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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'He admired Edward Lear and would spend whole evenings reading "The Nonsense Songs and Stories" and he was also very fond of the Lewis Carroll books. The verses in these ...Joseph Conrad Lewis Carroll [pseud.]Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AND Through the L...Print: Book
1900-1945'He would say he bought books to read, not to stare at their backs on a shelf while they collected dust over the years. He liked books to be well bound but it was their c...Joseph Conrad  Print: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad William Wymark Jacobs Print: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad Max Adeler pseud. i.e Charles Heber ClarkOut of the Hurly Burly: or Life in an Odd CornerPrint: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad Guy De Maupassant  Print: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad Gustave Flaubert Print: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad John Galsworthy Print: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham Print: Book
1900-1945' Most mornings he spent reading the papers until about half past ten, then answered any letters that had come [...].'Joseph Conrad  Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'[...] two or three times a week after dinner we got out the chessmen and board and spent a couple of hours playing through the games in Capablanca's book. We played ever...Joseph Conrad José Raul CapablancaMy Chess Career or Chess FundamentalsPrint: Book
1900-1945'If my father saw my mother, brother or myself reading a book he would cruise around and pounce on it if we put it down when we went out of the room. When we returned the...Joseph Conrad  Print: Book
1900-1945'The night before we left [Montpellier]was one of the worst I have ever spent. Joseph Conrad was still handicapped by having his right hand in bandages, the gout had twis...Joseph Conrad  
1900-1945'At another time he insisted that the gardener should remove all the plants from the tall stage in the glass house, that adjoined the drawing room. Then he had been wont ...Joseph Conrad  Print: Book
1900-1945'I believe [Arthur] Symons' verse was almost the only verse that my husband ever read, I mean with any real appreciation and pleasure. Usually I had to read any manuscrip...Joseph Conrad Arthur SymonsunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'The single bed proved very unsuitable for Joseph Conrad, because apart from its legitimate purpose as a resting place, his bed had to be hospitable to a heap of books, a...Joseph Conrad unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad Charles KingsleyThe Heroes: Greek FairytalesPrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad Frederick MarryatPeter SimplePrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad Frederick MarryatMr Midshipman EasyPrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad James Fenimore CooperThe Last of the MohicansPrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad James Fenimore CooperThe Deerslayer or The First WarpathPrint: Book


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