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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'The commanding officer, a timid, fragile man, gave me (as his way was) a pocket Testament bound in green suède, with coloured pictures. It went with me always, mainly un...Edmund Blunden The New TestamentPrint: Book
1900-1945'I was reading in the headquarters shelter when the great man [the Brigadier-General] suddenly drew aside the sacking of the entrance, and gleamed stupendously in our can...Edmund Blunden unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'His books, "On Two Fronts" and "Letters of a Prisoner", described those early experiences.'Vera Brittain Corder CatchpoolOn Two Fronts: Letters of a Prisoner.Print: Book
1900-1945'Here I read the three-year-old newspapers which described the unusual murder trial, and studied a "background" book, "The Neuroses in War", published by the Tavistock Cl...Vera Brittain Emanuel MillerThe Neuroses in WarPrint: Book
1900-1945'During the interval of waiting, my mind dwelt on the evidences of his mental development during recent months; the many drawings and poems which he had sent us; his enth...John Catlin William BlakeBook of UrizenPrint: Book
1900-1945'At the end of October, a paragraph by the "Daily Mail" Correspondent in Lisbon "revealed" the peril which she and her fellow evacuees were fortunate to survive.'Vera Brittain [Report in the "Daily Mail"]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'The "New Statesman" described the exponents of this policy as "Bitterenders"; their high priest was Lord Vansittart, whose propaganda seemed guaranteed to defeat the str...Vera Brittain New StatesmanPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'In a post-war record entitled "Bomber Offensive", Sir Arthur Harris himself described the ordeal of Hamburg, which caused civilian casualties variously estimated at betw...Vera Brittain Arthur HarrisBomber OffensivePrint: Book
1900-1945'"...Women were wandering about half-crazy," stated an account in the Swiss newspaper, "National-Zeitung", and a stoker who deserted from a German ship told the Stockholm...Vera Brittain National-ZeitungPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'By 1944 Lord Lang, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, was supporting the persistent protests of the Bishop of Chichester in the House of Lords, and the ageing Dean Ing...Vera Brittain Evening StandardPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'That autumn a friend sent me a booklet entitled "The Bases of Civilisation", by Dr. G. S. Spinks, one-time editor of the "Hibbert Journal". Reading it I found some sent...Vera Brittain G. S. SpinksThe Bases of CivilisationPrint: Booklet
1900-1945'These included excerpts from the "News Chronicle" and "Manchester Guardian", which reported that a so-called "article" of mine on saturation bombing, supported by a sign...Vera Brittain Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'My first real understanding of the "terrific sensation" came from an article published in the "Sunday Chronicle" on March 12th by the American columnist, Dorothy Thompso...Vera Brittain Dorothy Thompson[article in the "Sunday Chronicle"]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'About the same time a correspondent sent me a copy of "Human Events", issued weekly from Washington by Dr. Felix Morley, a former editor of the "Washington Post".'Vera Brittain Human EventsPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'In 1943, soon after Britain adopted "obliteration" as a policy, an article in the "Times" reported that "the German home front morale had grown stronger"; bombing "unite...Vera Brittain The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'From the United States Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, inspired by the same thought, sent me an article called "Last Plea for Europe" which he had published in "The Christi...Vera Brittain Oswald Garrison VillardLast Plea for EuropePrint: article published in a periodical
1900-1945'During the second week of the battle, a Letter reader sent me from that day's Evening News a clipping which contained only two headlines: CHILDREN SEE GERMANS DIE. "C'...Vera Brittain Evening NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Coming up to London on the morning of September 8th, I read with the same happiness as my neighbours a "Daily Express" article by Duncan Sandys, M.P., the chairman of th...Vera Brittain Daily ExpressPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'On May 5th the U.S. Forces' newspaper, "The Stars and Stripes", quoted a description by British war prisoners of this fourteen-hour attack.'Vera Brittain The Stars and StripesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'A letter in the "Jewish Chronicle" subsequently assailed Victor for publishing and commending "Above All Nations".'Vera Brittain Jewish ChroniclePrint: Newspaper


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