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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 Ruskin College he was exposed to Marx, but he found a more compelling Utopian prophet when he read Lewis Carroll to his daughters: "Then one could look at life and af...Jack Lawson Lewis Carroll Print: Book
1800-1849'At Sarzana - read Memoirs of the court of Charles II - Attala'Mary Shelley Anthony HamiltonMemoirs of the Life of the Count de GrammontPrint: Book
1800-1849'At Sarzana - read Memoirs of the court of Charles II - Attala'Mary Shelley Francois-Rene de ChateaubriandAtala; ou les amours de deux sauvagesPrint: Book
1900-1945'At sixteen I discovered the work of Edgar Allan Poe. I happened to read first his biography, and the sadness of his life made a great impression on me. I felt an enormou...Alfred Hitchcock Edgar Allan Poe Print: Book
1700-1799'At some point after 1828, W[ordsworth] told Alexander Dyce that he read Bowles's Fourteen Sonnets on publication: "When Bowles's Sonnets first appeared, - a thin 4to pam...William Wordsworth William Lisle BowlesFourteen SonnetsPrint: Book
1700-1799'At some time between late April and 17 Dec. 1799, D[orothy] W[ordsworth] copied the epitaph of Sir George Vane at the parish church of Long Newton, Durham, as published ...Dorothy Wordsworth William HutchinsonHistory and Antiquities of the County Palatine of ...Print: Book
1900-1945'At St. Servan I became extravagant and purchased myself a birthday present for 4 francs. Ruskin's 'Stones of Venice'. I had no prose reading with me, and one can hav...Thomas Edward Lawrence John RuskinThe Stones of VenicePrint: Book
1600-1699'At Sturbridge faire last, having by chance loo[k]ed on Mr Whately, Bishop Andrewes, and Mr Perkins on the commandments (in which I owne a secret hand of God) I was clear...Isaac Archer William WhatelyA Pithie, Short and Methodicall Opening of the Ten...Print: Book
1600-1699'At Sturbridge faire last, having by chance loo[k]ed on Mr Whately, Bishop Andrewes, and Mr Perkins on the commandments (in which I owne a secret hand of God) I was clear...Isaac Archer Lancelot AndrewesThe Moral Law ExpoundedPrint: Book
1600-1699'At Sturbridge faire last, having by chance loo[k]ed on Mr Whately, Bishop Andrewes, and Mr Perkins on the commandments (in which I owne a secret hand of God) I was clear...Isaac Archer William PerkinsArmilla Aurea, or The Golden ChainPrint: Book
1850-1899'At tea time however I came down stairs & after reading a while went into the office & attended to some duty'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'At ten o'clock we all met in the study and my father read to us. - I fear my mind is not sufficiently obedient to its God. After dinner I taught Danny to read and did a ...Elizabeth Gurney [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'At ten o'clock we all met in the study and my father read to us. - I fear my mind is not sufficiently obedient to its God. After dinner I taught Danny to read and did a ...John Gurney [unknown][unknown, probably religious, Bible?]Print: Book
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheSorrows of Young WertherPrint: Book
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons [unknown]The adventures of a lousePrint: Book
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons Henry WatsonValentine and OrsonPrint: Book
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons [unknown]Roslin CastlePrint: Book
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons [unknown][book of prayers]Print: Book
1800-1849'At ten the poor infant was reading Smollett's History... She summed up her impression with scornful lucidity: "There seem to have been more weak kings than wise ones".'Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke Tobias SmollettComplete History of EnglandPrint: Book
1900-1945'At that time Winifred's Derbyshire contemporary, the poet and novelist Thomas Moult, was editing a series of "Modern Writers on Modern Writers". When he invited her to ...Winifred Holtby Virginia WoolfunknownPrint: Book


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