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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'Read "Henry Brocken" all evening, as had finished prep. It's enchanting.'Hilary Spalding Walter de la MareHenry BrockenPrint: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Malcolm Darling, 12 March 1912: 'I seem to have read several good books -- William James's Memories and Studies, Walter de la Mare's The Return -- sup...Edward Morgan Forster Walter de la MareThe ReturnPrint: Book
1900-1945‘There is an excellent article in this week Saturday Westminster, a paper of which I am very fond. It is a review by Walter de la Mare, and is that poet’s confession ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Walter de la Mare[book review]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Still cool and grey. Read Griffith's "Japan" all morning and talked to Mrs Brittingham who is travelling with her husband and a Mr Hickson with astonishing eyebrows.'Gertrude Bell Walter DeningJapan in Days of YorePrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just read Love on the Dole and His Worship The Mayor, books which were sent me by a friend a short time ago, for the second time, and I feel impelled to tell you ...Edith Sitwell Walter GreenwoodLove on the DolePrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just read Love on the Dole and His Worship The Mayor, books which were sent me by a friend a short time ago, for the second time, and I feel impelled to tell you ...Edith Sitwell Walter GreenwoodHis Worship the MayorPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish london-based priest friend of Johnson] Speaking of Mr. Harte, Canon of Windsor, and writer of "The History of Gustavus Adolphus"...Samuel Johnson Walter HarteHistory of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of ...Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Eliot, with whom Dr. Walter Harte had travelled, talked to us of his "History of Gustavus Adolphus", which he said was a very good book in the German translation.' Mr Eliot Walter HarteHistory of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, king of ...Print: Book
1800-1849'I had not looked at it before, which is very wrong, & it did not do well'G. W. F. Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle Walter HookSermon [from his work on miracles]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'The more I read of theology, Church History, apologetics, philosophy, scripture interpretation, the more hopelessly at sea I find myself. I feel on firm ground with Walt...Antonia White Walter HyltonScala Perfectionis, or Ladder of PerfectionPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sunday 1 August. ?A Book of Famous Wits? ? (Walter Jerrold). To see Smith with Monica. He comes home this weekend and seems quite normal and comfortable. I took som...Gerald Moore Walter JerroldA Book of Famous WitsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Was much instructed in the duty of believing by reading Marshall's Gospel mystery of Sanctification. I have great cause to be daily thankful for the discovery of a free...Arabella Davies Walter MarshallThe Gospel Mystery of SanctificationPrint: Book
1900-1945'In the Star [Philip] Ballard read the music criticism of Bernard Shaw, and Richard le Gallienne on books... He pressed on to Meredith and Walter Pater'Philip Ballard Walter Pater Print: Book, Unknown
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1900-1945		''"My masters... in poetry, were Swinburne and Meredith among the living, Rossetti, Matthew Arnold and Robert Browning among the lately dead. To these I would add Edward ...John Masefield Walter Pater Print: Book
1850-1899'Brooks loved literature, and during their long walks together he introduced Willie to the most important contemporary English writers: the theological works of Cardinal ...John Ellingham Brooks Walter PaterImaginary PortraitsPrint: Book
1900-1945Thursday 13 July 1939: 'A bad morning [...] 2 hours at M[ecklenburgh]S[quare].[...] A grim thought struck me: wh. of these rooms shall I die in? Which is going to be the ...Virginia Woolf Walter PaterunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Arthur Cole, 11 April 1905: 'Have you read Erewhon? Now I'm at Marius the Epicurean.'Edward Morgan Forster Walter PaterMarius the EpicureanPrint: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Laura Mary Forster (aunt), 1 January 1917: 'For the last hour I have occupied myself with copying extracts into my "War Anthology" [...] I have put in...Edward Morgan Forster Walter PaterMarius the EpicureanPrint: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Pentonville and Wandsworth Prisons, June - November 1895: St Augustine, "Confessions" and "De Civitate Dei"; Pascal, "Pensees" and "Provincia...Oscar Wilde Walter PaterStudies in the History of the RenaissancePrint: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, December 1896 - March 1897, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source author notes that Wilde...Oscar Wilde Walter PaterGaston de LatourPrint: Book


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