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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
 
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1850-1899		Algernon Charles Swinburne to Sir T. Wemyss Reid, in letter responding to Reid's Charlotte Bronte: A Monograph, 24 September 1877:

'The only reference [...] ...		anon Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue, Northcourt Avenue, 25th April 1945
    F. E. Pollard in the chair.

[...]

2. The m...		several unnamed members of the XII Book Club Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue, Northcourt Avenue, 25th April 1945
    F. E. Pollard in the chair.

[...]

2. The m...		Howard Smith Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have now struck better ground in Charlotte Bronte's "Wuthering Heights", which although melodramatic like all her books, shapes very well indeed.'Clive Staples Lewis Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1900-1945'During my holiday read again Wuthering Heights . . but one can every quite recapture the first horror of contacting Heathcliff — and the voice at the window.'Vere Hodgson Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Most army hospitals acquired a varied collection of books and this ward was no exception. With plenty of time to pass in bed I naturally spent a lot of it reading,...Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands Emily BronteWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1900-1945M. is here deep in “Wuthering Heights”, with the ladies singing hard in the next room.Margery Morris Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Wych Hazel'Sarah Good E. WetherellWych HazelPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945.
A. Austin Miller in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
...		Francis E. Pollard John DrinkwaterX = 0: A Night of the Trojan WarPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945.
A. Austin Miller in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
...		Bruce Dilks John DrinkwaterX = 0: A Night of the Trojan WarPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945.
A. Austin Miller in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
...		Thomas Hopkins John DrinkwaterX = 0: A Night of the Trojan WarPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945.
A. Austin Miller in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
...		A. Austin Miller John DrinkwaterX = 0: A Night of the Trojan WarPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945.
A. Austin Miller in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
...		Hilda Hopkins John DrinkwaterX = 0: A Night of the Trojan WarPrint: Book
1800-1849'In my learning I do Xenophon every day'.Thomas Babington Macaulay XenophonPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge XenophonXenophon's Memoirs of Socrates, with the defence oPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945.
A. Austin Miller in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
...		Bruce Dilks Bruce DilksXII Book Club Account BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 2nd. Dec. 1943 Muriel Stevens in the chair.
1. Minutes of last meeting read & signed.
2. The treasurer reported on the clu...		Bruce Dilks Bruce DilksXII Book Club Account BookManuscript: Account book
1850-1899''I have finished "Yaga" - twice. I shall write nothing to you about it while I am still under its charm.'Joseph Conrad Marguerite PoradowskaYaga: ésquisse de moeurs ruthénesPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Thank you for your letter and the "Revue [des deux Mondes"], which I received two days ago. I have read "La Madone [de Busowska]" and am pleased to have read it in Fren...Joseph Conrad Marguerite PoradowskaYaga: esquisse de moeurs ruthenesPrint: Book
1850-1899''I reread "Yaga" only the other day. It gave me intense pleasure. I read slowly and mingled my dreams with these pages that I love so well.'Joseph Conrad Marguerite PoradowskaYaga: ésquisse de moeurs ruthènesPrint: Book, Serial / periodical, not clear whether this was being read in the book version or that published in the Revue des Deux Monde


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