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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 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 Arnold Bennett[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 John Galsworthy[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 Edith Wharton[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 Willa Cather[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'As a beam oer the face of the waters may glow, ...'Bowly groupThomas MooreAs a beam oer the face of the waters may glowUnknown
'As a boy George Acorn [an] East Londoner, read "all sorts and conditions of books from 'Penny Bloods' to George Eliot" with "some appreciation of style", enough to recog...George Acorn ['Penny Bloods']Print: Book
'As a boy George Acorn [an] East Londoner, read "all sorts and conditions of books from 'Penny Bloods' to George Eliot" with "some appreciation of style", enough to recog...George Acorn George Eliot [pseud] Print: Book
'As a boy George Acorn [an] East Londoner, read "all sorts and conditions of books from 'Penny Bloods' to George Eliot" with "some appreciation of style", enough to recog...George Acorn Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandPrint: Book
1900-1945'As a boy Percy Wall adored the "Magnet", the "Boy's Own Paper", and G.A. Henty novels... [Later] While he read Henty for enjoyment, he studied the "Clarion", the "Freeth...Percy Wall n/aThe MagnetPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As a boy Percy Wall adored the "Magnet", the "Boy's Own Paper", and G.A. Henty novels... [Later] While he read Henty for enjoyment, he studied the "Clarion", the "Freeth...Percy Wall n/aThe Boy's Own PaperPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As a boy Percy Wall adored the "Magnet", the "Boy's Own Paper", and G.A. Henty novels... [Later] While he read Henty for enjoyment, he studied the "Clarion", the "Freeth...Percy Wall George Alfred Henty[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'As a boy Percy Wall adored the "Magnet", the "Boy's Own Paper", and G.A. Henty novels... [Later] While he read Henty for enjoyment, he studied the "Clarion", the "Freeth...Percy Wall n/aThe ClarionPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As a boy Percy Wall adored the "Magnet", the "Boy's Own Paper", and G.A. Henty novels... [Later] While he read Henty for enjoyment, he studied the "Clarion", the "Freeth...Percy Wall n/aThe FreethinkerPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As a boy Percy Wall adored the "Magnet", the "Boy's Own Paper", and G.A. Henty novels... [Later] While he read Henty for enjoyment, he studied the "Clarion", the "Freeth...Percy Wall A.K. von HuhnThe Struggle of the Bulgarians for National Indepe...Print: Book
1900-1945'As a boy Percy Wall adored the "Magnet", the "Boy's Own Paper", and G.A. Henty novels... [Later] While he read Henty for enjoyment, he studied the "Clarion", the "Freeth...Percy Wall Richard Brinsley Sheridan (pen name? in any case, not the 18th c playwright)The Filipino MartyrsPrint: Book
1900-1945'As a boy V.S. Pritchett read Oliver Twist "in a state of hot horror, It seized me because it was about London and the fears of the London streets. There were big boys at...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Charles DickensOliver TwistPrint: Book
1900-1945'As a boy V.S. Pritchett read Oliver Twist "in a state of hot horror, It seized me because it was about London and the fears of the London streets. There were big boys at...Victor Sawdon Pritchett William Makepeace Thackeray Print: Book
'As a boy [Walter] Besant had read American authors avidly ...'Walter Besant [unknown][American literature]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'As a boy [Wilde] "cared little for German literature, excepting only [Heinrich] Heine and Goethe."'Oscar Wilde Heinrich Heine Print: Book
1800-1849'As a boy, stonemason Hugh Miller first learned to appreciate the pleasures of literature in the "most delightful of all narratives - the story of Joseph. Was there ever ...Hugh Miller [the story of Joseph]Print: Book


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