Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   267 268 269 270 271  272  273 274 275 276 277   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Pearl's conversation was always full of references to the works of the French novelists of the period, so I proceeded to read books by Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, Anatol...Zoe Procter [Italian poets][poetry]Print: Book
1900-1945'A programme consisting of the following eight anonymous essays was then proceeded with. Viz A Theory of Language - Further East. Perpetual Motion - 2 Essays by different...Members of the XII Book Club [members of the XII Book Club][two essays entitled 'A Vignette of Local History'...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to the reading of a number of short stories which were more or less anonymous. Most of the stories were seasonal in that they dealt w...Members of XII Book Club [members of XII Book Club][short stories]Manuscript: Unknown
'Then followed the reading of 7 essays. They were supposed to be anonymous & were certainly read withot any author's name being attached but the inquisitive by internal o...Members of XII book Club [Members of XII Book Club][anonymous essays]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899?Besides the standard works of our great writers, I subscribed to a few serials, mostly educational. These included "British Controversionalist", Cassell?s "Popular Educa...Thomas Burt [n/aPopular EducatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]A New Version of the Psalms of DavidPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Quarterly Journal of Foreign Medicine and Surg...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Holy BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Apocryphal New TestamentPrint: Book
1500-1599'After priuat praier I did read of the Bible and then eate my breakfast'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1500-1599'then I praied with Mr Rhodes and reed tell supper time: after, I hard publect prairs, and Reed of the testement'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'I should say in justice to myself that I am absolutely unmoved, except by impatience, at the daily twitterings of the leader writers in the press, I read them, Garvin an... [n/a][Newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1500-1599'After priuat praier I reed a while of the Bible'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1500-1599'after, I reed of the Bible, and spock of Certaine Chapters to Mrs Ormston and John douson'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'I went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the English papers. There were a good many members assembled to do the same thing, it is of course quite the thing that there sho...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Henry Mayhew's interview with a seller of street stationery: 'I read "Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper" on a Sunday, and what murders and robberies there is now!' [n/a]Lloyd's Weekly NewspaperPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a street buyer of waste paper: "The only worldly labour I do on a Sunday is to take my family's dinner to the bakehouse, bring it home after ch...anon [n/a]Lloyd's Weekly NewspaperPrint: Broadsheet, Newspaper
1500-1599'then I medetated of the sarmons, and read and spoke to Mrs Ormstone of the Chapter that was read in the morning'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper


Go to page: [1]   267 268 269 270 271  272  273 274 275 276 277   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design