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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
 
1800-1849'I have omitted, of late, to set down the titles of - for want of a better name I must call them - books, that I have been reading these past months; chiefly because they...John Mitchel Dr Memes [pseud?][Life of William Cowper]Print: Book
1700-1799''It gives me much pleasure to observe, that however Johnson may have casually talked, yet when he sits, as "an ardent judge zealous to his trust, giving sentence" upon t...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[Life of Young in 'Lives of the Poets']Print: Book
1900-1945'I read more-not so much of the paper as light books and escapist stuff. I listen to the radio about the same.' unknown[light books]Print: Book
1900-1945'I read more as I spend more time at home. Also I read fewer political works and more fiction.' unknown[light books]Print: Book
1850-1899Mrs Hugh Fraser, wife of the British diplomat Hugh Fraser, recalls acquaintances made whilst en poste with him in China (1874-78): 'Outside of his work Sir Robert Ha...Sir Robert Hart unknown[Light French novels]Print: Book
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
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 John Oxenham [pseud.][light novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'I'm getting on in age, I want light reading. You understand that, don't you? I don't want heavy reading. I don't want to study anything at my time of life. Perhaps I com... unknown[light readings]Print: Book
1900-1945'I read more. But cannot concentrate on the type of literature I like, preferring now, a light novel or auto-biography to escape the present day. With the loss of "US" cl... unknown[light reading]Print: Book
1900-1945'I like light reading - something to occupy my mind so that I can knit and read at the same time - something that I can pick up and put down again without a feeling of b... unknown[light reading]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mrs. Thrale disputed with him on the merit of Prior. He attacked him powerfully ; said he wrote of love like a man who had never felt it: his love verses were college ve...Hester Thrale David Garrick[light verse]Print: Book
1900-1945'Since the war began I have read less, chiefly because I am more tired and have less time. I never read until bed-time nowadays and I generally fall asleep before I've re... unknown[lighter literature]Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 14-18 October 1793: 'I copied these four lines from the hospital at Reading {Aye whose hours exempt from sorrow flow {Beh...Robert Southey anon[lines at the Hospital in Reading]Print: Unknown
1800-1849Byron to Lady Caroline Lamb, 1 May 1812: 'I have read over the few poems of Miss Milbank with attention ... I like the lines on Dermody so much that I wish they were in r...George Gordon, Lord Byron Annabella Milbanke[lines in the cave at Seaham]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 7, Marlborough Avenue. 15th Jan, 1944     A. G. Joselin in the chair.

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2. The minutes of the last meeting were read and...		[unknown member of the XII Book Club] [unknown schoolboy] [lines in verse on the relative merits of perpetua...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 7, Marlborough Avenue. 15th Jan, 1944     A. G. Joselin in the chair.

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2. The minutes of the last m...		[unidentified headmaster of the unidentified author] [unknown schoolboy] [lines in verse on the relative merits of perpetua...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue 15. I. 35.
Sylvanus Reynolds in the Chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved.

5. It was with a...		Samuel V. Bracher William Shakespeare[Lines of verse concerning bees]Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue 15. I. 35.
Sylvanus Reynolds in the Chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved.

5. It was with a...		Samuel V. Bracher Alexander Pope[Lines of verse concerning bees]
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue 15. I. 35.
Sylvanus Reynolds in the Chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved.

5. It was with a...		Samuel V. Bracher Katharine Tynan Hinkson[Lines of verse concerning bees]
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue 15. I. 35.
Sylvanus Reynolds in the Chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved.

5. It was with a...		Samuel V. Bracher William Alexander[Lines of verse concerning bees]


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