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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
 
1850-1899Recognised among the prisoners a once eminent City merchant, sentenced to transportation for fraud: 'This person, we were told, found special consolation in the study of ...anon [unknown][French and German language books]Print: Book
1800-1849Recollections of Miss Young, who accompanied her father, Captain Young, to female convict ships at Woolwich: 'On board between two and three hundred women were assembled,...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Book
1900-1945Recorded in diary of Lady Cynthia Asquith, 15 January 1918: 'The Professor [of English Literature at Oxford, Sir Walter Raleigh] has just re-discovered Dickens -- having ...Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh Charles DickensunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Recorded in Joseph Farington's diary, '[On 21 May] Sir George [Beaumont] mentioned the high encomiums for Wordsworth's "Excursion" in the Eclectic Review. Wordsworth had...William Wordsworth anonEclectic ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Referring to a concert in New York where one of his pieces was performed: 'The write-ups have been marvellous ? so I feel rather ?started? in New York now!' Benjamin Britten [concert review]Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Referring to criticism of Henry James by John Galsworthy that James did not 'write from the heart': 'To me even "R.T." ["The Real Thing" 1892,1893] seems to flow from ...Joseph Conrad Henry JamesThe Real ThingPrint: Unknown
1850-1899Referring to criticism of Henry James by John Galsworthy that James did not 'write from the heart': 'To me even "R.T." ["The Real Thing" 1892,1893] seems to flow from ...Joseph Conrad Henry JamesThe PupilPrint: Unknown
1900-1945Referring to Elsie Hueffer's translation of Maupassant: 'I've "suggested" on the proof numbered 2 everything that occurred to me as improvement. Your work and your corre...Joseph Conrad Guy de Maupassant Stories from de Maupassant [English title] Manuscript: Proofs
1850-1899Referring to the reporting of the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): 'I can't say I shared in the hysterical transports of some public organs for the sim...Joseph Conrad newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Related ms notes laid into book - two small notes about distances, properties, owners, and other features either on specific local journeys e.g. Cupar to Perth, dated '1...Agnes Halkerston James DuncanScotch itinerary, containing the roads through Sco...Print: Book
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1800-1849		Religion is such a consolation to a drooping spirit,that I could wish thou wouldest seek for comfort and cheerfulness in it; for God never forsakes those who turn to him....Ellen Weeton ['Psalms']Print: Book
1700-1799Remark that this publication was 'Abt the Test Act', so presumably read it.Frances Hamilton John Mead[Sermon about Wakefield's Address to the Inhabitan...Print: Book, Pamphlet
1900-1945Remarks in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book of 1926 include 'Nearly all novels go off at the end,' with examples including Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes ('how si...Edward Morgan Forster Sylvia Townsend WarnerLolly WillowesPrint: Book
1900-1945Remarks in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book of 1926 include 'Nearly all novels go off at the end,' with further comments including 'V. of W. gets out of his [depth] 1/2 w...Edward Morgan Forster Oliver GoldsmithThe Vicar of WakefieldPrint: Book
1900-1945Remarks in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book of 1926 include 'Nearly all novels go off at the end,' with further comments including: 'Bunny's books are so good because the...Edward Morgan Forster David GarnettA Man in the ZooPrint: Book
1900-1945Remarks in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book of 1926 include 'Nearly all novels go off at the end,' with further comments including: 'Bunny's books are so good because the...Edward Morgan Forster David GarnettLady into FoxPrint: Book
1900-1945Remarks in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book of 1926 include 'Nearly all novels go off at the end,' with further comments including: 'Bunny's books are so good because the...Edward Morgan Forster David GarnettThe Sailor's ReturnUnknown
1850-1899Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '116. Did not know his letters. Has learnt ...anon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '129. Prussian Jew. Attends chapel. "I was ...anon [n/a]New TestamentPrint: Book
1850-1899Report of Inspector of Prisons on Reading Gaol - interviews with prisoners on progress in learning and reading at the gaol: '142. Government prisoner. 7 years' transpo...anon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book


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