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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
 
1850-1899Henry James to Violet Paget (Vernon Lee), 21 October 1884: "I have just been reading your Euphorion, and I find it such a prodigious young performance ... that dedication...Henry James Vernon LeeEuphorionPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Violet Paget (Vernon Lee), 10 May 1885: "I read Miss B[rown]. with eagerness ... as soon as I received the volumes, and have lately read a large part of th...Henry James Vernon LeeMiss BrownPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Violet Paget (Vernon Lee), 10 May 1885: "I read Miss B[rown]. with eagerness ... as soon as I received the volumes, and have lately read a large part of th...Henry James Vernon LeeMiss BrownPrint: Book
1850-1899In letter to Violet Paget (Vernon Lee) of 27 April 1890, Henry James thanks her for Hauntings, her book of ghost stories, which he has read and enjoyed: "I possess the em...Henry James Vernon LeeHauntingsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Before the meeting, Larkin had no detailed knowledge of Watkins's work - what he had read, including the newly published "Ballad of the Mari Lwyd", seemed to him too ful...Philip Larkin Vernon WatkinsBallad of the Mari Lwyd, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Looked into the Archivo Storico and Read some "Ricordi", and "Lives" by Vespasiano'.George Eliot [pseud.] Vespasiano da Bisticci[probably] Vite di uomini illustri del secolo XV,Print: Book
1800-1849'read some pages in Shakspear - turnd over a few leaves of Knoxes Essays'John Clare Vicesimus KnoxEssays Moral and LiteraryPrint: Book
1700-1799'A distinguished authour in "The Mirror", a periodical paper, published at Edinburgh, has imitated Johnson very closely. Thus, in No. 16,-- "The effects of the return o...James Boswell Vicesimus KnoxEssays Moral and Literary Print: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'I don’t think there was anything that I wasn’t allowed to read. It was only when I went to school to boarding school and all my friends were rea...Hilary Spalding Vicky BaumHotel BerlinPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 70, Northcourt Avenue: 2. VI. 31 Charles E. Stansfield in the chair 1. Minutes of last approved [...] 7. The subject of the Sitwells was introduced b...Victor Alexander Victor AlexanderMinutes of meeting of the XII Book Club held 31 Ma...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park: 16. IX. 31. Victor Alexander in the chair 1. Minutes of last approved. [...] 4. John L. Hawkins then read us his paper o...Victor Alexander Victor AlexanderMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue: 16. X. 31. Ethel C. Stevens in the chair. 1 Minutes of last were read[...].Victor Alexander Victor AlexanderMinutes of meeting of the XII Book Club held 16 Se...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at Mark Ash, Shinfied Rd: 13. X1. 31. Edgar B. Castle in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
[...]
3. The book list prepared ...		Victor Alexander Victor AlexanderMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham, Northcourt Avenue 4th.XII.31. Howard R. Smith (Chair)
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
[...]
6. Charles Stansfield then ...		Victor Alexander Victor AlexanderMinutes of meeting of the XII Book Club held 13 No...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Whinfell, Upper Redlands Rd., 30. i. 32.
Alfred Rawlings in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
[...]
3. Howard Smith spoke to us of...		Victor Alexander Victor AlexanderMinutes of meeting of the XII Book Club held 4 Dec...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue 19.2.32
S. A. Reynolds in the Chair
1. On the minutes of last meeting read, R. H. Robson declared that he had not ...		Sylvanus A. Reynolds Victor AlexanderMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 3...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945

'Meeting held at Fairlight: 9 Denmark Rd. 18th April 1932.

Francis Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

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Victor Alexander Victor Alexander[Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held ...Manuscript: Booklet
1900-1945

Meeting held at Eynsham, Shinfield Rd, 31.5.32.

George Burrow in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last approved


[...]

6. Victor ...

Victor Alexander Victor Alexander[Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held ...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945

Meeting held at Eynsham, Shinfield Rd, 31.5.32.

George Burrow in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last approved


[...]

6. Victor ...

Victor Alexander Victor Alexander[an outline of the career of Molière and a sketch ...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945

Meeting held at Reckitt House, Leighton Park: 22.6.32

Reginald H. Robson in the Chair.

1. Minutes of the last read. It was felt that Minute 6 needed so...

Victor Alexander Victor Alexander[Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held ...Manuscript: Notebook


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