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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 lately had a long bad cold, such as reduces one to trash and slops, novels and barley water, and amongst the books my friends kindly sent me to while away time wa...Louisa, Lady Stuart Maria Edgeworth[Novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of the French novels, compared with Richardson's, he said, they might be pretty baubles, but a wren was not an eagle'. [account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish London p...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson[novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'Fielding being mentioned, Johnson exclaimed, "he was a blockhead :" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, "What I mean by his being...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson[novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'Fielding being mentioned, Johnson exclaimed, "he was a blockhead :" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, "What I mean by his being...Thomas Erskine Samuel Richardson[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'He [George Gissing] seems to have read Hardy's novels as they appeared and, impressed by "Diana of the Crossways", re-read Meredith in the important first collected edit...George Gissing Thomas Hardy[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'He [George Gissing] seems to have read Hardy's novels as they appeared and, impressed by "Diana of the Crossways", re-read Meredith in the important first collected edit...George Gissing George Meredith[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Charles Causley Joseph Hocking[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Mrs Causley Joseph Hocking[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Mrs Causley Silas Hocking[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'Another pilgrimage Mrs Cragie made was to see George Meredith at his house on Box Hill. To visit Meredith was a great privilege and I waited eagerly for her description ...Zoe Procter George Meredith[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'We [Hilary and schoolfellows] used to recommend things to each other a lot, and we had crazes – Georgette Heyer, D.K. Broster, Cronin, Axel Munt...Hilary Spalding Georgette Heyer[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'We [Hilary and schoolfellows] used to recommend things to each other a lot, and we had crazes – Georgette Heyer, D.K. Broster, Cronin, Axel Munt...Hilary Spalding D.K. Broster[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'We [Hilary and schoolfellows] used to recommend things to each other a lot, and we had crazes – Georgette Heyer, D.K. Broster, Cronin, Axel Munt...Hilary Spalding A.J. Cronin[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'We [Hilary and schoolfellows] used to recommend things to each other a lot, and we had crazes – Georgette Heyer, D.K. Broster, Cronin, Axel Munt...Hilary Spalding Axel Munter[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'We [Hilary and schoolfellows] used to recommend things to each other a lot, and we had crazes – Georgette Heyer, D.K. Broster, Cronin, Axel Munt...Hilary Spalding Hugh Walpole[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'We [Hilary and schoolfellows] used to recommend things to each other a lot, and we had crazes – Georgette Heyer, D.K. Broster, Cronin, Axel Munt...Hilary Spalding Francis Brett Young[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'The meeting then considered the work of H.G. Wells. The chief item of interest was undoubtedly a paper by Henry M. Wallis upon Wells's romances but a better title would ...Henry Marriage Wallis Herbert George Wells[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'The meeting then considered the work of H.G. Wells. The chief item of interest was undoubtedly a paper by Henry M. Wallis upon Wells's romances but a better title would ...Mary Hayward Herbert George Wells[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'The evening's subject of William de Morgan was introduced by Geo Burrow who gave some account of his life drawing attention to his whimsical nature & unpractical busines...Francis Pollard William de Morgan[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'The evening's subject of William de Morgan was introduced by Geo Burrow who gave some account of his life drawing attention to his whimsical nature & unpractical busines...Members of XII Book ClubWilliam de Morgan[novels]Print: Book


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