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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'Am reading "Snow Upon the Desert", by Miss Macnaughten, rather a jolly tale. Very good concert party here tonight, from the Canadian Corps.'Douglas Herbert Bell Sarah MacnaughtanSnow Upon the DesertPrint: Book
1900-1945'Am reading "The house in Dormer Forest" by Mary Webb; it has such a lovely cover that I must try and get it, but I think it's the only one of Mary W's books I'll like, a...Hilary Spalding Mary WebbHouse in Dormer Forest, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Am reading "The house in Dormer Forest" by Mary Webb; it has such a lovely cover that I must try and get it, but I think it's the only one of Mary W's books I'll like, a...Hilary Spalding Mary WebbPrecious BanePrint: Book
1900-1945'Am reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which is glorious, but very sad. I cried buckets and buckets!"Hilary Spalding Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1900-1945'Am reading a book called: Truth on the Tragedy of France, by Elie J. Bois. He is a Frenchman and truly ashamed of all that happened.'Vere Hodgson Élie J. BoisTruth on the Tragedy of FrancePrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Am reading Meredith's Egoist. C. [David Lloyd George] said he was afraid it would lessen my love for him, as he throws such a clear light on the male character. C. says ...David Lloyd George George MeredithThe EgoistPrint: Book
1900-1945'Am reading Meredith's Egoist. C. [David Lloyd George] said he was afraid it would lessen my love for him, as he throws such a clear light on the male character. C. says ...Frances Stevenson George MeredithThe EgoistPrint: Book
1900-1945'Am reading, at long last, "Early Stages" by John Gielgud.'Hilary Spalding John GielgudEarly StagesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Amid several warmly appreciative judgements came a frank note from St. John Ervine, who wrote that my book had entirely changed his opinion of me.'St. John Ervine Vera BrittainTestament of YouthPrint: Book
1900-1945'Among 200 reviews and notices, another clipping from the "Yorkshire Post" remarked on the astonishing persistence with which Winifred remained "news" when so many writer...Vera Brittain Yorkshire PostPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Among the eminent women who sought my [Harriet Martineau's] acquaintance by letter [in the early 1830s], and whom I have never seen, [is] [...] Miss Kelty [...] I have l...Harriet Martineau Miss KeltyReminiscences of Thought and FeelingPrint: Book
1800-1849'Among the eminent women who sought my [Harriet Martineau's] acquaintance by letter [in the early 1830s], and whom I have never seen, [is] [...] Miss Kelty, the author of...Harriet Martineau Miss KeltyThe Favourite of NaturePrint: Book
1900-1945'Among the mail was "The Times" Special Coronation Supplement. The men were vastly intrigued with the pictures. "That I suppose is your Potala?" asked [Sherpa] Wangdi, ...Frank Smythe The Times Special Coronation SupplementPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Among the treasures we rooted out...were an illustrated Prayer Book, gone quite brown with age and damp. When tired of reading we could get laughter out of its absurd pi...Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes  Print: Book
1850-1899'Among the writers who deserve attention the first is Rudyard Kipling (his last book ,”The Day’s Work”, a novel). J.M. Barrie—a Scotsman. His last book “Sentimental T...Joseph Conrad J M BarrieSentimental TommyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Among the writers who deserve attention the first is Rudyard Kipling (his last book,”The Day’s Work”, a novel[sic]). J.M. Barrie—a Scotsman. His last book “Sentimenta...Joseph Conrad Rudyard KiplingThe Day's WorkPrint: Book
1700-1799'Among these books was a brief abstract of that amusing story "Robinson Crusoe", which I read with much eagerness and satisfaction. I only regretted its brevity, for I be...Thomas Carter Daniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Charles Causley Florence L. BarclayFollowing of the Star, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Charles Causley Marie CorelliSorrows of Satan, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Charles Causley Olive Higgins ProutyStella DallasPrint: Book


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