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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'The Secretary read the following poem which he had received from J.J. Cooper in reply to his letter.' [the poem is pasted in below]Ernest E. Unwin John James Cooper[poem on the XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'These things [proofs of "The Little Man"] are much too exquisite and poignant to be really satire even if you prefer to call them by that name.' Hence follow twelve lin...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Little Man and other satiresPrint: galley proofs
1900-1945'I cannot tell you with what delight I found your lovely history of Alexandria, and your most kind letter, awaiting me when I returned here on Thursday. ( I was delayed i...Edith Sitwell E M ForsterAlexandria: A History and GuidePrint: Book
1900-1945'That wonderful edition of Pope has appeared: and I can never thank you enough. You cannot know what a delight it is to me. It is truly wonderful for me to have all his w...Edith Sitwell Alexander PopePoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I comforted myself last night when I couldn't sleep, by reading those truly wonderful passages about the shells and sea -nymphs in Sacred and Profane Love. What miraculo...Edith Sitwell Sacheverall SitwellSacred and Profane LovePrint: Book
1900-1945'He was certainly a keen student of literature, as can be seen from some 1907-8 exercise books which show him working on the "Faerie Queene", at least ten Shakespeare pla...Wilfred Owen Edmund SpenserFaerie Queene, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'He was certainly a keen student of literature, as can be seen from some 1907-8 exercise books which show him working on the "Faerie Queene", at least ten Shakespeare pla...Wilfred Owen William Shakespeare[plays]Print: Book
1900-1945'He marked personal details in Colvin's biography of Keats, particularly when they seemed to coincide with his own, noticing that Keats's mind was "naturally unapt for do...Wilfred Owen John KeatsEndymionPrint: Book
1900-1945'He marked personal details in Colvin's biography of Keats, particularly when they seemed to coincide with his own, noticing that Keats's mind was "naturally unapt for do...Wilfred Owen John Keats'Lamia'Print: Book
1900-1945'He marked personal details in Colvin's biography of Keats, particularly when they seemed to coincide with his own, noticing that Keats's mind was "naturally unapt for do...Wilfred Owen Sidney ColvinLife Of John KeatsPrint: Book
1900-1945'His books, over three hundred of which are preserved as he left them in 1918, show the range - and limitations - of his interests at school and later. Shakespeare, Scott...Wilfred Owen Charles Dickens Print: Book
1900-1945'His books, over three hundred of which are preserved as he left them in 1918, show the range - and limitations - of his interests at school and later. Shakespeare, Scott...Wilfred Owen John Milton Print: Book
1900-1945'His books, over three hundred of which are preserved as he left them in 1918, show the range - and limitations - of his interests at school and later. Shakespeare, Scott...Wilfred Owen Walter Scott Print: Book
1900-1945'His books, over three hundred of which are preserved as he left them in 1918, show the range - and limitations - of his interests at school and later. Shakespeare, Scott...Wilfred Owen [Elizabethan and Medieval Poetry]Print: Book
1900-1945'His books, over three hundred of which are preserved as he left them in 1918, show the range - and limitations - of his interests at school and later. Shakespeare, Scott...Wilfred Owen [literary biographies]Print: Book
1900-1945'His books, over three hundred of which are preserved as he left them in 1918, show the range - and limitations - of his interests at school and later. Shakespeare, Scott...Wilfred Owen [French books and books about French]Print: Book
1900-1945'His books, over three hundred of which are preserved as he left them in 1918, show the range - and limitations - of his interests at school and later. Shakespeare, Scott...Wilfred Owen [books on history, classics and botany]Print: Book
1900-1945'the first books in his library are Bibles. The largest is his mother's, who perhaps put it there. Brought up as a devout Evangelical herself, she reared him in her faith...Wilfred Owen BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'the first books in his library are Bibles. The largest is his mother's, who perhaps put it there. Brought up as a devout Evangelical herself, she reared him in her faith...Wilfred Owen [Scripture Union notes on the Bible]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'His [Wilfred Owen's] literary interests must always have been a mystery to her, although she admired them, for her own reading scarcely extended beyond light novels and ...Susan Owen [light novels]Print: Book


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