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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'It is now about time that Tertia read "La Chartreuse de Parme". Maguerite has just read it.

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I have subscribed to the M[anchester] Guardia...		Arnold Bennett Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'It is now about time that Tertia read "La Chartreuse de Parme". Maguerite has just read it.

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I have subscribed to the M[anchester] Guardia...		Arnold Bennett Stendhal (pseud.) La Chartreuse de ParmePrint: Book
1900-1945'It is now about time that Tertia read "La Chartreuse de Parme". Maguerite has just read it.

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I have subscribed to the M[anchester] Guardia...		Marguerite Bennett Stendhal (pseud.)La Chartreuse de ParmePrint: Book
1900-1945'I read Mrs Besant three times, and made fresh notes every time, in order to do the second part; [The Glimpse] a fearful grind; & the Theosophical Society ought now to re...Arnold Bennett Annie Besant?The Ancient WisdomPrint: Book
1900-1945'One Friday afternoon I went to the [italics] Daily Herald [end italics] office to call on a friend. As I entered the building a taxi stopped at the door and I found G....Gilbert Keith Chesterton Gilbert Keith ChestertonBackfile of his own articles published in the "Dai...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945A Meeting held at Mark Ash Tuesday May 8th 1928 C. J. Evans in the Chair 1 Minutes of last approved Howard Smith Howard Smith[Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held ...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'The subject of the evening Elizabethan Drama other than Shakespear was then taken. Geo Burrow read a very short introduction to the subject.'George Burrow George Burrow[A very short introduction to Elizabethan drama ot...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'A scene was then read from The Lamentable Tragedy of Arden of Faversham T. C. Elliot taking the part of Arden[.] S A Reynolds was Franklin & Geo Burrow Michael.'T. C. Elliott anon Arden of Faversham
1900-1945'A scene was then read from The Lamentable Tragedy of Arden of Faversham T. C. Elliot taking the part of Arden[.] S A Reynolds was Franklin & Geo Burrow Michael.'Sylvanus Reynolds anon Arden of Faversham
1900-1945'A scene was then read from The Lamentable Tragedy of Arden of Faversham T. C. Elliot taking the part of Arden[.] S A Reynolds was Franklin & Geo Burrow Michael.'George Burrow anon Arden of Faversham Unknown
1900-1945The Club was then much impressed by a reading from Christopher Marlows Doctor Faustus parted as under Thos. C Elliot Faustus R H Robson Metistopholes [sic] A Rawl...Live dramatic reading featuring T. C. Elliott, R. H. Robson, and A. Rawling of XII Book ClubChristopher MarloweDoctor FaustusUnknown
1900-1945The Club was then much impressed by a reading from Christopher Marlows Doctor Faustus parted as under Thos. C Elliot Faustus R H Robson Metistopholes [sic] A Rawl...Reginald H. Robson Christopher MarloweDoctor FaustusUnknown
1900-1945'On the sewing machine lay Jack's library book, a dirty brown object disguised in a uniform binding with gilt numbers on the back. I picked it up, opened it at the fi...Richard Church Johann WyssThe Swiss Family RobinsonPrint: Book
1900-1945'We are to make roads for the next few days. Out occasionally on work parties. Those officers not on duty all stayed in bed (valises!) and so did the men. We ate, slept...Robert Lindsay Mackay [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Unknown
1900-1945There followed an amusing passage from Ben Jonsons Silent Woman with C I Evans as Morose Geo Burrow as Mute & R H Robson as Truewit.Charles I. Evans Ben JonsonEpicoene, or the Silent WomanUnknown
1900-1945There followed an amusing passage from Ben Jonsons Silent Woman with C I Evans as Morose Geo Burrow as Mute & R H Robson as Truewit.George Burrow Ben JonsonEpicoene, or the Silent WomanUnknown
1900-1945'Dined with 'A' Company. Read the Browning Love Letters at night, in bed. Disappointed, though not displeased. Felt I could have written a better love letter myself in sp...Robert Lindsay Mackay Robert BrowningThe Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barre...Print: Book
1900-1945'Church parade. Cricket against Royal Scots. Did rather well. Won by 1 run. Reading the Browning Love letters in my spare time.' Robert Lindsay Mackay Robert BrowningThe Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barre...Print: Book
1900-1945'Out training signallers and observers. The former very efficient, the latter the very reverse. We are to move on the 21st. Heard that my school (Hillhead H.S.) are sendi...Robert Lindsay Mackay Gene Stratton-PorterMichael O'Halloran: A NovelPrint: Book
1900-1945There followed an amusing passage from Ben Jonsons Silent Woman with C I Evans as Morose Geo Burrow as Mute & R H Robson as Truewit.Reginald H. Robson Ben JonsonEpicoene, or the Silent WomanUnknown


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