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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
 
1600-1699'I hard this day, after I had praied, Mr Rhodes read the booke of my lord Esixe treason, and I wrought: and so like wise in the after none Iohn Corrow and he did read by ...Richard Rhodes Robert Devereux, Earl of EssexApology of the Earl of Essex against those who fal...Print: Book
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Private in an infantry regiment, formerly a skilled pai...questionaire respondent Robert Falcon Scott[Travels in the Antarctic]Print: Book
1. Apologies for absence were received from Margaret and A. Bruce Dilks, Alice and Arnold Joselin, Sylvanus A. Reynolds, Kenneth F. Nicholson, Francis H. Knight. Elsie Harrod Robert Falcon Scott[Some or all of Captain Scott’s last letters]Print: Book
1900-1945'Arthur very pleased with photo frame. Read booklets by Rev. R F Horton DD.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Robert Forman Horton[booklets prophesying the Advent]Print: PamphletUnknown
1850-1899'An appeal to young non-conformists'Sarah Good Robert Forman HortonAn Appeal to Young Non-ConformistsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'You are quite right, according to me, in being dissatisfied with my work; but not right at all in expressing your dissatisfaction as you did. I have never written rudely...Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Glasgow BrownletterUnknown
1800-1849'My Ain Fire Side' 'O I hae seen great ones...'[transcript of text] 'from the Nithsdale and Galloway Songs'Emma Bowly Robert Hartley CromekRemains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: with histoPrint: Book
1800-1849'My Ain Fire Side' 'O, I hae seen great ones...' >From the Nithsdale and Galloway SongsBowly groupRobert Hartley Cromek [editor of vol]'My Ain Fireside' OR Remains of Nithsdale and GallUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue: 25.3.36
    Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the chair.
1. Minutes of last read + approved.

Reginald H. Robson Robert Howard HodgkinA History of the Anglo-SaxonsPrint: Book
1900-1945'In my wooden hut, by means of a folding card-table and a remnant of black satin for tablecloth, I made a small shrine for a few of the books that Roland and I had admire...Vera Brittain Robert Hugh BensonVexilla RegisPrint: Book
1900-1945'Rest and sleep upstairs[.] Read the Queen's Tragedy by Benson.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Robert Hugh BensonThe Queen's TragedyPrint: BookUnknown
1800-1849'I am disappointed in the "Life". His dull sons have put in such a quantity of repetition that one is quite weary of the same religious sentiment repeated 50 times over i...Emma Wedgwood Robert Isaac & Samuel WilberforceLife of William WiberforcePrint: Book
1800-1849'I think you will like Sir James Mackintosh's Life; it is full of his own thoughts upon men, books and events, and I derived from it the greatest pleasure. He makes most ...Sydney Smith Robert James MackintoshMemoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir Ja...Print: Book
1900-1945James Chesterton Bradley to Robert Keating Smith, 3 May 1902:

'A short paper of yours in "The Tatler" of April 2nd brought before me my old friend James W[il...		James Chesterton Bradley Robert Keating Smith'A Well Known Character in Fiction'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'after reading half thro' Porter's "Russian Campaign", I found it to be such an incorrigible mass of folly and stupidity, that nothing could be said of it but what was gr...Sydney Smith Robert Ker PorterAccount of the Last Russian CampaignPrint: Book
1900-1945Either at school or at home I read all the classics considered necessary for children: 'Treasure Island', 'Kidnapped', 'Little Women', 'David Copperfield', 'Ivanhoe', 'Ro...Patricia Beer Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandPrint: Book
1900-1945Either at school or at home I read all the classics considered necessary for children: 'Treasure Island', 'Kidnapped', 'Little Women', 'David Copperfield', 'Ivanhoe', 'Ro...Patricia Beer Robert Louis StevensonKidnappedPrint: Book
1900-1945'During these early years [Daphne du Maurier] filled her head with tales of adventure, romances, histories and popular novels, including such books as Treasure Island, Th...Daphne du Maurier Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandPrint: Book
1900-1945'During these early years [Daphne du Maurier] filled her head with tales of adventure, romances, histories and popular novels, including such books as Treasure Island, Th...Daphne du Maurier Robert Louis StevensonDr Jekyll and Mr HydePrint: Book
1850-1899'When old enough to read for herself, Rose Macaulay entered into other realms of fictitious brave adventure. She devoured Masterman Ready, Ivanhoe, The Talisman, Coral Is...Rose Macaulay Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandPrint: Book


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