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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'Reading Insanity Fair by Douglas Reed. He was all through the last War. Then had a job in Germany and knew that from the moment the Nazis were in we should have to fi...Vere Hodgson Douglas ReedInsanity FairPrint: Book
1900-1945'Just read the life of Grand Duke Cyril. He was in the flagship at Port Arthur sunk by the Japs years ago. He seems to have lived well until the Revolution. But no on...Vere Hodgson Cyril VladimirovichMy Life in Russia's Service, Then and NowPrint: Book
1900-1945'Reading an old book — Lord Riddell's diary. Mentions Churchill a lot, and one can see his ideas have been maintained over the years.'Vere Hodgson George RiddellLord Riddell's War Diary: 1914-1918Print: Book
1900-1945'Am reading a book called: Truth on the Tragedy of France, by Elie J. Bois. He is a Frenchman and truly ashamed of all that happened.'Vere Hodgson Élie J. BoisTruth on the Tragedy of FrancePrint: Book
1900-1945'Unfortunately, I introduced the subject of Men must Weep by Beverley Nichols. I always forget Mabel is an unrepentant Pacifist. Even now she will not admit that their ...Vere Hodgson Beverley NicholsMen Do Not WeepPrint: Book
1900-1945'Took a book on Father Damien into the Park.'Vere Hodgson Piers ComptonFather DamienPrint: Book
1900-1945'Just read Lord Elton's book St George and the Dragon. He represents a new planet in the sky for me. He analyses the thought of the last 20 years and the movements th...Vere Hodgson Godfrey EltonSt. George or the Dragon: Towards a Christian Demo...Print: Book
1900-1945"Just read Atlantic Ordeal, the account of Mary Cornish's eight days in the Atlantic with the little boys from the City of Benares, in the lifeboat. Gets no better on r...Vere Hodgson Elspeth HuxleyAtlantic Ordeal: The Story of Mary CornishPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read I, Too have lived in Arcadia, by Mrs Belloc Lowndes. All about her parents.'Vere Hodgson Marie Belloc LowndesI, Too Have Lived in Arcadia: A Record of Love and...Print: Book
1900-1945'Last week worked through Lawrence of Arabia - tributes to him by his friends.'Vere Hodgson Thomas Edward LawrenceT. E. Lawrence by His FriendsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Also read a lovely book Snow Goose by a man called Gallico. It is a story of Dunkirk.'Vere Hodgson Paul GallicoThe Snow GoosePrint: Book
1900-1945'A controversial book by H. V. Morton, called: I, James Blunt, is dedicated to Wishful Thinkers who believe Britain is still an island, and that Russia will win the war...Vere Hodgson Henry Vollam MortonI, James BluntPrint: Book
1900-1945'Reading a book by Oliver Baldwin. A lot of it is the sentimentalism of a few years back, which fell to pieces when the Hun was at our Back and Front Door. He seems at...Vere Hodgson Oliver BaldwinThe Questing Beast: An AutobiographyPrint: Book
1900-1945'During my holiday read again Wuthering Heights . . but one can every quite recapture the first horror of contacting Heathcliff — and the voice at the window.'Vere Hodgson Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Also going through Vanity Fair again. It seems another world.'Vere Hodgson William Makepeace ThackerayVanity FairPrint: Book
1900-1945'Have been reading a book in the modern manner about Moses. Cannot help but see a parallel between Churchill and Moses — and between us and the Children of Israel. In ...Vere Hodgson Elspeth Boog-WatsonThe Story of MosesPrint: Book
1900-1945'The Front Line book has just been issued, and we are all reading it. Managed to snaffle Mr Hillyard's copy before he had seen it himself, and have wept many tears this...Vere Hodgson Ministry of Home Security Front Line 1940-41: The Official Story of the Civi...Print: Book
1900-1945'Tuesday visited a little girl in University College Hospital. . . . She was in a bomb-proof basement and looked blooming and happy, reading Angela Brazil.'Anon Anon Angela Brazil[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Have read Guilty Women by Richard Baxter. He calls Edda Mussolini the most dangerous woman in Europe.'Vere Hodgson Richard BaxterGuilty WomenPrint: Book
1900-1945'A soldier saw me reading the Abyssinian book, and asked me if the Transvaal Scottish were mentioned, as he had served with them.'Vere Hodgson William Edward David AllenGuerrilla War in AbyssiniaPrint: Book


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