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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'Last night I read the correspondence between Vanessa and Swift — I wonder if any man, beginning with the man to whom those letters were first addressed has ever un...Gertrude Bell Jonathan SwiftunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am reading the Renan book and am fascinated with it. It is really a beautiful book. I daresay I shall finish it before I get to London and will post it back to you. Yo...Gertrude Bell Ernest RenanunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Frank [Lascelles] and I are reading Lord Roberts' book which is awfully interesting.' Gertrude Bell Frederick Sleigh RobertsunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Florence [Lascelles] the Marshalls and I went to the [Berlin] National Gallery to see the modern pictures. It was most interesting because I had been reading about moder...Gertrude Bell unknown unknownunknownPrint: Unknown, presumably book, exhibition catalogue or periodical
1850-1899'Very foggy; raw and cold all morning; the sun came out a little after lunch, but it was still cold. Wrapped myself in fur cloaks and rugs and sat on deck reading novels....Gertrude Bell unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Prescott all morning with intervals of talking to the two American men, the Engineer and the Captain.' Gertrude Bell Wiliam Hickling PrescottunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'After lunch, finished a book on Hawaii Mr W[alford] lent me.' Gertrude Bell unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Rode down to Miyajino where we tiffined under a tea house shed by the edge of the river. Very delicious. Came back the other side of the stream, valley the last half hou...Gertrude Bell Claude Reignier ConderunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'My day has been beguiled by a long Persian lesson this morning and a long [?conversation ?lesson with Mr] Frollock this afternoon! He has given me his Spinoza which is v...Gertrude Bell Baruch de SpinozaunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I'll post A. [Anatole] France tomorrow. How good it is!'Gertrude Bell Anatole FranceunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lovely fine day — sat out wrapped up and read Freeman and did Italian with Hugo till he felt uncomfy and went down.'Gertrude Bell Edward Augustus FreemanunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Perfectly fine and calm again. Father read us the finished article [on Trade Unions] to our great admiration. Then we did Italian and I read Sicilian history and a littl...Gertrude Bell Hugh Bellunknown Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Read Mrs Gascoyne's [sic] book on Burmah, Kipling and Murray and wrote letters. Very steamy day. Read Mrs Cotes' "Delightful Americans" after dinner and thought it only ...Gertrude Bell Rudyard KiplingunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'After lunch we went to our rooms and read novels till 4.45 when we found an excellent tea in the big drawing room. Scones to which we did ample justice. Sir F[rank Swett...Gertrude Bell unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read some of Schultze's book on Java, lent me by Herr v Ditman. We got in unexpectedly early, about 3. The port of Tanjon Priok has outer roads where some English mercha...Gertrude Bell unknown [?]SchultzeunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Delicious day, bit of a roll, following wind pretty strong. Sat on deck all morning and read Bevan's "Scheurus"[??], which I finished, while we passed down Corsica [Cors...Gertrude Bell BevanunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Back to the kaik [?caique] where I lunched but it was too windy to go on to Budrum so I returned sadly to Kuluk sat on the balcony in the sun and read Mr Ballard's novel...Gertrude Bell unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'A motor bicycle drew up at our door and a haggard dispatch rider stumbled in to put a scrap of paper into my hand. It was a page torn out of an army notebook with a scri...Barclay Josiah Baron unknown unknownunknownManuscript: Letter, Pencilled note on a page torn out of an army notebook.
1900-1945'Well I am getting on topping: today we have been on a brigade field day round a place called "The Devils Punch bowl" It's a piece of land about 3 miles round the top. Th...Albert Edward Mortlock French unknown unknownunknownManuscript: Engraved stone.
1900-1945'Well I am getting on topping: today we have been on a brigade field day round a place called "The Devils Punch bowl" It's a piece of land about 3 miles round the top. Th...Albert Edward Mortlock French unknown unknownunknownManuscript: Milestone.


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