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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(1) 'You say "Arethusa" is lovely: have you bought it or got a copy from the library? In any case I am very glad you have started it. Isn't Omobono a lovely character, ...Clive Staples Lewis Francis Marion CrawfordArethusaPrint: Book
1900-1945'My French is under rather different conditions to yours, as I read from 10 - 11 every night except on Wednesdays when I write to you. I have really never counted exact...Clive Staples Lewis Charles NodierContes FantastiquesPrint: Book
1900-1945'My French is under rather different conditions to yours, as I read from 10 - 11 every night except on Wednesdays when I write to you. I have really never counted exact...Clive Staples Lewis François-Marie Arouet VoltaireContes Choisis. Preface de Gustave LansonPrint: Book
1900-1945'My French is under rather different conditions to yours, as I read from 10 - 11 every night except on Wednesdays when I write to you. I have really never counted exact...Clive Staples Lewis George Sand[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945(1) 'I have now made a good start on my second volume of Macaulay, which is admirable. What a nice man James must have been!' (2) 'I am nearly through Macaulay Vol. II,...Clive Staples Lewis Thomas Babington MacaulayThe History of England from the Accession of James...Print: Book
1900-1945'Before starting this [ie Macaulay's "History of England", v. 2] I read in a library copy two of F. W. Bain's Indian Tales "The Descent of the Sun" & "The Heifer of the...Clive Staples Lewis Francis William BainThe Descent of the SunPrint: Book
1900-1945'Italian quite comes up to K's promises about its easiness and on Sunday I read the first 200 lines of Dante with much success. By the end of term I should be able to r...Clive Staples Lewis Dante AlighieriDivine ComedyPrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'I am reading such a splendid book in German, by a man called Chamisso "Peter Schlemihl's Wundersame Geschichte" (The Amazing Adventures of Peter Schlemihl). It is ...Clive Staples Lewis Adelbert von ChamissoPeter Schlemihls Wundersame GeschichtePrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'I also bought a French Book on the Poetry of the middle ages — so you see dear Oxford is a dangerous place for a book lover.' (2) 'I am now reading in French this ...Clive Staples Lewis Gaston ParisLa Litterature francaise au moyen age (XI-XIV siec...Print: Book
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Louisa May AlcottLittle Women
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Susan CoolidgeWhat Katy Did
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Hans AndersenHans Andersen's Fairy Tales
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of books read]'Eileen Lawrence Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of books read]'Eileen Lawrence Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsPrint: Book
1900-1945'One sat or stood waiting, humbly, through hours which scarcely melted, for something to happen, something which would bring this eternity to a conclusion: but, one...Guy Patterson Chapman Thomas HardyJude the ObscurePrint: Book
1900-1945'As you say, Mother, the war does not look like ending for a long time yet. You never want to read the Daily Mail. It is almost a pro German paper. There are things...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Daily MailPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thanks for sending the socks and gloves received yesterday, and for the letter which came the day before. The socks are quite the thing, and the gloves came in goo...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Weekly NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'The weather is perfectly ideal and it’s a country holiday to be here [i.e., picnicking in a meadow 1 mile from Talbot House]; the only things we left behind of val...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Walter BesantThe Golden ButterflyPrint: Book
1900-1945I am reading the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea (how much prettier a name than Red Sea): it was an old commercial chart by an unknown Greek of Alexandria in the firs...Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon]Periplus of the Erythrean SeaPrint: Book
1900-1945'So home to tea … And after tea, letters, etc., together with a Daily Chronicle I had managed to cadge from the A.S.C., till family Evensong at 7 p.m.'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Daily ChroniclePrint: Newspaper


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