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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
 
1700-1799'My natural disposition was very volatile, and my apprehension very quick; and as my faculties opened, I delighted much in books of a very contrary nature and tendency to...Catherine Payton unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1700-1799'And here I may add, that from the time I came from school, I read little, save religious books; and after I appeared in ministry, until late in life, reading even then w...Catherine Payton Phillips unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'There is what I consider a pretty good 5 Towns story [‘From One Generation to Another’] in the October London Magazine. But they have given it a rotten air by splitting...Arnold Bennett unknown unknown[article in London Magazine]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House
3/12/29
T. C. Elliott in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting read and approved
[...]
5. The subject of the...		E. Dorothy Brain unknown unknownThe Ghost of Southcote ManorUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House
3/12/29
T. C. Elliott in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting read and approved
[...]
5. The subject of the...		Mrs C. Elliott unknown unknownMrs S, the Morton GhostUnknown
1900-1945'The old reason [for not replying to letters] remains, also the old remedy. A good shillingsworth of fine fiction now. [...] A copy of the July “BLUE” enfolding some rath...Edmund Blunden unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Still, in daytime, we sometimes got out of the trench into the tall sorrelled grass behind, which the sun had dried, and enjoyed a warm indolence with a book (not “Infan...Edmund Blunden unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Englebelmer, indeed, was now entering upon a dark period.[...]. Still we explored the church into which opened a mysterious tunnel; as if on holiday we examined the bri...Edmund Blunden unknown unknownunknownPrint: parish magazine
1900-1945'The house in which some of us were lodged was the quietest conceivable [...]; our beds were in the attics, and during the night we had scarcely thrown down the French n...Edmund Blunden unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945‘At Watten station [...] I sauntered by the canal then settled myself with my book in an empty cattle truck.' Edmund Blunden unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Our billet was a chemist's house, well furnished with ledgers and letters strewn about from bureaux, chiefly the scrawl of poor people in Thiepval and other places of th...Edmund Blunden unknown unknownunknownManuscript: Letter
1900-1945'On the way back [from the Bombay Secretariat] bought a few clothes and some books from Thacker, a better *libraire* than you will find in all Africa.[...] Out again at f...Ronald Storrs unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Irish part of ''Forster's Life'' is very painful and interesting. [...] It is very good anti-Home Rule reading and makes one think worse than ever of Parnell.'Emma Darwin unknown unknownForster's LifePrint: Book
1850-1899'We are not delighted with ''Sir H. Taylor's Letters''. They are not a bit fresh or spontaneous'.Emma Darwin unknown unknownSir H. Taylor's LettersPrint: Book
1850-1899'I seem to have been reading nothing but about young girls lately — Miss Bronte, Miss Edgeworth, the Burneys, the Winkworths.'Emma Darwin unknown unknown[Biography of Catherine and Susannah Winkworth]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 7, Marlborough Avenue. 15th Jan, 1944     A. G. Joselin in the chair.

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2. The minutes of the last m...		Howard Smith unknown unknown[unknown texts on the life of Shelley]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'We entrained about 3 pm in cattle trucks. The Belgians had straw in theirs, and 20 men to a truck. We had 40 men, and no straw. A further distinction was made with the a...James Clifford Farrant unknown unknownunknownManuscript: Graffito, Chalk-written sign.
1900-1945'In the German barracks "Gott strafe England" was chalked up in many conspicuous places. It was also the headline on their bread coupon cards.'James Clifford Farrant unknown unknownunknownManuscript: Graffito, Chalk-written sign.
1900-1945'Each day there is a "Budget" published, the work of the more literary and energetic of our members, chiefly consisting of the various "officials" taken from the German p...Douglas Lyall Grant unknown unknown[POW camp publication]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Last night a year ago I was reading Mother the "Shadow of Death" at Kirby Thore and today a year ago the shadow fell very near me. I thought much last night of him [the ...Gertrude Bell unknown unknown[?The] Shadow of Death Print: Book


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