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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
 
1900-1945'Here I have been reading any amount of rubbish: among them (the rubbishes) two quite admirable shockers by John (Prester) Buchan: THE POWERHOUSE and THE THIRTY NIN...Francis Brett Young John BuchanThe Power-HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'Here I have been reading any amount of rubbish: among them (the rubbishes) two quite admirable shockers by John (Prester) Buchan: THE POWERHOUSE and THE THIRTY NIN...Francis Brett Young John BuchanThe Thirty Nine StepsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Here I have been reading any amount of rubbish: among them (the rubbishes) two quite admirable shockers by John (Prester) Buchan: THE POWERHOUSE and THE THIRTY NIN...Francis Brett Young May SinclairThe Divine FirePrint: Book
1900-1945'Here I read the three-year-old newspapers which described the unusual murder trial, and studied a "background" book, "The Neuroses in War", published by the Tavistock Cl...Vera Brittain Emanuel MillerThe Neuroses in WarPrint: Book
1600-1699'Here I saw this week's Bill of Mortality, wherein, blessed be God, there is above 1800 decrease, being the first considerable decrease we have had.'Samuel Pepys [n/a]Bill of MortalityPrint: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster
1850-1899'here is a letter for you, which I opened [italics] verily [end italics] by mistake at first. One came for Florence at the same time which I snatched up and I could not b...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [unknown][letter to Marianne Gaskell]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Here is a sort of little standard library kept - Spenser, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, & a few foreign books, & we sit and read & dream our time away'Elizabeth and William Gaskell  Print: Book
1700-1799'Here is an odd Book come out to prove Falstaff was no Coward, when says Dr Johnson will one come forth to prove Iago an honest Man?'Hester Lynch Thrale Maurice MorganEssay on the Dramatic Character of Sir John Falsta...Print: Book
1800-1849'Here is Mr Mackensie - with the Surprise I heard it - the Author of "the Man of Feeling" & indeed he is so called.'George Crabbe Henry MackenzieMan of Feeling, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Here is the beautiful Commonplace book awaiting me on my return home! And I give it a great welcome you may be sure; and turn it over, & peep in, and read a sentence and...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Anna JamesonCommonplace Book of Thoughts, APrint: Book
1900-1945'Here is the much talked of book [Morley Robert's "Time and Thomas Waring"]. It has been a pain for me to read it all through, though it didn't make me slop over an...William Henry Hudson Morley RobertsTime and Thomas Waring: A Study of a ManPrint: Book
1700-1799'Here is the work of one week of my solitude - by the many faults in it your Lordship will easily believe I spend no more time upon it; it was hardly finished when I was ...Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu EpictetusunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Here one is amazingly comfortable: a beautiful house lent by two young bachelors, Finch-Hatton and Pixley: lovely Japanese hangings and enamel ware, Persian carpet...Francis Brett Young Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GreyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Here one is amazingly comfortable: a beautiful house lent by two young bachelors, Finch-Hatton and Pixley: lovely Japanese hangings and enamel ware, Persian carpet...Francis Brett Young Oscar WildeSebastian MelmothPrint: Book
1600-1699'Here the Duke, among other things, did bring out a book, of great antiquity, of some of the customs of the Navy about 100 years since, which he did lend us to read and d...Samuel Pepys James Humphrey[MS Collections]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Here was an excellent library; particularly, a valuable collection of books in Northern literature, with which Johnson was often very busy. One day Mr Wise read to us a ...Samuel Johnson [unknown][books of Northern literature]Print: Book
1700-1799'Here was an excellent library; particularly, a valuable collection of books in Northern literature, with which Johnson was often very busy. One day Mr Wise read to us a ...Mr Wise Mr WiseHistory and Chronology of the fabulous Ages, AManuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'Here was mighty good discourse, as there is alway; and among other things, my Lord Crew did turn to a place in the "Life of Sir Ph. Sidny", wrote by Sir Fulke Grevill,...Lord Crew Sir Fulke GrevilleLife of the renowned Sir Phillip SidneyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Here's a pretty Sonnet of Povoleri's; I must translate it. [the verse is given in Italian and English] over the Page we shall see another Sonnet, written by the Abbate B...Hester Lynch Thrale Giovanni Povoleri[a sonnet on love and friendship]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Here's a pretty Sonnet of Povoleri's; I must translate it. [the verse is given in Italian and English] over the Page we shall see another Sonnet, written by the Abbate B...Hester Lynch Thrale Abbate Buondelmonte[a sonnet]Unknown


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