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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'At age ten Harry West, the son of a circus escape artist, read Pilgrim's Progress merely as "A great heroic adventure". Only later did he appreciate it as a religious al...Harry West Carl Jung Print: Book
1800-1849'At age thirteen John Clare was shown The Seasons by a Methodist weaver and though he had no real experience of poetry, he was immediately enthralled by Thomson's evocati...John Clare James ThomsonThe SeasonsPrint: Book
1900-1945'At age thirteen or fourteen John Edmonds, who was reading "The Cloister and the Hearth" with a lower-midddle-class girlfriend, asked her how Margaret had become pregnant...John Edmonds Charles ReadeThe Cloister and the HearthPrint: Book
1850-1899'At age twelve, recalled ploughboy John Ward, "I devoured - not read, that's too tame an expression - Robinson Crusoe, and that book gave me all my spirit of adventure, w...John Ward Daniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book
1900-1945'At another time he insisted that the gardener should remove all the plants from the tall stage in the glass house, that adjoined the drawing room. Then he had been wont ...Joseph Conrad  Print: Book
1800-1849'At church twice today as usual; the Parson at his work amongst the children, armed with a huge octavo which he called Archbishop Secker's Lectures on the Church Catechis...'The Parson' Thomas SeckerLectures on the Catechism of the Church of EnglandPrint: Book
1850-1899'At Dowlais again alone [following period spent in London and elsewhere], the day's record started prosaically: "Works journal till 8, then Euclid till 9."'Lady Charlotte Guest Euclid  Print: Book
1800-1849'At four and a half my great delight was poring over fairy phenomenons and the actions of necromancers -- & the seven champions of Christendom in "Popular tales" has be...Elizabeth Barrett Richard JohnsonThe Famous Historie of the Seven Champions of Chri...Print: Book
1850-1899'At George Sand's "Marquise de Villemer", in evening, and enjoyed it.'John Ruskin George SandMarquise de VillemerPrint: Book
1900-1945'At half past one Tom Scott strode in, having come home from West Africa: very little change in him after his two years in the tropics. Brought some poems for me to look ...William Soutar Tom Scott[poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'At half past two I was dry, and eating the remnants of my lunch. I switched on the wireless and listened to the Coronation ceremony. When this had finished I read a book... [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'At home all day a-writing. In the even read "The Universal Magazine" for December; think the following observations worth notice: [lists several observations from the ma...Thomas Turner The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and PleasurePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'At home all day. In the even read the 11th and 12th books of "Paradise Regained", which I think is much inferior for the sublimity of style to "Paradise Lost".'Thomas Turner John MiltonParadise RegainedPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. In the even read the 9th book of "Paradise Lost".'Thomas Turner John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. Not at church all day. Read part of Boyle's lectures and Smart's poem on eternity and immensity.'Thomas Turner William DerhamPhysico-TheologyPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. Not at church all day. Read part of Boyle's lectures and Smart's poem on eternity and immensity.'Thomas Turner Christopher SmartOn the eternity of the Supreme Being: a poetical e...Print: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slender a wire may be drawn from gold that from once oun...Thomas Turner William DerhamPhysico-TheologyPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slender a wire may be drawn from gold that from once oun...Thomas Turner Christopher SmartOn the immensity of the Supreme Being: a poetical ...Print: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slender a wire may be drawn from gold that from once oun...Thomas Turner Christopher SmartOn the omniscence of the Supreme Being: a poetical...Print: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slender a wire may be drawn from gold that from once oun...Thomas Turner Christopher SmartOn the power of the Supreme Being: a poetical essa...Print: Book


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