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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'I gather from a review that the conclusion of the book has not been printed in the Fortnightly?& this the most interesting part of the book. For this reason I should li...Arnold Bennett unknownReview of H.G. Wells' The First Men on the MoonPrint: Book
1900-1945'With my London-Matric knowledge of German I have struggled through the appreciation of you in 'Die Zeit.' Arnold Bennett Fr Graz in Die ZeitPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Have you read the fist Realistic Scotch Novel?The House with the Green Shutters? It is not first class but it is glorious after Barrie, Maclaren, Crockett & Co. You se...Arnold Bennett George Douglas (pseud. of George Douglas Brown, 1869-1902)The House with the Green ShuttersPrint: Book
1900-1945'. . . I do not at the moment see how I can be of advantage to a Schoolmaster's Year Book. I think fancy articles are a mistake in a Year Book. You want nothing but ser...Arnold Bennett The Literary Year BookPrint: Book
1900-1945'Just now I am reading nightly in bed Boswell?s "Life of Johnson". I suppose you know it by heart. Without doubt it is the most agreeable & diverting thing in non-imagi...Arnold Bennett James BoswellLife of JohnsonPrint: Book
1900-1945''I am glad to be able to praise your article in this month?s Cornhill with less reserve than you praise my novel.' Arnold Bennett George SturtSome Peasant WomenPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Arrived 8.45 am, left 5.45. Left early with Mac's permission, though Bailey said he wouldn't risk it. Did 10 minutes work all through the day. One lorry arrived four tim... newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I think astrology is the most reliable way of telling the future. Astrologers are so often right. I read him and study him regularly, and I find it's a great help.....th... Lyndoeunknown texts on AstrologyPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'When I first read about it I thought to myself; "I don't think that's going to affect me at all; 66 coupons! Why, I shall need half of it!" But then I began to buy thing... information on clothes rationingPrint: Unknown, could be news or pamphlets
1900-1945'"I just went down the Post an' when I come back it was as flat as this 'ere wharfside - there was just my 'ouse like-well, part of my 'ouse. My sissus were just making m... [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls w...girls at the Passmore Edwards SettlementM.L. MolesworthCuckoo Clock, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls w...young children at the Passmore Edwards SettlementWilliam Thomas Stead[Books for the Bairns]Print: Book
1900-1945'[in America] on the very few occasions when Mrs Ward did consent to be interviewed, she insisted on seeing the proof and entirely re-writing what had been put into her m...Mary Augusta Ward [newspaper interviews with herself]Print: Unknown, newspaper proofs
1900-1945'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls w...boys at the Passmore Edwards SettlementFrederick MarryatMasterman ReadyPrint: Book
1900-1945'[report by Mrs Ward of the library at her Passmore Edwards Settlement] boys were sitting hunched up over "Masterman Ready", or the ever-adored "Robinson Crusoe"; girls w...girls at the Passmore Edwards SettlementHans Christian AndersenFairytalesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I had been reading Mary Border's book "Passport for a girl" and the day following my dream, I was interested to read in Page 201 describing the Austrian Anschluss, how o...Mary BorderPassport for a girlPrint: Book
1900-1945'You mean the Monitor? I read it because I think it's better than any English papers. It doesn't mix its news and views up together, like Beaverbrook's dirty rags do.' MonitorPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I suffered very much in that shop through all the summer months. At that time we went to live at Malmaison and it was heartrending to think of George and Alfred [reader...Arthur Vanson unknown[penny dreadfuls]Print: Book
1900-1945'My brothers and I have lived the book ["Treasure Island"] many times and the Bois de Boulogne is full of places that we re-christened with Treasure Island names such as ...Arthur Vanson Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandPrint: Book
1900-1945'I try to read always with a very open mind, wide away [awake?] to assimilate all the author's knowledge. I have such a great admiration for authorship. After just fin...Arthur Vanson Pierre de CoulerainAu Coeur de la ViePrint: Book


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