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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'Came home read a little of my Novel smoked a Cigar and went quietly to bed.'John Buckley Castieau Edward Bulwer LyttonMy NovelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Came home read a story in Temple Bar, drank my grog smoked my pipe & went to bed'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Temple BarPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Came home sat down to read & did so for some time, then I went in for smoking & for gin & water'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Came home to tea & as the weather was wet in the evening did not stir out but stayed at home & read till bed time'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Came home to tea & spent the evening reading "The Cloister & Hearth".'John Buckley Castieau Charles ReadeThe Cloister and the HearthPrint: Book
1850-1899'Came home took tea read a little thought a little yawned a great deal and then spite of the rain went out.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Came home, drank a bottle of beer, smoked ever so many pipes, read a book, & built castles in the air till Polly & the youngsters returned which they did at about eleven...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Came home, read from my new purchases for an hour & went to bed'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Came on Ecclesiasticus XXIV, and noted references at p. 89 above, with which conf. Wisdom VII. 22 &C. and "The Wisdom which is from above is first pure" &c.'John Ruskin [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Came on Isaiah XXI, and was puzzled with it'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Isaiah)Print: Book
1850-1899'Came on the grand Darwinian verse, just now, "Saying to a stock, thou art my father". Jeremiah II. 27'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Jeremiah)Print: Book
1900-1945'Came to Damascus and read "Arabia Deserta" all the way. Still autumn in the Beqa', leaves brown and gold, gold and green on the poplars.' Gertrude Bell Charles M. DoughtyTravels in Arabia DesertaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Can you tell me about "Jane Eyre", - who wrote it? I am told I wrote the 1st vol: and I don't know how to disbelieve it myself, - though I am wholly ignorant of the auth...Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1850-1899'Can you tell me anything of a book, published or rather printed, by the late Earl of Bridgewater at his press in Paris. It was in the French language - & contained all t...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Francis Henry EgertonApercu Historique et genealogiquePrint: Book
1850-1899'Can you tell who wrote the Review of Miss Martineau's letters in the (this week's) Inquirer signed I.R.'.Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [n/a]Inquirer, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Can’t something be done to buck up the 'Lit. Suppl'.? It is getting duller & duller, though it always contains 1 or 2 good articles.'Arnold Bennett Times Literary SupplementPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Cape has seen the first 4 chapters [of what Stella calls 'Towards Tomorrow']. He finds them full of charm but says he could not make a better offer than Gollancz's, nor ...Ford Madox Ford[early chapters of what would become 'It was the N...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Capt C. Austen wrote - "Emma arrived in time to a moment. I am delighted with her, more so I think than even with my favourite Pride & Prejudice, & have read it three t...Charles Austen Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Captain Austen. - liked it extremely, observing that though there might be more Wit in P & P - & an higher Morality in M P - yet altogether, on account of it's [sic] pec...Captain Frank Austen Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Cards, roulette, ping-pong and chess greatly assisted in passing the time. We also had quite a good camp library, the books mostly having been received from home. I have...British officers waiting for hot water in the afternoonsunknown unknownunknownPrint: Book


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