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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'The weather was fine but so dirty I could not go out. I read the "Gazettes" this evening'.Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne [n/a]GazettesPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'We read the French papers where there was a letter of a soldier written to the King of France which is of the grossest insolence and horrifies one. We hear that Jourdain...Elizabeth Wynne and others [n/a][French newspapers]Print: Newspaper, Unknown
1850-1899'The first business of the morning being over [rolling up hammocks], the men break into groups or read. Many a one, to our astonishment, took his Bible and began reading ...prisoners on board the 'Defence' hulk [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'We found some of the prisoners here engaged in reading, while waiting till the officers returned from their breakfast. One was perusing a treatise on "Infidelity; its As...anon [n/a]Home Friend - a weekly miscellanyPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'We found some of the prisoners here engaged in reading, while waiting till the officers returned from their breakfast. One was perusing a treatise on "Infidelity; its As...anon [n/a]Saturday MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899Sundays at Coldbath Fields Prison, only half the prisoners can attend chapel at one time: 'Those who are left behind are not, however, allowed to remain without religiou...prisoners at Coldbath Fields [n/a]The Penny Sunday ReaderPrint: Book
1850-1899Schoolroom for boy prisoners at Tothill Fields: 'At the time of our entry, the warder schoolmaster was hearing the boys read aloud from the Bible, the class standing in ...boys in prison [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899Schoolroom for boy prisoners at Tothill Fields: 'At the other end of the room the lads were making even greater havoc with the words; and though the lesson consisted of ...boys in prison [n/a][school textbook]Print: Book
1850-1899Schoolroom in the female prison at Tothill Fields: 'The warder, to let us see the acquirements of her scholars, bade one of them read a passage from the Bible, that each...anon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899Schoolroom for juvenile males at Wandsworth Prison: 'One little pale-faced boy was reading his lesson to his kind-hearted teacher... One boy had copied from a Bible, whi...anon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899Adult (male) school at Wandsworth held in the prison chapel, 43 in the class, engaged in a Bible lesson: 'Others he commended in a kind spirit for the manner in which th...male prisoners at Wandsworth [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899School for female prisoners at Holloway: 'On a subsequent day we visited the class with the matron, which was then engaged with the Bible lesson. Most of the prisoners ...female prisoners at Holloway [n/a][Bible]Print: Book
1850-1899'six months later I read the following announcement in the "Daily Chronicle": "Yesterday a smart and well-dressed young man named L. F. H. S. was charged before the Lord ...anon [n/a]Daily ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'I read in the English newspapers an attempt has been made against the life of Louis XVIII as this unfortunate Prince was retiring from the armee of Conde... [the full st...Eugenia Wynne [n/a][English newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945Author describes being put into cell in Reading Gaol for the first time: 'That completed the furniture in the cell. But wait! I forgot the Bible! A humane Prison Commiss...Stuart Wood [pseud?] [n/a]The BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'I have read somewhere in the Koran, "The fate of every man have we bound about his neck".'Stuart Wood [pseud?] [n/a]KoranPrint: Book
1900-1945Description of first month spent in Winchester Prison after sentence: 'Nearly twenty-three hours out of every twenty-four were spent in strict cellular confinement, with...Stuart Wood [pseud?] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'I endeavoured to counteract this depression by reading the Bible, the only book I had besides a Prayer Book and a Protestant manual called the "Narrow Way", and by forci...Stuart Wood [pseud?] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945Describes studies in order to become an imposter - way of making a living: 'Works of reference in public libraries furnished me with whatever data I required about parti...Stuart Wood [pseud?] [n/a]Who's WhoPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1900-1945Describes studies in order to become an imposter - way of making a living 'Works of reference in public libraries furnished me with whatever data I required about partic...Stuart Wood [pseud?] [n/a]Crockford's Clerical DictionaryPrint: Book


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