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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
 
1800-1849'Are not Maria and Anny a thousand times preferable to the Miss in "Inheritance", who describes the Lakes of Cumberland?'Louisa, Lady Stuart Susan FerrierInheritance, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Are Vinagradoff on "The Growth of the Manor" and J. H. Round on "Scutage" still the authorities for this remote and difficult period, I wonder, or has some incisive and ...Vera Brittain VinagradoffThe Growth of the ManorPrint: Book, Unknown
1850-1899'are you in a generous humour, and will you give me "the Gayworthys" - I am so delighted with all the specimens I see in reviews.'Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [reviews of 'The Gayworthys' by Mrs ADT Whitney]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Are you inclined to see the MS of a translation from the German done by my friend Miss Winkworth ('Life of Niebuhr') and her sister. They have together translated all th...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Frederick PerthesMemoirs of Frederick Perthes or Literary, Religiou...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Army officer: The first I heard of the invasion was when I was reading the papers in the mess after breakfast, when someone stuck his head round the door and said in a m... newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Arnold Bennett, when reading [Herbert] Spencer's posthumously published Autobiography (1904), found the account "disappointingly deficient in emotion".'Arnold Bennett Herbert SpencerAutobiographyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Arrive at Florence - Read Massinger - S. begins Clarendon - reads Massinger - & Plato's Republic'Percy Bysshe Shelley Philip Massinger[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Arrive at Florence - Read Massinger - S. begins Clarendon - reads Massinger - & Plato's Republic'Percy Bysshe Shelley PlatoRepublicPrint: Book
1800-1849'Arrive at Florence - Read Massinger - S. begins Clarendon - reads Massinger - & Plato's Republic'Percy Bysshe Shelley Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon[probably] History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars...Print: Book
1800-1849'Arrive at Venise at 2 o'clock - Read alls well that ends well'Mary Shelley William ShakespeareAll's Well That Ends WellPrint: Book
1900-1945'Arrived 8.45 am, left 5.45. Left early with Mac's permission, though Bailey said he wouldn't risk it. Did 10 minutes work all through the day. One lorry arrived four tim... newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Arrived: A book with a Chinese title of Scandinavian authorship translated by Mrs Reynolds. I am touched and pleased indeed by the kind`attention. Have looked into it al...Joseph Conrad Henri Jean François BorelWu Wei: A Phantasy Based on the Philosophy of Lao-...Print: Book
1850-1899'Arthur became interested in "humanity" when he discovered George Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel "Lavengro" (1851), which contains the author's adventures among gyp...Arthur Symons George BorrowLavengroPrint: Book
1900-1945'Arthur Benson ... when rereading the Shorter Poems [of Robert Bridges] in 1910, thought them thin, mere tricks of language ...'Arthur Benson Robert BridgesShorter PoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Arthur recalls that he could not read "properly" until he began school at the age of 9; he preferred his sister Anna to read to him. On one occasion, when she read "Uncl...Anna Symons Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1900-1945'Arthur very pleased with photo frame. Read booklets by Rev. R F Horton DD.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Robert Forman Horton[booklets prophesying the Advent]Print: PamphletUnknown
1800-1849'Arthur's seat like a couchant lion of immense size - Salisbury crags, like a huge [belt or] girdle of granite, were dimly visible. Sir Walter Scott'Bowly groupWalter ScottThe Heart of Mid-LothianUnknown
1900-1945'As a ?1-a-week warehouse clerk in the early 1920s, H.E. Bates spent most of the workday with Conrad, Hardy, Wells, Bennett, Galsworthy, Edith Wharton and Willa Cather'.Herbert Ernest Bates Thomas Hardy[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'As a ?1-a-week warehouse clerk in the early 1920s, H.E. Bates spent most of the workday with Conrad, Hardy, Wells, Bennett, Galsworthy, Edith Wharton and Willa Cather'.Herbert Ernest Bates Joseph Conrad[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'As a ?1-a-week warehouse clerk in the early 1920s, H.E. Bates spent most of the workday with Conrad, Hardy, Wells, Bennett, Galsworthy, Edith Wharton and Willa Cather'.Herbert Ernest Bates Herbert George Wells[unknown]Print: Book


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