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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'Just reading a book called Us and the Americans ... what they do not understand, and what they like. Our gardens impress everyone.'Vere Hodgson Anon Anon[Us and the Americans]Print: Book
1900-1945'The book Grey and Scarlet is wonderful. Letters of Army Nurses from all over the world. Thousands of people can rise to the greatest heights of heroism.'Vere Hodgson Ada HarrisonGrey and Scarlet: Letters from the War Areas by Ar...Print: Book
1900-1945'At Radlett over the week-end. Read some of Maurois' The Fall of France. I remember poor Maurois making his way to England and giving that last despairing broadcast. H...Vere Hodgson André MauroisThe Battle of FrancePrint: Book
1900-1945'Restful week-end. Read a biography of Dick Sheppard. I never heard him preach. Astounded he was so unhappy at school.'Vere Hodgson Charles MatthewsDick Sheppard: Man of PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945'Another book: Missing Believed Prisoner, is by a South African captured at Sidi Rezegh. Those awful marches through the desert with no food or water. The Camp with sta...Vere Hodgson N. I. RobinsonMissing, Believed Prisoner: The Story of a South A...Print: Book
1900-1945'Got the Face without a Frown — Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Iris Leveson Gower. This is the one with the magnificent hats. The author has made a splendid story...Vere Hodgson Iris Leveson GowerThe Face without a Frown: Georgiana, Duchess of De...Print: Book
1900-1945'Have had good luck with a Library book. Managed to get Where Love and Friendship Meet by Mrs Belloc Lowndes. It is the latest story of the Belloc family, and present...Vere Hodgson Marie Belloc LowndesWhere Love and Friendship DweltPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lovely week-end with Kit. Reached Watford about 1.30.... She is passionately interested in Polar exploration and had a book on Dr Wilson. I skimmed through. There we...Vere Hodgson George SeaverEdward Wilson of the Antarctic, Naturalist and Fri...Print: Book
1900-1945'In the afternoon came Barishnikov with his daughter Alexandra.... He has lent me a book called I Married a Russian. ' [538] 'I Married a Russian has charmed us all. An...Vere Hodgson Edna Alfredivna SinelnikovaI Married a Russian: Letters from KharkovPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am struggling with the Brothers Karamazov, but do not find myself at home with any of the characters. Must read something about Dostoevsky.'Vere Hodgson Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been impressed with this awful book, called I Was Hitler's Maid. Barishnikov and Resti think it is true. Very depressing.'Vere Hodgson Pauline KohlerI Was Hitler's MaidPrint: Book
1900-1945'Also am reading Berlin Diary, by Shirer, an American war correspondent. Our public men come out very badly in the years before the war.'Vere Hodgson William Lawrence ShirerBerlin DiaryPrint: Book
1900-1945Raguana who, apart from Fatima, had the most outstanding personality in the harem. She was taller than most Hadhrami women, with a good figure and the striking looks of a...Raguana unknown unknownThe Qu'ranUnknown
1900-1945Raguana who, apart from Fatima, had the most outstanding personality in the harem. She was taller than most Hadhrami women, with a good figure and the striking looks of a...Doreen Ingrams unknown unknownThe Qu'ranUnknown
1900-1945'The writer [Ford Madox Ford] never saw Conrad read any book of memoirs except those of Maxime Ducamp and the Correspondence of Flaubert; those we read daily together...Joseph Conrad Robert Bontine Cunninghame GrahamHis People and Other Tales and SketchesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Do you know this modern six-shilling mummer of "life," called Galsworthy? You may be aware that he has recently published, among other novels, a creation, "Beyond,...Wainwight Merrill William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1900-1945'Do you know this modern six-shilling mummer of "life," called Galsworthy? You may be aware that he has recently published, among other novels, a creation, "Beyond,...Wainwight Merrill John GalsworthyBeyondPrint: Book
1900-1945'To-day I ... prepare myself for leaving England. I read, whilst [here] the "Ingoldsby Legends" entire, Second Part "King Henry IV," and more cursorily "Midsummer ...Wainwight Merrill Richard Harris BarhamIngoldsby LegendsPrint: Book
1900-1945'To-day I ... prepare myself for leaving England. I read, whilst [here] the "Ingoldsby Legends" entire, Second Part "King Henry IV," and more cursorily "Midsummer ...Wainwight Merrill William Shakespeare1 Henry IVPrint: Book
1900-1945'To-day I ... prepare myself for leaving England. I read, whilst [here] the "Ingoldsby Legends" entire, Second Part "King Henry IV," and more cursorily "Midsummer ...Wainwight Merrill William Shakespeare2 Henry IVPrint: Book


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