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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'An officer [of the Serbian army, Captain S. Chatni] who spoke English well put his head out, and called to us to know if we would come into his kola ... it was very comf...Dorothy Minnie Newhall unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'... we went into the Reading Rooms, and the "Daily Telegraph" Correspondent read us the article he had written on our trek across the mountains, which is to appear in th...Dorothy Minnie Newhall unknown unknown[article in the "Daily Telegraph" on Serbian missi...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] still has a high temp. — 104.1 in aft. Began to give Citrated milk. She enjoyed me reading to her "The man at the gate" and The...Albert Ruskin Cook unknown unknown'The Man at the Gate'Print: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] still has a high temp. — 104.1 in aft. Began to give Citrated milk. She enjoyed me reading to her "The man at the gate" and The...Margaret Ellen Cook unknown unknownThe Man at the GatePrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'Read story to May while she worked — afterwards verified cheque book and pass book.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read aloud to May.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read to May.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read "The Mother".'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknownThe MotherPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'The suppression of all newspapers left the universal craving for news unsatisfied, and the daily paper was replaced by short type-written notes which were secretly passe...Ian Vivian Hay unknown unknown[type-written note]Manuscript: Type-written notes.
1900-1945'Snow was falling ... and there was no chance of getting out to the terrace, so that the rest of the day had to be devoted to Poker and Bridge, games of which we were all...Ian Vivian Hay unknown unknownunknownManuscript: SheetUnknown
1900-1945'Zeppelin. A great rush for the windows ... This evening was marked by the arrival of a parcel of books, Tauchnitz edition, which we had been allowed to order. No doubt t...Ian Vivian Hay unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookManuscript: SheetUnknown
1900-1945'During the period of our captivity at Munden the time passed more heavily, I think, than at any later period, owing to the fact that we had practically no reading matter...Horace Gray Gilliland unknown unknown[English novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'Cards, roulette, ping-pong and chess greatly assisted in passing the time. We also had quite a good camp library, the books mostly having been received from home. I have...British officers waiting for hot water in the afternoonsunknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I found a letter-box and feverishly endeavoured to decipher, in the semi-darkness, a long word printed in black letters on a white background. With a sinking heart I slo...Gerald Featherstone Knight unknown unknown[sign]Print: BookManuscript: Painted sign.
1900-1945' ... as I had started adolescence in a blaze of idealism, the conflicting ugliness of factory life often drove my spirits into the depths. I rushed to poetry for escape ...Vero Walter Garratt unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sometimes it was more convenient to take a book into the lavatory and to sit there an inordinate length of time. On other occasions I disappeared into a small stock-room...Vero Walter Garratt unknown unknown[Books from the 'Everyman's Library' series]Print: Book
1900-1945'Sometimes it was more convenient to take a book into the lavatory and to sit there an inordinate length of time. On other occasions I disappeared into a small stock-room...Vero Walter Garratt unknown unknown[Books from the 'Everyman's Library' series]Print: Book
1900-1945'... the Alliance of Honour existed to support my trend of thought and from my early teens to claim me as an ardent worker and propagandist for the cause of personal puri...Vero Walter Garratt unknown unknown[publications of the Alliance of Honour]Print: Book, Pamphlet
1900-1945'Erich had a little book which he greatly valued. In order to cheer my captivity he showed this book to me. When I saw the way Erich used to linger over its pages at nigh...Desmond Malone unknown unknown[German pornography]Print: Book
1900-1945'During the whole of my stay I continually asked to be allowed to have English books, but apart from one small, rather sloppy novel I was only permitted a German-English ...Lorimer John Austin unknown unknown["small, rather sloppy novel"]Print: Book


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