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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'I like the story very very much - in fact, I began reading it after you left...went out for a walk, thinking of it all the time, and came back and finished it, being ful...Virginia Woolf Vita Sackville-WestSeducers in EcuadorManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I like this book very much. ["Mr. Britling Sees It Through"] It is extremely original & sympathetic, & the scenes that ought to be the best are the best. In fact it is ...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsMr Britling Sees It ThroughPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like this Digs far better than the Queen’s Hotel life. It is the first time I ever shared rooms, in the Keats-Brown manner. I confess [2/Lt A. R.] Rickard is not k...Wilfred Owen Herbert George WellsThe Passionate FriendsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like thrillers and mysteries and oriental tales. Anything mystery which has nothing whatever to do with the war. I can read all I want about war in the newspapers. I ...P.G. WodehouseunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like Travel books - something uplifting - teaches you something. Of course, I like dirty books too....Have you read John Blunt - you ought to - "Mein Kampf". Oh, I lik... unknown[Travel books]Print: Book
1900-1945'I like Travel books - something uplifting - teaches you something. Of course, I like dirty books too....Have you read John Blunt - you ought to - "Mein Kampf". Oh, I lik...John BluntunkownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like Travel books - something uplifting - teaches you something. Of course, I like dirty books too....Have you read John Blunt - you ought to - "Mein Kampf". Oh, I lik...Adolf HitlerMein KampfPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like Travel books - something uplifting - teaches you something. Of course, I like dirty books too....Have you read John Blunt - you ought to - "Mein Kampf". Oh, I lik...Daphne Du MaurierRebeccaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like Travel books - something uplifting - teaches you something. Of course, I like dirty books too....Have you read John Blunt - you ought to - 'Mein Kampf'. Oh, I lik...Margaret MitchellGone with the WindPrint: Book
1850-1899'I like your "Byron" well ...'Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest HenleyAthenaeum, 'The Poetry of Byron'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I like your Capt. Franklin mainly - and his manly & respectful commendation of my poor dear James, is charming. - I am (though a little ashamed to own it) not fond, in g...Sarah Harriet Burney John FranklinNarrative of a Second expedition to the Shores of ...Print: Book
1800-1849'I like your expression of 'an unwritten tragedy'. It quite answers to the sadness which fills my heart as I look on some of those deserrted old halls. Do they not remind...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Deserted House, The'Print: Book
1800-1849'I like your verses very much, they are marked by elegance, simplicity & feeling - they bear the stamp of reality being unaffected, & easy - Thank you for them very much'...Mary Shelley Abraham HaywardVerses of Other DaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'I liked "Engineer" very very much indeed! The idea, the execution, the style.[...] Shall I return the MS to you?'Joseph Conrad Bruno WinawerR.H., InzynierManuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'I liked "Veuillot" horrid; it was jolly and sympathetic and I think true.'Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest Henley'A French Journalist'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I liked Milman's books better than your scanty recommendation led me to expect- The gentleman is certainly a poet - he excells in description - the outlines of his pictu...Jane Baillie Welsh Henry Hart MilmanSamor, the Lord of the Bright CityPrint: Book
1900-1945'I liked Rebecca and 'Gone with the Wind".'Daphne Du MaurierRebeccaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I liked Rebecca and 'Gone with the Wind".'Margaret MitchellGone with the WindPrint: Book
1800-1849'I liked the Athenaeum on Chartism much. Thank you for sending it. One has great pleasure in reading the Athenaeum - the spirit is so good'.Harriet Martineau unknownAthenaeum [review of Carlyle's Chartism]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I liked your ... "Berlioz" better.'Robert Louis Stevenson William Ernest HenleyCornhill Magazine 'Hector Berlioz: a Biography'Print: Serial / periodical


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