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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'I found Jessie crazy with tooth ache which lasted all day, and transported--it's the only word for it--with admiration of the fifteen chapters, it appears, she has read ...Jessie Conrad John GalsworthyFraternityManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'In H. James " Little Tour of France" (which I will send to Ada [Galsworthy] to take west with her for leisurely reading) there occurs a simple sentence which came forcib...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyFraternityManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'In H. James " Little Tour of France" (which I will send to Ada [Galsworthy] to take west with her for leisurely reading) there occurs a simple sentence which came forcib...Joseph Conrad Henry JamesA Little Tour in FrancePrint: Book
1900-1945' I have just finished the book ["Mr. Apollo"] which reached me this morning [...].It comes off magnificently.' Hence follow 14 lines of almost unqualified praise. Joseph Conrad Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)Mr. ApolloPrint: BookManuscript: proofs
1900-1945'I wrote a fatherly letter to Hughie & told him the error of his ways & also that I didn’t like 'The Cath'. well enough even to say anything about it to him at all. . . ...Arnold Bennett W.B. MaxwellSpinster of this ParishPrint: Book
1900-1945 I wrote a fatherly letter to Hughie & told him the error of his ways & also that I didn’t like 'The Cath'. well enough even to say anything about it to him at all. . . ...Arnold Bennett Hugh WalpoleThe CathedralPrint: Book
1900-1945 I wrote a fatherly letter to Hughie & told him the error of his ways & also that I didn’t like 'The Cath'. well enough even to say anything about it to him at all. . . ...Arnold Bennett Notable British TrialsPrint: Book
1900-1945 Many thanks for the book on Methuselahs. ['Some Impressions of my Elders']Shame to say, I’ve only read myself in it yet! The one point on which I would seriously opp...Arnold Bennett Arnold BennettSome Impressions of my EldersPrint: Book
1900-1945I am obliged for your letter and the enclosures. I return all the latter, together with my report and adjudication. . . . In my opinion the three best contributions, in...Arnold Bennett Geoffrey LapageTommy FidlerManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945I am obliged for your letter and the enclosures. I return all the latter, together with my report and adjudication. . . . In my opinion the three best contributions, in...Arnold Bennett Geoffrey BulloughFrom BondageManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945I am obliged for your letter and the enclosures. I return all the latter, together with my report and adjudication. . . . In my opinion the three best contributions, in...Arnold Bennett Kate SimmondsThe Best PolicyManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945.. . . I have no prejudice against the young, rather the reverse, and yet I am looking in vain for a really good novel by that generation, and 'Men Like Gods', with all i...Arnold Bennett H. G. WellsMen Like GodsPrint: Book
1900-1945Pardon a word of unsolicited criticism about your venture. I think the contents are pretty creditable, but I think that the material presentation leaves something to be ...Arnold Bennett AdelphiPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945The Lawrence is magnificent. Pity he is falling more & more into the trick of repeating a word or a phrase. It irritates the reader & enfeebles the sturff. Also the co...Arnold Bennett D.H. LawrenceTrees and Babies and Papas and MamasPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945The Lawrence is magnificent. Pity he is falling more & more into the trick of repeating a word or a phrase. It irritates the reader & enfeebles the sturff. Also the co...Arnold Bennett H.M. TomlinsonThe EstuaryPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945The Lawrence is magnificent. Pity he is falling more & more into the trick of repeating a word or a phrase. It irritates the reader & enfeebles the sturff. Also the co...Arnold Bennett H.M. TomlinsonThe EstuaryPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945The Lawrence is magnificent. Pity he is falling more & more into the trick of repeating a word or a phrase. It irritates the reader & enfeebles the sturff. Also the co...Arnold Bennett Katherine MansfieldThe Samuel JosephsPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945The Lawrence is magnificent. Pity he is falling more & more into the trick of repeating a word or a phrase. It irritates the reader & enfeebles the sturff. Also the co...Arnold Bennett Mr Joiner and the BiblePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945 I have a wonderful miniature edition of Byron’s 'Don Juan', illustrated, for you, with a staggering Victorian preface. I am bound to say, with all my modesty, that it t...Arnold Bennett Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am keeping the "Jeanne d'Arc" until you return to town, unless you want me to send it out west to you. Upon the whole I think it is disappointing. One asks oneself why...Joseph Conrad Anatole FranceVie de Jeanne d'ArcPrint: Book


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