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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'Yes, I have skimmed through the leaflets, and put them in a letter file. I haven't read anything else except newspapers.' newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Yes, I have skimmed through the leaflets, and put them in a letter file. I haven't read anything else except newspapers.' leafletsPrint: Advertisement
1900-1945'She goes on: "I read the advertisements stating margarine's superiority to butter with a quiet smile, and a mental thought of 'I don't think!' I think my sales-resistanc... advertisements about margarinePrint: Advertisement
1900-1945'My personal opinion of margarine has quite changed owing to the arrival of this questionnaire. My mother opened it by mistake, but finding it was not of a private nature... questionnaire about margarinePrint: Broadsheet, Questionnaire / survey sheet
1900-1945'Though I am the least superstitious of mortals and rhough I have read Freud and Dunne and treat dreams with the scientific detachment they advocate, for the life of me I... DunneunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Though I am the least superstitious of mortals and rhough I have read Freud and Dunne and treat dreams with the scientific detachment they advocate, for the life of me I...Sigmund Freud Print: Book
1900-1945'a friend of mine read in the paper that some people had recently left Italy for America. She says they are the Italian Royal Family and that they are getting out of I... newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Then B. went shopping while I lay on the divan and read Proust, which I continued to do most of the evening, except when I read Ellis's "Sunlight on Parnassus" to B. whi... EllisSunlight on ParnassusPrint: Book
1900-1945'Then B. went shopping while I lay on the divan and read Proust, which I continued to do most of the evening, except when I read Ellis's Sunlight on Parnassus" to B. whil...Marcel ProustunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have read how delayed demobilisation after the last war led to disaffection and mutiny among the troops: but it seems that part of the reason there was that the troops... newsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'He now referred to two sheets of paper, which he had with him, saying that he was late (no apologies) because he had just been on the telephone with London and he'd tak... [a letter]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Unconditional surrender. I don't think America will allow us to do anything different. I read the other day where Cordell Hull said there would be no peace talks, it wou...Cordell HullunknownPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'I have very little feeling about them, especially in war-time. I used to admire what I read about them and their tidiness and efficiency and agriculture in peace time. s... newsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'...Naturally the Insurance Companies are feeling a bit sick and when the report is delved into, this is hardly to be wondered at. I have only read a wee bit of the repor... [Report into Insurance Companies' finances]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'I think newspapers do a lot towards it, because one of the first things I do is to look at the women's page in the News Chronicle. I read her - Jill Adams, I think her n...Jill AdamsNews ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'[letter from Lord Bryce to Mrs Ward] Thank you for your admirable article and for the copy of the Memorial, an effective repy to that of the Suffragist ladies'.Mary Augusta Ward'Let women say'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta ward Emile FaguetDix-Huitieme Siecle: Études Littéraires Print: Book
1900-1945'A lady I know well was sitting by the fire one evening. She wanted something to read so she reached out a hand to the bookcase by her side and took out a book at random....Humbert WolfThe Uncelestial CityPrint: Book
1900-1945'Well, I think I really didn't think they were going too well really. I read the leading article in the Chronicle... they try to make things look as bright as possible, I... ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Yes, I read the article too. It shocked me. I think if it all had to be printed - I mean the advertisement - it was quite enough to do it in the way it was done. I don't... Daily MirrorPrint: Newspaper


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