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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 receive two letters from Brenda. One dated July 22nd, 1942, says she was just moving to London and was going to do all she could for Colin and Joan.'Thomas Kitching [letter]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'An advertisement for the Japanese film of the fall of Singapore, "On to Singapore" announces "Syonan - City of Peace, Plenty and Prosperity".'Thomas Kitching [advertisement]Print: Advertisement
1900-1945'I receive a letter from Brenda, dated September 18th, 1942. She writes: "We are hoping it won't be long now before we have news of your safety"'Thomas Kitching [letter]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'At 7.15pm, I go to a new series of readings from famous authors on the English countryside - selections from Mary Webb, D.H. Lawrence and Adrian Bell. The commentary, is...prisoners of warMary Webb[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'At 7.15pm, I go to a new series of readings from famous authors on the English countryside - selections from Mary Webb, D.H. Lawrence and Adrian Bell. The commentary, is...prisoners of warD.H. Lawrence[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'At 7.15pm, I go to a new series of readings from famous authors on the English countryside - selections from Mary Webb, D.H. Lawrence and Adrian Bell. The commentary, is...prisoners of warAdrian Bell[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'A note from Nic says that, if I send a coconut weekly, she will send sago pudding - very nice of her.'Thomas Kitching [letter]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'With nothing else to do, the library queue has grown beyond all bounds. It took me an hour yesterday to get "The Silk Stocking Murders" by A. Berkeley - quite a good det...Thomas Kitching A BerkeleyThe Silk Stocking MurdersPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read "Golden Horn" by F. Yeats Brown. He was a prisoner in Turkish hands for two-and-a-half years. As in all these prisoners biographies, they had much more latitude c...Thomas Kitching F Yeats BrownGolden HornPrint: Book
1900-1945'All the letters have been distributed; they have been here only two months. I get my six, two-and-a-half from Joan, two-and-a-half from Brenda and one from Pip, with dat...Thomas Kitching [letters]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'I read "Peril at End House" by Agatha Christie; it is excellent.'Thomas Kitching Agatha ChristiePeril at End HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'Reading "Forbidden Journey" written by Ella Maillart in 1936, I am interest in her remarks about our friend, the enemy: "Once again, I saw the military supreme, not only...Thomas Kitching Ella MaillartForbidden JourneyPrint: Book
1900-1945'To bunk. Finished reading Aldington's brochure on Lawrence. A slight thing. Odds. Wrote home. Reading. Supper. Finished reading Book I of "Golden Treasury". Sisters and ...William Soutar Aldington[brochure on Lawrence]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'To bunk. Finished reading Aldington's brochure on Lawrence. A slight thing. Odds. Wrote home. Reading. Supper. Finished reading Book I of "Golden Treasury". Sisters and ...William Soutar [unknown]Golden TreasuryPrint: Book
1900-1945'To bunk about 8.0. Reading.'William Soutar [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Mr S- came in before 2.0 and gave me an interesting reading - here and there - from Dixon's "Hellas Revisited". Now and then he would mouth a passage from the Greek and ...William Soutar DixonHellas RevisitedPrint: Book
1900-1945'Began reading through the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" today. Another ten years project, at least. My odyssey through Chambers's "Twentieth Cent. Dictionary" seems to be w...William Soutar [n/a]Encyclopaedia BritannicaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Began reading through the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" today. Another ten years project, at least. My odyssey through Chambers's "Twentieth Cent. Dictionary" seems to be w...William Soutar ChambersTwentieth Century DictionaryPrint: Book
1900-1945'Finished reading "The Intimate Journals of Paul Gauguin". Very fresh mind - he at once joins the company of those whom we wish we could have met. Such a distinctive Fren...William Soutar Paul GauguinThe Intimate Journals of Paul GauguinPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mr M- along. I lay back and listened to all his plans for the regeneration of Scotland - including the one in which he is to be editor of a terrifically high-brow and in...William Soutar M[personal writings]Manuscript: Sheet


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