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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
 
1700-1799'But these extraordinary accounts and discourses, together with the controversies between the mother and sons, made me think that they know many matters of which I was to...James Lackington unknownvariousUnknown
1700-1799?I had such good eyes, that I often read by the light of the moon, as my master would never permit me to take a candle into my room.?James Lackington unknownvariousPrint: Book
1700-1799'We all worked very hard, particularly Mr John Jones and me, in order to get money to purchase books; But what we wanted in judgement in choosing our library, we made up ...James Lackington unknownvariousPrint: Book
1850-1899[Arnold Bennett's father] 'encouraged them to read. As soon as he had any money he began to buy books, and one of the features of the house in Waterloo Road was its "Book...Arnold Bennett unknownvariousPrint: Book
1800-1849'Inspected Mr Dash's large collection of books.' John Cole variousPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read about one book per day.'John H.S. Craig variousvariousPrint: Advertisement, Book, Form, Handbill, Newspaper, Poster, Serial / periodical, Unknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		Quotes Shakespeare throughout work:V.1 p.55,p.62,p.86, p.105,p.126; V.2 p.55,p.89,p.199; V.3 p.176 eg. V.1. p.105 Letter XIII to Miss Reid, Fort William May 24 1773 '?He...Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] William ShakespearevariousPrint: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'She [mother] introduced me to Dornford Yates, and I devoured him when I was about 16.'Hilary Spalding Dornford YatesvariousPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Carter] is sympathetic to women of different views, like Charlotte Smith or Helen Maria Williams whose books she finds "too democratical" but praises as "exprest with d...Elizabeth Carter Helen Maria Williamsvarious booksPrint: Book
1700-1799?I have also read most of our best plays.? James Lackington unknownvarious English playsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Carter and Talbot read fiction and corresponded about it, including "Roderick Random", the novels of Eliza Haywood, French romances, and Charlotte Lennox's "Henrietta", ...Catherine Talbot Eliza Haywoodvarious novelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Carter and Talbot read fiction and corresponded about it, including "Roderick Random", the novels of Eliza Haywood, French romances, and Charlotte Lennox's "Henrietta", ...Elizabeth Carter Eliza Haywoodvarious novelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'As to the little knowledge of literature I possess, I acquired that by dint of application. In the beginning I attached myself very closely to the study of divinity and ...James Lackington anonvarious on divinity and moral philosophyPrint: Book
1700-1799I neither concealed my doubts nor my fears but communicated them freely to several persons, no one however said anything which appeared to me calculated to remove my doub...Francis Place various religious titlesPrint: Book
1850-1899#Last night I set to work and Bob wrote to my dictation three or four pages of "V. Hugo's Romances" ...'Robert Louis Stevenson Victor Hugovarious romancesPrint: Book
1700-1799'My master said to me one day, he was surprized that I did not learn to write my own letters, and added, that he was sure that I could learn to do it in a very short time...James Lackington anonvarious scraps of writingManuscript: Unknown
1500-1599
1600-1699		" ... [John] Donne describes his 'poor Library, where to cast mine eye upon good Authors kindles or refreshes sometimes meditations not unfit to communicate to near frien...John Donne various textsUnknown
1600-1699for the most part reading histories, and such books of controversies as the tymes gave occastion for writingJohn Bramston various unknown [histories]Print: Book
1600-1699After my father had denied Crumwell he lived at great quiet, spending his tyme very much in reading the Bible, and good and godly tractsJohn Bramston various unknown [religious titles]Print: Book
1850-1899'[?] though I can do no original work, I get forward making notes for my ?Knox? at a good trot.'Robert Louis Stevenson unknownVarious unspecified books concerning John Knox.Print: Book


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