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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'This morning I have been reading Matthew Arnold, for my Anthology, in an easy chair in the sun. This afternoon I shall do some gardening. I have a garden-bed, under my w...Walter D'Arcy Cresswell Matthew ArnoldunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Today I bought and read Aldous Huxley's essay Vulgarity in Literature. It's a surprisingly powerful thing, one of those treats in reading, of which our modern authors ne...Walter D'Arcy Cresswell Aldous HuxleyVulgarity in LiteraturePrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'[Letter from Mrs Ward to her daughter Janet Trevelyan] It is good to be alive on spring days like this! I have been reading William James on this very point - the worth ...Mary Augusta Ward William James Print: Book
1900-1945'[Letter from Mrs Ward to her daughter Janet Trevelyan] It is good to be alive on spring days like this! I have been reading William James on this very point - the worth ...Mary Augusta Ward biblePrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks to the efficiency of Mr Kydd, we were overtaken here by a runner, and spent a pleasant half-hour in the shade reading letters from home, and the latest sensations...Frank Smythe newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'When I get home my noble aunt is reading the papers. At the time I was writing this the number of people reading the papers was more than usual.' newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I collected my thoughts. My ideas about prison came from American films, and I envisaged cells of which one side would be made of iron bars, all giving on to a landing,...Diana Mosley Lytton StracheyElizabeth and EssexPrint: Book
1900-1945'There was one [thought like a hornet] zooming in The Times this morning - a woman's voice saying, "Women have not a word to say in politics".'Virginia Woolf The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'These last two nights have been the most fearful of the war. The Battle of Britain is raging round us. Tonight continuous bombing and gunfire have shaken the house. A...Sidney Webb unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sunday 3 October. I am reading "A Room of One's Own". Most delightful and profound - if I had the time I would write an essay about life in the WRNS'Barbara Pym Virginia WoolfA Room of One's OwnPrint: Book
1900-1945'Every day for a fortnight at the end of February, an observer brought a copy of the "Daily Mirror" into the canteen and handed it round among immediate neighbours (about... Daily MirrorPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Hundreds of men and women were standing on the stairs leading to the basement. They read newspapers, they chatted, they seemed strangely amiable.... I sat beside two wo... Daily HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Hundreds of men and women were standing on the stairs leading to the basement. They read newspapers, they chatted, they seemed strangely amiable.... I sat beside two wo... Daily ExpressPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Gratifying letter from John Fossett: "Very many thanks for two instalments of diary. Joan and I derived hours of pleasure from reading it aloud to each other. How we l...John Fossett Vere HodgsonMS diaryManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945I have been re-reading 'Du Côté.' Well, it is marvellous. I have also been re-reading 'Anna Karenina'. Well, it is more marvellous. I have also been re-reading 'Les F...Arnold Bennett Marcel ProustDu Coté chez SwannPrint: Book
1900-1945'Have you read 'The Pretty Lady'? It was while reading 'Isabelle' that the form of this novel suddenly presented itself to me, and I began to write it at once. Yet noth...Arnold Bennett André GideIsabellePrint: Book
1900-1945'[letter from General Hastings Anderson to Janet Trevelyan] What strikes me most in your mother's book ["Fields of Victory"] is her marvellous insight into the way of thi...Hastings Anderson Mary Augusta WardFields of VictoryPrint: Book
1900-1945Marginalia in pencil in English on the following pages: 59, 208, 211, 256.Vernon Lee Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Se...Print: Book
1900-1945Detailed notes on the front flyleaf and half-title page, and extensive marginalia in pencil in French throughout.Vernon Lee Lionel DauriacEssai sur l'esprit musicalPrint: Book
1900-1945Some marginal annotation in pencil in English throughout the volume, and summary notes on the inside front cover.Vernon Lee Hans DrieschThe History & Theory of VitalismPrint: Book


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