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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
 
1900-1945Three months in Asolo had passed in a sort of dream, a little harassed by the floods of people my mother poured over me in my enfeebled state. I had spent long days...Freya Stark George EliotMiddlemarchPrint: Book
1900-1945Three months in Asolo had passed in a sort of dream, a little harassed by the floods of people my mother poured over me in my enfeebled state. I had spent long days...Herbert Young George EliotMiddlemarchPrint: Book
1900-1945Even my little 'Oriente Moderno', the best paper on current Eastern affairs I know, is now becoming propagandist in a disguised way. The Abyssinian business makes m...Freya Stark unknownOriente ModernoPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I've just finished Wells's God the Invisible King. I have to write a criticism of it for the friend who sent it to me ... I began it with the firm convictio...Herbert Edward Read Herbert George WellsGod the Invisible KingPrint: Book
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]Sunday PictorialPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Last night I sent a field service card just to let you know that I received the parcel alright on Sunday. It was packed very well. There was a lot of stuff in it, ...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Ludlow Advertiser and Craven Arms GazettePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Last night I sent a field service card just to let you know that I received the parcel alright on Sunday. It was packed very well. There was a lot of stuff in it, ...Anon Anon [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'You will be wondering why I am not writing. I have not found the time for several days to write letters. Other things have taken my spare hours, or I have felt tir...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Ludlow Advertiser and Craven Arms GazettePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'It is now about 2am. Yesterday evening when I got up I discovered a parcel waiting for me. I opened it in semi darkness and was not able to make out all the contents, ...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Ludlow Advertiser and Craven Arms GazettePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Well, I have got another change. Am on night duty again, but among the officers. Have been doing it just a week ... It is 5.45 now and I will soon take a cup of te...Thomas Wainwright [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'This letter will probably not be finished this evening, for I am writing it in the YMCA hut at 6 o'clock and there is such a noise of chairs and tables being moved...Thomas Wainwright [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Young Corbishley's letter in the Advertiser was interesting about his march into Palestine. I wrote to Mr Corbishley a week or so back for the address of the ones ...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Ludlow Advertiser and Craven Arms GazettePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Young Corbishley's letter in the Advertiser was interesting about his march into Palestine. I wrote to Mr Corbishley a week or so back for the address of the ones ...Thomas Wainwright Emmuska, Baroness OrczyThe Tangled SkeinPrint: Book
1900-1945'This afternoon I was off duty, so went to the cliffs on the other side of the village. Got down behind a hedge in the shade and read "Cycling". Many German and Chi...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]CyclingPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Today has been uneventful and we go into new trenches at 9.30 tonight. It is one mass of mud here now but will soon dry up with the sun. We shall be six days in th...Arthur Oscar Hornung Jules VerneMichael Strogoff: The Courier of the CzarPrint: Book
1900-1945'Each night when I lie down I read a book until lights go out. Am reading the end of one called "By the Gods Beloved" by Baroness Orczy. Last night I slept poorly a...Thomas Wainwright Emmuska, Baroness OrczyBy the Gods BelovedPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yesterday I was given half the day off. In the afternoon I went to my tent and lay down to read and sleep. In the evening I sat in the Salvation Army room and read...Thomas Wainwright [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Am feeling in a happier frame of mind than I have been for a long time, for a letter from Nora came at tea telling me the best news that I could possibly hear, tha...Thomas Wainwright Allen RaineA Welsh Singer: A NovelPrint: Book
1900-1945'This afternoon I was off duty so got into my blankets at 1.45 and read a book until I fell asleep, and woke at 4.30.'Thomas Wainwright [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945' ... this is being written in a cellar which is my present billet. The house which stood overhead was rendered a ruin a long time ago and the bricks etc make a thi...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Continental Daily MailPrint: Newspaper


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