnes's poems] was greatest when I read them in my Tynemouth solitude. My copy is marked all over with hieroglyhics i...Harriet Martineau R. Monckton MilnespoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814: 'I have to thank you ... for Egbert, which is pleasingly and vigorously written, and proves that with a due sacrif...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesEgbert, or, The SuicideUnknown
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814: 'I have peeped into the Ruminator, and turned to your first letter, which is well executed, and seizes the attenti...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesRuminator, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814: 'Your longer poem I have barely looked into ... 'William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesChilde Alarique, a poet's reverie with other poemsPrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 22 December 1814: 'When your Letter arrived I was in the act of reading to Mrs W[ordsworth] your Exile, which pleased me more, I thin...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesExile, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 22 December 1814: 'I have read the Ruminator, and I fear that I do not like it quite as much as you would wish. It wants depth and s...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesThe RuminatorPrint: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies (postmarked 9 April 1816): 'Your obliging Present [new book of poems] reached me yesterday ... I read the volume through immediately: ...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesIllustrations of a Poetical Character, in six Tale...Print: BookUnknown
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies: " ... your poem [Rinaldo] I have read with considerable attention."William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesRinaldo, a desultory PoemUnknown
'I have read your Poem. I like it better than any of the preceding ones.'William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesOswald, A Metrical TalePrint: Book
1800-1849'After tea he reads to us aloud some German stories translated by Gillies...'Elizabeth Wedgwood R. P. GilliesGerman Stories, selected from the works of Hoffman...Print: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1940-41) under heading 'Eighteenth Centuriana' include reported last words of Sir Robert Walpole and Sir Thomas ...Edward Morgan Forster R. W. Ketton-CremerHorace Walpole: A BiographyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945.
A. Austin Miller in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
Stella Hopkins R. W. ThompsonAn Englishman Looks at WalesPrint: Book
1850-1899'The "Impenitent Thief" has been read more than once. I've read it several times alone and I've read it aloud to my wife. Every word has found a home.' Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame GrahamThe Impenitent ThiefPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The "Bristol Fashion" business is excellently well put. You seem to know a lot about every part of the world and what's more you can say what you know in a most individ...Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame GrahamBristol Fashion Pt.2 Print: Serial / periodical


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