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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'As for Mother I'm as usual lost in amazement at the amount she gets through without turning a hair. The "Cat and the Fiddle book" I thought a masterpiece — she wou...Gertrude Bell May Sinclair [pseud. Mary Amelia St. Clair]Mr Waddington of WyckPrint: Book
1900-1945'I did read most of Mr Philby's book in proof but I found it somehow difficult to get through — indeed I don't think I quite finished it. The style is so terribly a...Gertrude Bell Harry St. John PhilbyThe Heart of Arabia; a record of travel & explorat...Print: proofs
1900-1945'Did I thank you for George's history? I'm reading it now — it's a wonderful book. How wise and sane he is and how brilliantly he presents the picture. The first ch...Gertrude Bell George [?]Trevelyan?British History in the Nineteenth CenturyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've just read Susan Townley's book — what poor stuff, isn't it. How can people write and publishers publish such feeble tosh. And then the reviews have the audaci...Gertrude Bell Susan TownleyThe 'Indiscretions' of Lady SusanPrint: Book
1900-1945'The books you sent me lasted beautifully. I read the two Lucases (which I loved) and the Hutchinson (mediocre) in the train and am now deep in Ariel which is delightful....Gertrude Bell Edward Verrall LucasunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'The books you sent me lasted beautifully. I read the two Lucases (which I loved) and the Hutchinson (mediocre) in the train and am now deep in "Ariel" which is delightfu...Gertrude Bell ?Arthur Stuart-Menteth ?HutchinsonunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'The books you sent me lasted beautifully. I read the two Lucases (which I loved) and the Hutchinson (mediocre) in the train and am now deep in "Ariel" which is delightfu...Gertrude Bell André MauroisAriel: ou La Vie de ShelleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I don't see the "Spectator" now — I found it so tiresome and stuffy that I abandoned it for the "New Statesman", which is neither. But I really think a paper writt...Gertrude Bell SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I don't see the "Spectator" now — I found it so tiresome and stuffy that I abandoned it for the "New Statesman", which is neither. But I really think a paper writt...Gertrude Bell New StatesmanPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945' I wish I had seen S.T. [Sybil Thorndike] in "Gruach" — I read it and thought it so fine. And I like all your talk about plays like Mr Pepys.'Gertrude Bell Gordon BottomleyGruach and Britain's Daughter: Two PlaysPrint: playscript
1900-1945'I'm sure you have read "A Lost Dominion" — what a remarkable book! Well compare the picture there given with the views of our untutored Arab shaikhs and tell me if...Gertrude Bell A. Carthill (= al-katil. pseud. C. Kennedy)The Lost DominionPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been reading a bunch of modern plays published by Benn. Some of them seem to me to be very good and to strike a very real and human note. What do you think of the...Gertrude Bell Miles MallesonThe FanaticsPrint: Book
1900-1945'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the"Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely ...Gertrude Bell Elmer L. RiceThe Adding MachinePrint: Book
1900-1945'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the "Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely...Gertrude Bell Ernst Toller?Man and MassesPrint: Book
1900-1945'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the "Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely...Gertrude Bell George Bernard ShawSaint JoanPrint: Book
1900-1945'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the "Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely...Gertrude Bell Sarah Gertrude MillinGod's Step-ChildrenPrint: Book
1900-1945'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the "Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely...Gertrude Bell Martin S. BriggsMuhammadan Architecture in Egypt and PalestinePrint: Book
1900-1945'To wander into bookland — I'm very much engrossed in the "Cambridge Ancient History" which certainly is a very remarkable achievement. Its first two volumes have g...Gertrude Bell J. B. Bury, S. A. Cook, F. E. Adcock.The Cambridge Ancient HistoryPrint: Book
1900-1945'I always meant to ask you whether you read "Fidelity" by Susan Glaspell — of course you did, and didn't you think it excellent?'Gertrude Bell Susan GlaspellFidelityPrint: Book
1900-1945'I always meant to ask you whether you read "Fidelity" by Susan Glaspell — of course you did, and didn't you think it excellent? 'Gertrude Bell Susan GlaspellFidelityPrint: Book


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