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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'I read the Treasury this morning almost from cover to cover. I love the thing on “shepherd.” Also the Sketch and Comic Cuts inside it!'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton TreasuryPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Treasury this morning almost from cover to cover. I love the thing on “shepherd.” Also the Sketch and Comic Cuts inside it!'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton SketchPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Treasury this morning almost from cover to cover. I love the thing on “shepherd.” Also the Sketch and Comic Cuts inside it!'Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Comic CutsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'What with slumber, sandwiches and a copy of the Scotsman secured by the canny guard of our train from one proceeding in the contrary direction—the trains were appa...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton ScotsmanPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Who put that dreadful note about me in the "Pauline"? I’m Chaplain to one battery only, and gunners don’t have forts. I wish they did! Please strafe the unknown aut...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton PaulinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'… folk talk about men not wanting religion—the men who really know what the War is have a different tale to tell—have you read Neville’s book, just out? I’ll send ...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Neville TalbotThoughts on Religion at the FrontPrint: Book
1900-1945'Your delightful letter, the Challenge (which I think grows better and better—especially the Prayer suggestions on the last page), and various enclosures arrived on...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton The ChallengePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The weekly Evensong [i.e., 22-25 Oct] has been amazing this week, averaging nearly a hundred a night. It’s rather like the last chapter of the "House of Prayer" th...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Florence ConverseThe House of PrayerPrint: Book
1900-1945'A word or two before I turn in. Magrath (who is a veritable godsend to me in every way, Christian, cheery, brave and wise) is reading the Times and warming his toe...C. J. Magrath TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945I remember one morning, early, I found him in his study laughing uproariously: he was reading, in Proust's "Pastiches et Mélanges", the pastiche of Flaubert (and he had a...Joseph Conrad Marcel ProustPastiches et MélangesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Rained all day long! So we had the whole day off!! Had some damn good meals and a good sleep. Also received our first newspaper (printed for prisoners), the "Contine...J. A. Sillitoe Hill Continental TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'All very cheerful to-day as there is very good news from the Front. Allies swiftly advancing and sweeping all before them ... The Germans won't tell us anything, but...J. A. Sillitoe Hill Dortmunder ZeitungPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘Well, here I am, and a soldier … to go to Northampton on Monday for the First Reserve … Tonight I have been reading the Georgian Poetry Book, and it is this that mad...Ivor Bertie Gurney Edward MarshGeorgian PoetryPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have … changed billet, and the chaps here are very nice indeed. Good men, which is a great point. But in this new democracy almost everyone is jolly, or tries to b...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rudyard KiplingThe New Army in TrainingPrint: Book
1900-1945‘At present I am “on sick” with lumbago, a horrid name … "Land and Water" is still very optimistic. My thoughts go onward to the dim time after the war, and the polit...Ivor Bertie Gurney Hilaire Belloc (ed)The Country Gentleman and Land and WaterPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘At present I am “on sick” with lumbago, a horrid name … "Land and Water" is still very optimistic. My thoughts go onward to the dim time after the war, and the polit...Ivor Bertie Gurney George Holbrook JacksonSouthward Ho! And other EssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945‘J. E. Patterson has written a book around Minehead, perhaps "Fishers of the Sea", or no—"Love Like the Sea"; which I liked. Perhaps you might. He has power, but an a...Ivor Bertie Gurney John Edward PattersonLove Like the SeaPrint: Book
1900-1945‘J. E. Patterson has written a book around Minehead, perhaps "Fishers of the Sea", or no—"Love Like the Sea"; which I liked. Perhaps you might. He has power, but an a...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rupert Brooke"1914." Five SonnetsPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney unknown unknown[Letter to 'Times']Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas HardySong of the SoldiersPrint: Newspaper


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