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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
 
1850-1899'I read some papers & then went to bed ...'James Bennetts Williams Anon Anon[unknown]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899' ... had my dinner & read the Newspaper & boiled a pot of potatoes ...'James Bennetts Williams Anon Anon[unknown]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Started raining at 6.0, so returned on board. Reading & writing in gun room till 10.0, when we turned in.'Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]
1900-1945'Lunch 12.0, & afterwards went on leave, while hands washed up the decks. Had a tremendous blow out at Swiss Cafe, & purchased many items ... Went & read at room at...Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]
1900-1945'General Quarters till 10.30. Went to Navigator's cabin to write up log. When I finished I couldn't find any cadets, so went back to Navigator's cabin & eat chocola...Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]
1900-1945'Fog did not lift, so we did not begin [patrol]. Spent afternoon in writing, reading etc. Leave for Officers from 4.30-6.15. Went ashore ...'Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]
1900-1945'Came down and had breakfast at 8.0. Divisions at 9.45 & no General Quarters but physical training from 11.15 till 12.0 ... Lunch at 12.0, & afterwards I retired to...Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Church at 10.30. Stopped a large & lusty ship at 12.0, but it turned out to be a false alarm as usual. Lunch at 12.0. I read all the afternoon, & got the PMO's gra...Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Hoped to have 1" aiming rifle practice, but after getting up ammunition & lots of fuss we cleared off to lunch. Read during the afternoon & tea at 3.30.'Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]
1900-1945'Sketched till 10.45, & then went to the Captain's Cabin, where the P.M.O. gave us a long lecture on diseases. Lunch at 12.0, & afterwards I read in the Gun Room ti...Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]
1900-1945'... nothing much to do all morning, except for a fairly short stay at General Quarters. There was nothing for me to do at all in the afternoon, so I simply sat in ...Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]
1900-1945' ... foul morning ... altogether rotten. I came up for breakfast to find everyone feeling sick, & nothing to eat. After some time I partook of a frugal meal, in th...Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]
1900-1945'... frightfully dull ... During the afternoon I went out to the after superstructure for a time & then came down to the Gun Room & read.'Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]
1900-1945'I woke up feeling extremely bored with life ... it was a foul day, like yesterday. I did exactly the same things ... During the forenoon the sea gave signs of goin...Leslie Richard Romer Anon Anon[unknown]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Thou kindly asks whether I am pursuing my favourite reading. To this I must return a decided no — several books from our Book Society having come upon us suddenl...Eliza Ellis [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have scarcely read anything except an occasional short pity article in some review, on looked within the pages of some book, and turned away with an oppressed heart ...Eliza Ellis [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have scarcely read anything except an occasional short pity article in some review, on looked within the pages of some book, and turned away with an oppressed heart ...Eliza Ellis [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'I commenced a work by Professor Nichol on Astronomy, for thou must know that we (A.M.B., Jane, and I), feeling the unutterable darkness which now reigns in our minds a...Eliza Ellis John Pringle Nichol[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Train was very full. . . . I was fortified with sandwiches, apples from Brede, some knitting and a Wilkie Collins novel.'Vere Hodgson Wilkie Collins[unknown]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


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