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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'Taxi driver Herbert Hodge...knew that years on the dole only produced apathy, and that out-of-work men wanted practical help in dealing with the Board of Guardians far m...Herbert Hodge New TestamentPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte, "The History of the Year," 12 March 1829: 'we take 2 and see three Newspapers as such we take the "Leeds Inteligencer" [par?]ty Tory and the "Leeds Mer...Bronte Family The Leeds IntelligencerPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte, "The History of the Year," 12 March 1829: 'we take 2 and see three Newspapers as such we take the "Leeds Inteligencer" [par?]ty Tory and the "Leeds Mer...Bronte Family The Leeds MercuryPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte, "The History of the Year," 12 March 1829: 'we take 2 and see three Newspapers as such we take the "Leeds Inteligencer" [par?]ty Tory and the "Leeds Mer...Bronte Family The John BullPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'[Harry] McShane began his education in Marxism by reading Justice and The Socialist, the respective organs of the Social Democratic Federation and the Socialist Labour P...Harry McShane JusticePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[Harry] McShane began his education in Marxism by reading Justice and The Socialist, the respective organs of the Social Democratic Federation and the Socialist Labour P...Harry McShane The SocialistPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Ellen Nussey's reminiscences of Patrick Bronte's sister-in-law Elizabeth Branwell (in 1871 account of her 1833 visit to Haworth Parsonage): 'In summer she spent part of t...Elizabeth Branwell  Unknown
1900-1945[George Scott disliked the Communism of fellow journalist, Stan] 'He had read Das Kapital (or parts of it) and could talk slickly about dialectical materialism. His own d...Stan (acquaintance of George Scott) Straight and Crooked ThinkingPrint: Book
1900-1945'Ewan McColl remembered his father, a Communist ironfounder, as someone who was always giving him secondhand books. He "belonged to the generation who believed that books...Ewan McColl The Mistaken Subtlety of the Four-Sided FigurePrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to Hartley Coleridge, 10 December 1840: 'I am sorry Sir I did not exist forty or fifty years ago when the "Lady's magazine" was flourishing like a green ...Charlotte Bronte The Lady's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Emily Bronte, diary paper for 30 July 1841 'It is Friday evening -- near 9 o'clock ... Aunt upstairs in her room -- she has been reading "Blackwood's Magazine" to papa .....Elizabeth Branwell Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte, Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell, 1850: 'Currer Bell [ie Charlotte Bronte]'s book [The Professor] found acceptance nowhere ... he tried one ...Charlotte Bronte Letter from Smith, Elder & Co., publishersManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: '"The North American Review" [containing reviews of the Bronte sisters' works in which the authors are presu...Charlotte Bronte The North American ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 16 August 1849: '"The North British Review" duly reached me. I read attentively all it says about E. Wyndham, J. Eyre, and F....Charlotte Bronte The North British ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 1 November 1849: 'I have just received the "Daily News." [containing review of "Shirley"] ... when I read it my heart sickened...Charlotte Bronte The Daily NewsPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Gaskell, "Life of Charlotte Bronte" (1857): '[Charlotte Bronte's] hosts [in London] took pleasure in showing her the sights of London. On one of the days which...Charlotte Bronte The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Maria Branwell to Patrick Bronte, 18 November 1812: 'On Saturday ev[enin]g about the time when you were writing your description of an imaginary shipwreck, I was reading ...Maria Branwell Letter from sisterManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 23 October 1850: ' .. my late occupation left a result for some days and indeed still, very painful. The reading over of papers, the ren...Charlotte Bronte Bronte family papersManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Q: Did your father read? A: No. He was a poor reader. He would rather my mother read to him, I think, read him the book and tell him the plot. He would have the paper, ... [unknown books]Print: Book
1900-1945Q: Did you have a regular newspaper in the family? A: We had the News of the World and People every Sunday. Q: Who read it? A: It was m'dad, he would read it from b... The PeoplePrint: Newspaper


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