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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
 
1800-1849"Dr Carpenter was inclined also to the study of philosophy,and wrote on it,-on mental and moral philosophy;and this was enough,putting all predisposition out of the quest...Harriet Martineau Dr CarpenterArticles: Mental and Moral Philosophy & Systemic E...Print: Book
1800-1849"During the whole time of his [her father's] illness, Mrs Opie assiduously attended him; she had later joined the Quakers, and read to him much in the Bible and other rel...Amelia Opie Bible and other religious textsPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"Ellen Wilkinson, brought up in Ardwick, Manchester, went with her father to lectures on theological and evolutionary subjects, and by the time she was fourteen was readi...Ellen Wilkinson and fatherErnst Haeckel Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"Ellen Wilkinson, brought up in Ardwick, Manchester, went with her father to lectures on theological and evolutionary subjects, and by the time she was fourteen was readi...Ellen Wilkinson and fatherT. H. Huxley Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"Ellen Wilkinson, brought up in Ardwick, Manchester, went with her father to lectures on theological and evolutionary subjects, and by the time she was fourteen was readi...Ellen Wilkinson and fatherCharles Darwin Print: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst The Holy WarPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst Homer The OdysseyPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst Thomas CarlyleThe French RevolutionPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945"Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence wrote of having read Shakespeare's history plays whilst in prison [as suffragette] ..."Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence William ShakespeareHistory playsPrint: Book
"Enid Starkie claimed that reading Francis Thompson's 'The Hound of Heaven' when she was ten made her feel as though she had been taken hold of and mastered, and determin...Enid Starkie Francis ThompsonThe Hound of HeavenPrint: Unknown
1850-1899"Excuse all this; but though you may not easily give me credit I really admired Mr Maurice; I attended his lectures as a boy; I studied his books carefully & I should be ...Leslie Stephen Frederick Denison Maurice Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"Ezra Pound, having acquired a copy of Algernon Swinburne's Laus Veneris already annotated by somebody else, took pains to dissociate himself from the other's views [addi...Ezra Pound annotations in copy of Algernon Swinburne, Laus Ve...Manuscript: annotations in printed text
1850-1899"Finished reading Lorna Doone and like it very much."Agnes Blanche Hemming R.D. BlackmoreLorna DoonePrint: Book
1800-1849"Florence Nightingale's copy of Mrs. Trimmer's New and Comprehensive Lessons, Containing a General Outline of the Roman History (1818) has Nightingale's autograph in penc...Florence Nightingale Mrs TrimmerNew and Comprehensive Lessons, Containing a Genera...Print: Book
1900-1945"Florence Spong recounted in August 1909: 'As to breaking my [prison] cell window, I told them I only followed the advice given in the book, placed in my cell, entitled '...Florence Spong A Healthy Home, and How to Keep ItPrint: Book
"For [Nat] Gould, the highest commendation of his 'art' came ... when Walter Home, the Routledge's representative who snapped up The Double Event, told him that he nearly...Walter Home Nat GouldThe Double EventPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		"For [Sir James] Fellowes, a prospective biographer ... [Hester Lynch Piozzi] annotated books by and about herself: Nathaniel Wraxall's Historical Memoirs of My Own Time ...Hester Lynch Piozzi Nathaniel WraxallHistorical Memoirs of My Own TimePrint: Book


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