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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
 
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonFair RosamondPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonAccount of the Lancashire witchesPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonThe witches of the woodlandsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonRobin Hood's SongsPrint: Book, Broadsheet
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonThe Ballad of Chevy ChasePrint: Book, Broadsheet
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonHistory of Friar BaconPrint: Book
1900-1945'At the end of 1922, some unknown benefactor had given him a book, called Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know. Alan told his mother later this book had opened ...Alan Mathison Turing Edwin Tenney BrewsterNatural Wonders Every Child Should KnowPrint: Book
1900-1945'At the end of October, a paragraph by the "Daily Mail" Correspondent in Lisbon "revealed" the peril which she and her fellow evacuees were fortunate to survive.'Vera Brittain [Report in the "Daily Mail"]Print: Newspaper
1500-1599
1600-1699		'At the end of Sacchi de Platina's "Hystoria de Vitis pontificum" (c.1505) [Gabriel] Harvey adds his index of Popes and page references.'Gabriel Harvey Sacchi de PlatinaHystoria de Vitis pontificumPrint: Book
1850-1899'At the end of the year [1855] an unknown Nottingham artizan [sic] came to call. My father asked him to dinner and at his request read "Maud." It appears that the poor ma...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaudUnknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		'At the end of the year [1855] an unknown Nottingham artizan [sic] came to call. My father asked him to dinner and at his request read "Maud." It appears that the poor ma...Alfred Tennyson anon 12-canto poem on battle of WaterlooManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		'At the end of the year [1855] an unknown Nottingham artizan [sic] came to call. My father asked him to dinner and at his request read "Maud." It appears that the poor ma...anon texts used in teaching self to readPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad William Wymark Jacobs Print: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad Max Adeler pseud. i.e Charles Heber ClarkOut of the Hurly Burly: or Life in an Odd CornerPrint: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad Guy De Maupassant  Print: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad Gustave Flaubert Print: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad John Galsworthy Print: Book
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cu...Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham Print: Book
1700-1799'At the front of D[ove] C[ottage] MS 16, in use during 1798, D[orothy] W[ordsworth] copied Marlowe's Edward II V.v.55-108, with some omissions ... The extract was copied ...Dorothy Wordsworth Christopher MarloweEdward IIPrint: Book
1700-1799'At the front of D[ove] C[ottage] MS 16, in use during 1798, D[orothy] W[ordsworth] copied Marlowe's Edward II V.v.55-108, with some omissions ... The extract was copied ...Dorothy Wordsworth Select Collection of Old PlaysPrint: Book


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