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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Geo Burrow then read portions of Thackeray's essay on Swift. H. R. Smith read several short extracts from the Journal to Stella. After supper Miss D. Brain read several ...Alfred Rawlings Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, APrint: Book
1900-1945'Sunday 12th. August. Church parade. New minister. Rather enjoyed the sermon. Easy afternoon. Finished Vol. 1 of the Browning Letters — rather a feat for Active Ser...Robert Lindsay Mackay Robert BrowningThe Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barre...Print: Book
1900-1945'Finished the Browning Letters - one of the biggest feats of the war! It has taken a tremendous effort of will on my part to get through them. Felt that if I had been in ...Robert Lindsay Mackay Robert BrowningThe Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barre...Print: Book
1900-1945'In a lecture at Friends' House he spoke of a new Blitzkrieg timed to start on May 1st, and designed to overthrow England in Polish fashion by the end of the summer. His...Vera Brittain Oswald Garrison VillardInside GermanyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Main page reviews in the "Observer", "Reynolds News" and the "Sunday Chronicle", and a warm tribute in the "Yorkshire Post" to both Winifred and the book on publication ...Vera Brittain Reviews in the "Observer," "Reynold's News," "Sund...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'That night three calls from newspaper offices were put through to my bedroom; next morning the front page of "Il Secolo" carried an account of my arrival. I also read a...Vera Brittain Il SecoloPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'The story you sent me (I'm glad to have it) I remembered of course very well. It isn't the sort of thing that is ever forgotten.' Joseph Conrad Francis Warrington DawsonThe True DimensionUnknown
1900-1945'I have been reading through your plays again. You are "très fait" as the French say. Tell me, had E[den] P[hillpotts] much to do with the "Angel"? It seems to me to be p...Joseph Conrad (Basil) Macdonald Hastings (and Eden Philpotts)The Angel in the HousePrint: probably an acting edition
1900-1945'Thanks for your pamphlet, to which I responded with every feeling and conviction that go to make up my "less perishable" being. And how beautifully all those deeply felt...Joseph Conrad William RothensteinA Plea for a Wider Use of Artists and CraftsmenPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Pray, when you see [Wilson] Follett, give him a warm greeting from me. His little book is one of these things one does not forget. I saw some time ago a study of Galswor...Joseph Conrad Helen Thomas Follett (and Wilson Follett)Some Modern Novelists: Appreciations and EstimatesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read the whole of Swiss Family Robinson, and was not deterred by the bloodstain which had obliterated half the print on a page in the middle of the book, at the point ...Richard Church Johann WyssThe Swiss Family RobinsonPrint: Book
1900-1945'By this time you will probably have finished reading "Villette". What do you think of the ending? I can just hear you saying "Cracked — absolutely!" It certainly is mo...Clive Staples Lewis Charlotte BrontëVillettePrint: Book
1900-1945'I only secured lately not so much the leisure as the proper freedom of mind, to read through and get on terms with your novel.[...] The book is captivatng enough in all ...Joseph Conrad E.[Elliot] L. [Lovegood] Grant WilsonThe MainlandPrint: Book
1900-1945'This ["Beyond"] is a gripping piece of writing. I got as far as p.47 before it dawned on me that these were marvellous opening pages. The others are not less so. My dear...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyBeyondPrint: Book
1900-1945'PS I've seen your most charming article on the French in the "Fortnightly [Review]". 'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyFrance, 1916-1917: An ImpressionPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending me your contribution towards the solution of the great problem [Polish independence].[...] Your arguments and your conclusions seem to me...Joseph Conrad Roman DmowskiRussian Realities and Problems (chapter) or Proble...Print: Book, Pamphlet, see additional comment, identity of text uncertain
1900-1945'The first 60 pages [of "Summer"] might well have been written with one of those quill feathers one finds lying on a quiet field on a hot brooding summer day.' [Hence fol...Joseph Conrad Edith WhartonSummerPrint: Book
1900-1945'Your opening pages [of "Turgenev: A Study"] are excellent , excellent! I was much delighted with your masterly thrusts to all that thick headed crowd. As to the rest of ...Joseph Conrad Edward GarnettTurgenev: A StudyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Later I sent my mother a clipping from the Louisville "Courier-Journal", whose woman reporter had been present.'Vera Brittain Courier-JournalPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Among 200 reviews and notices, another clipping from the "Yorkshire Post" remarked on the astonishing persistence with which Winifred remained "news" when so many writer...Vera Brittain Yorkshire PostPrint: Newspaper


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