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]   284 285 286 287 288  289  290 291 292 293 294   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'He had a pretty full translation of Schiller's Aesthetic Letters. which we read together, as well as the second part of Faust.'Robert Louis Stevenson Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFaustPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'He had been reading, she said, J.W. Dunne's "Experiment with Time" - also Einstein and Addington.'Arnold Bennett J.W. DunneExperiment with Time, AnPrint: Book
1700-1799'He had dined that day [30th May 1784] at Mr. Hoole's, and Miss Helen Maria Williams being expected in the evening, Mr. Hoole put into his hands her beautiful "Ode on the...Samuel Johnson Helen Maria WilliamsOde on the Peace, AnPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'He had however no Taste for Modern Poetry - Gray Mason &c - Modern Poetry says he one day at our house, is like Modern Gardening, every thing now is raised by a hot bed;...Samuel Johnson Thomas Gray Print: Book
1700-1799'He had however no Taste for Modern Poetry - Gray Mason &c - Modern Poetry says he one day at our house, is like Modern Gardening, every thing now is raised by a hot bed;...Samuel Johnson William Mason Print: Book
1700-1799'He had in his pocket, "Pomponius Mela de Situ Orbis," in which he read occasionally, and seemed very intent upon ancient geography.' Samuel Johnson Pomponius MelaDe situ orbisPrint: Book
1700-1799'He had in his Youth been a great Reader of Mandeville, and was very watchful for the Stains of original corruption both in himself & others'. Samuel Johnson Bernard Mandeville Print: Book
1900-1945'He had recommended T.S. Eliot to the War Office in 1918, and continued to praise his poetry and his periodical, the "Criterion"'.Arnold Bennett T. S. EliotCriterion, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'He had the daily paper folded under his arm with his forage cap or sidara, and his latchkey, as long and as heavy, and in fact an exact duplicate of mine, in his h...Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'He handed me over Crusius' Lexicon and, having told me to go through again as much as I could of what he had done, left the room. It seems an odd method of teaching, b...Clive Staples Lewis Gottlieb Christian CrusiusA Complete Greek and English Lexicon for the Poems...Print: Book
1800-1849'He has infinite wit and a great turn for antiquarian lore as the publications of Kirkton etc. bear witness.'Walter Scott James KirktonSecret and True History of the Church of Scotland ...Print: Book
1800-1849'He has written to me twice since his departure; he insists that I shall take a little pony of his with all its furniture; ride home on it thro' the Peak country in Derby...Thomas Carlyle BadamsLetterManuscript: Letter
1900-1945'He is about to go when he sees a copy of Bombers Moon by Negley Farson (8/6?). He picks it up to look at it. It interests him and he stands reading this completely o...Negley FarsonBombers MoonPrint: Book
1900-1945'He is likely to have read a good deal of French verse as well as prose during the winter of 1914-15; there are several relevant books in his library, including a few mar...Wilfred Owen Paul Verlaine'Mon Reve Familier'Print: Unknown
1900-1945'He is likely to have read a good deal of French verse as well as prose during the winter of 1914-15; there are several relevant books in his library, including a few mar...Wilfred Owen [anthologies of French poetry]Print: Book
1700-1799'He kept the greater part of mine [letters] very carefully; and a short time before his death was attentive enough to seal them up in bundles, and ordered them to be deli...James Boswell James Boswell[letter to Johnson from Corsica]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'He lapped up those French writers who kicked against those conventions - Rabelais, Villon, Baudelaire, Rimbaud'Lawrence Durrell Francois Rabelais[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'He lapped up those French writers who kicked against those conventions - Rabelais, Villon, Baudelaire, Rimbaud'Lawrence Durrell Francois Villon[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'He lapped up those French writers who kicked against those conventions - Rabelais, Villon, Baudelaire, Rimbaud'Lawrence Durrell Charles Pierre Baudelaire[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'He lapped up those French writers who kicked against those conventions - Rabelais, Villon, Baudelaire, Rimbaud'Lawrence Durrell Arthur Rimbaud[unknown]Print: Book


Go to page: [1]   284 285 286 287 288  289  290 291 292 293 294   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design