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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
 
1900-1945Virginia Woolf to Mary Hutchinson, 6 May 1929: 'We are down here [Monks House, Rodmell] to see about making a new room -- this we have been seeing about for 3 months...Virginia Woolf Ronald Firbank Print: Book
1900-1945'Very wet. Read "Mistress of Brae Farm" by Carey.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyThe Mistress of Brae FarmPrint: Book
1900-1945'Finished Mistress of Brae Farm.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyThe Mistress of Brae FarmPrint: Book
1900-1945'May finished Only a Governess. Pr. ¼ past 9. 1 Cor vii.'May Rosa Nouchette CareyOnly a GovernessPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'[Books read] June [1914]. Life's Trivial Round
White Linen Nurse. Most bits rubbish
A passage perilous
Prisons & prisoners (suffragists)'		Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyLife's Trivial RoundPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] June [1914]. Life's Trivial Round
White Linen Nurse. Most bits rubbish
A passage perilous
Prisons & prisoners (suffragists)'		Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyPassage Perilous, APrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] August [1914:] By waters of Germany.
Queenie's whim.
Timothy's quest.
Basil Lyndhurst.
Highway of Fate.
Lamp Lighter
Boo...		Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyQueenie's Whim: A NovelPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] August [1914:] By waters of Germany.
Queenie's whim.
Timothy's Guest.
Basil Lyndhurst.
Highway of Fate.
Lamp Lighter
Boo...		Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyBasil LyndhurstPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] August [1914:] By waters of Germany.
Queenie's whim.
Timothy's Guest.
Basil Lyndhurst.
Highway of Fate.
Lamp Lighter
Boo...		Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyHighway of Fate, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945Monday 12 November 1917: 'I went to Mudies, & got The Leading Note, in order to examine into R.T. more closely [...] I came home with my book, which does not seem a ver...Virginia Woolf Rosalind MurrayThe Leading NotePrint: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Malcolm Darling, 29 July 1911: 'I have been reading Kipling's child's history of England with mingled joy and disgust. It's a fine conception, but oh ...Edward Morgan Forster Rosalind MurrayThe Leading NotePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Carlyle has not put it too strongly in Heroes. It is chiefly a matter of environment with the really great men what shape they take in their power; but with smaller ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rosaline MassonWordsworthPrint: Book
1900-1945'All day I read and finished Rosamond Lehmann's novel, The Ballad and the Source, which Logan P.-S. thinks the best novel since Henry James. I daresay he is right and I a...James Lees-Milne Rosamond LehmannThe Ballad and the SourcePrint: Book
1900-1945Thursday 28 August 1930: 'I am reading R. Lehmann, with some interest & admiration -- she has a clear hard mind, beating up now & again to poetry; but I am as usual appal...Virginia Woolf Rosamund LehmannA Note in MusicPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Forster's "A Passage to India" was then taken Rosamund Wallis reading a notable paper on the problem of Anglo-India with citations from the book. F.E. Pol...Rosamund Wallis Rosamund Wallis[paper on Anglo-India and Forster]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubRosamund WallisSome Thoughts on RacingManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 14.2.44
    S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

[...]

2. The minutes of the ...		Rosamund Wallis Rosamund Wallis[a biographical essay on André Maurois, up to 1939...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Wednesday 30th June. ?Orphan Island? ? (Rose Macaulay). Looked after the infants today while Teddie went to work. Then a walk in the evening and bringing my arrears ...Gerald Moore Rose MacaulayOrphan IslandPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thursday 1st July This has been one of those demoralising days when a late rising leaves one unable to make any use of the shortened day. We should have gone to see Da...Gerald Moore Rose MacaulayOrphan IslandPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yes I know Sudermann ? his play ?Magda? was one of Mrs Pat. Campbell?s great parts ? and I believe he was the author of a book called ?The Song of Songs? that Billie Woo...Winifred Agnes Moore Rose MacauleyKeeping Up AppearancesPrint: Book


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