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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'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro...Michael Stapleton anon['twopenny bloods']Print: Book
1900-1945'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro...Michael Stapleton anonThe WizardPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro...Michael Stapleton anon[a handbook for vegetarians]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have lately read a report of the Corn Laws made in 1814 before the house of Commons, one witness says... It came out in evidence that most of the witnesses were land V...Robert Sharp anonReport on the Corn Laws OR Address to the Two Hous...Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of wellington said to be written by B.Constant "un heros froid et mediocre [...]" I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his ...Benjamin Newton anonLetters written by an eminent persons in the seven...Print: Book
1700-1799'To Richard's where I stayed all afternoon ... I met mr Graham of our college formerly, and he showed me some Verses about Lord Cateret that were made in Ireland, pretty ...John Byrom anon[Verse on Lord Cateret]Unknown
1700-1799'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his mother's, the Bible (which he studied with his gran...William Gifford anonParismus and ParismenusPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Patrick McGill] read virtually nothing, not even the daily papers until, working on the rail line, he happened to pick up some poetry written on a page from an exercise...Patrick McGill anon[poem]Manuscript: Sheet, sheet from an exercise book
1850-1899'A.E. Coppard, a laundrywoman's son who grew up in dire poverty, left school at nine, ascended the ranks of clerkdom and became (at age forty) a professional author. At f...Alfred Edgar Coppard anon[Deadeye Dick stories]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Masefield's early experience of literature came with the stories told or read to him by his nurse. The fare was what would be expected in a middle class Victorian home; ...John Masefield anonDick Whittington and his CatPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of a simple thing called "The West Country Clothier" and, notwithstanding the meanness of the language, I think the character of the midwife and go...Thomas Turner anonThe West County ClothierPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'In reading "The History of England" I find that England first took that name under Egbert the 1st monarch of England after the Saxon Heptarchy, anno 801.'Thomas Turner anonThe History of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'Found in "The History of England" that England was first divided into counties, parishes, etc. in King Alfred's reign, about the year 890...'Thomas Turner anonThe History of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of the 5th volume of "Medical Essays and Observations", published at Edinburgh by a society of physicians.' Thomas Turner anonMedical Essays and Observations, revised and publi...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: ms note, in pencil, in French, on verso of half-title, may relate to text or may refer to works by authors eg ' ...Esprit...,... La Fontaine...,... Rochefo... AnonFrederic le GrandPrint: Book
1700-1799'After I came home, I read part of "The London Magazine" for October, as also a poor empty piece of tautology called "A Series Advice to the Public to Avoid the Danger of...Thomas Turner anonA Serious Address to the Public, concerning the mo...Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849'I got my [first] peep into "Robinson Crusoe" and the "Arabian Nights" at the home of an old uncle of mine. But even though these two wonderful books have been read and e...William Tinsley anonArabian NightsPrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to William Dean Howells, 3 February 1876: "Why won't you tell me the name of the author of the very charming notice of Roderick Hudson in the last Atlantic, w...Henry James anonReview of Henry James, Roderick HudsonPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 14-18 October 1793: 'I copied these four lines from the hospital at Reading {Aye whose hours exempt from sorrow flow {Beh...Robert Southey anon[lines at the Hospital in Reading]Print: Unknown
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1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonHistories of Jack the Giant KillerPrint: Book


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