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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 know that Historians are very subject to give us their own views, instead of Facts. Hume is very partial to Royalty, and at every opportunity is ready to sneer at Reli...Robert Sharp David HumeThe History of England from the InvasionPrint: Book
1900-1945'I know the work of Paul Adam very little and all I have in the house is his "Lettres de Malaisie".Joseph Conrad Paul AdamLettres de MalaisiePrint: Book
1600-1699'I know you will pitty Poore Amestris strangly when you have read her Stoory[.] i'le swear I cryed for her when I read it first though shee were an imaginary person, and ...Dorothy Osborne Madeleine de ScuderyArtamene; ou, Le Grand CyrusPrint: BookManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I lay all day upstairs on the sofa groaning and grumbling and reading ''The Last Days of Pompeii''.'Charles Darwin Edward Bulmer LyttonThe Last Days of PompeiiPrint: Book
1900-1945'I lay down on my bed and tried to improve my mind, reading articles about the political situation in the Pacific Ocean - but it was rather difficult because Janice insis...Ford Madox Ford [n/a][articles on Pacific politics]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I lay down on my bed and tried to improve my mind, reading articles about the political situation in the Pacific Ocean - but it was rather difficult because Janice insis...Janice Biala [unknown][life and letters of Gauguin]Print: Book
1900-1945'I lay in an immense bed, with firelight flickering on the ceiling, and read a book by a theosophist.'Vita Sackville-West unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I lay in my sleeping bag reading Mr.Richard Aldington's cynical book "Death of a Hero". it is an admirable work but I would have preferred Mr. P.G.Wodehouse on this occa...Frank Smythe Richard AldingtonDeath of a HeroPrint: Book
1900-1945'I learnt with interest all about David and read Browning's "Saul" with "an intelligent scripture mistess".'Gwen Raverat Robert BrowningSaulPrint: Book
1900-1945'I learnt with interest all about David and read Browning's "Saul" with "an intelligent scripture mistess".'Gwen Raverat Bible, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I left Baghdad 9 days ago and have been steaming slowly down the Tigris with the I.G.C. on his luxurious ship. I eat, sleep, read novels and talk to the General — ...Gertrude Bell unknown[unspecified novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'I left Ecclefechan on the evening of Tuesday the 19th Decr on the top of the Glasgow Mail. Little occurred worthy of notice, till on my arrival in Moffatt, I discovered...Unknown 'Scottish Gourmand' n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I left off swearing and prodigality and took to reading my Bible and attending divine workship and in doing this I laid hold of some of the promises of the gospel and ap...Joseph Mayett [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'I left them there and walked to Deptford, reading in Wallsinghams "manuall", a very good book.'Samuel Pepys Sir Francis WalsinghamArcana aulica, or, Walsingham's manual of prudenti...Print: Book
1900-1945'I let Colonel Haworth read a bit of it. "By God!" he said, "this is the first book I've read on Persia which gives one the slightest idea what it's like." ' Vita Sackville-WestPassenger to TeheranUnknown
1900-1945'I lie contentedly enough, and amuse myself with a book which Qasim, seeing me in pain, has brought me in his kindness. It is his most treasured possession, a life ...Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon]Life of the Prophet MuhammadPrint: Book
1900-1945'I lie in bed, and watch the fire on the ceiling, and hear the clock strike, and think how delicious it will be when you come to stay here - I read Haydon, and an excelle...Vita Sackville-West Benjamin Robert HaydonAutobiographyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like "The Dark Flower" very much, & wrote to tell Galsworthy so?a thing I have never done before about a book of his, though he is a friend of mine.' Arnold Bennett John GalsworthyThe Dark FlowerPrint: Book
1800-1849'I like - I admire the Italian translation of the Gospels & Psalms, which are what I have hitherto read. If the Prophetical books are not so well rendered, I will abide b...Sarah Harriet Burney [Gospels and Psalms]Print: Book
1900-1945'I like anything good....something like "The Stars Looked Down" or "Gone with the Wind"...."Fame is the Spur" is a lovely book.'Margaret MitchellGone with the windPrint: Book


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