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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'I feel very unworthy this morning. Though the day appeared to begin well in a few words of solemn supplication after reading. Yesterday I think I was too much off my wat...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I feel, dear [-], gratified by the partiality which you express for my writings. You would, more than many others, be much influenced by the subject so often alluded to,...Charlotte Bury Anne GrantLetters from the MountainsPrint: Book
1600-1699'I fell a-reading in Fuller's "history of Abbys" and my wife in "Grand Cyrus" till 12 at night, and so to bed.'Samuel Pepys Thomas FullerThe church-history of BritainPrint: Book
1600-1699'I fell a-reading in Fuller's "history of Abbys" and my wife in "Grand Cyrus" till 12 at night, and so to bed.'Elizabeth Pepys Madeleine de ScuderiArtamene, ou Le grand CyrusPrint: Book
1900-1945'I felt incapable of doing any Zoo [zoology preparation for mid-school exams] so read Flecker's poetry all night! Felt immensely cheered up by it, but very wicked!'Hilary Spalding James Elroy Flecker[poetry]Print: Book
1800-1849'I felt low and naturally prone to be irritable, and from the deep feeling of the difficulties in doing my part towards my family, led me to pant for liberation from thos...Elizabeth Fry C.H.V. BogatskyGolden Treasury for the Children of GodPrint: Book
1900-1945'I felt rather lonely and therefore went out and measured 1 and 12 [sites] (which we had had cleared in the morning) and afterwards drew them out till tea. Read the "Spec...Gertrude Bell SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I felt rather lonely this Morning at breakfast so I went and unbox'd a Shakspeare - "There's my Comfort". John Keats William ShakespeareunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I felt too tired for much reading. Gwen did some sewing after supper.'Anne Jenkins unknownUnknown
1900-1945'I find a copy of the "Prison Regulations" for December 1938: European rations total over three pounds daily and Japanese 2lbs 10oz. I give this in to the Committee as ev...Thomas Kitching [unknown]Prison RegulationsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'I find Bonaparte's correspondence very interesting, though his dreadful wickedness in Italy, and cruelty in Egypt is almost too worrying; I think Lanfrey was only too le...Emma Darwin Pierre LanfreyThe History of Napoleon the FirstPrint: Book
1850-1899'I find distraction in writing, with a growing sense that it is not worth the trouble; but at 64 it is too late to learn a new trade. I read a bit too; though books have ...Leslie Stephen George SantayanaunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I find here (of all places in the world) your Essays on Art, which I have read with signal interest.'Robert Louis Stevenson Philip Gilbert Hamerton Art Essays Print: Book
1850-1899'I find I have no time for reading except times of fatigue when I wish merely to refresh myself. O − and I read over again for this purpose − Flaubert?s "Ten...Robert Louis Stevenson Gustave Flaubert La Tentation de Saint Antoine.Print: Book
1900-1945'I find myself between a well-to-do business man from the Midlands, who is reading a "crime" novel, and two good-looking twins who are speaking a language like Danish and... [unknown]Pitman's bookPrint: Book
1900-1945'I find myself between a well-to-do business man from the Midlands, who is reading a "crime" novel, and two good-looking twins who are speaking a language like Danish and... [unknown][crime novel]Print: Book
1850-1899'I find upon looking up that Louis is in tears over Back from the Dead.'Robert Louis Stevenson unknown unknownBack from the DeadPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I find your Mag. a great favourite in Dumfriesshire especially with the ladies. Macculloch had been trying to stir up a party against it - It is little wonder With all t...James Hogg Blackwood's Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I finish "Accident" by Arnold Bennett, write up my diary, and so to bed.'Thomas Kitching Arnold BennettAccidentPrint: Book
1900-1945'I finish reading "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell - A most remarkable book. I enjoyed it very much, but what a little bitch Scarlet O'Hara is! Vic's invariable ...Thomas Kitching Margaret MitchellGone with the windPrint: Book


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