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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'The mess was ... the only place where, that bitter winter, one could read in comfort ... One Sunday afternoon I took down with me a book I had just bought—Butler's...Herbert Edward Read Samuel ButlerErewhon RevisitedPrint: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Alice Clara Forster, 9 April 1905: 'Elizabeth [employer] has lent me Erewhon which I am enjoying.'Edward Morgan Forster Samuel ButlerErewhon; or, Over the RangePrint: Book
1850-1899'Eric, - oh my dear Harrie I have always been meaning to read it,& never have. You see I was out of the house at Heidelberg when Marianne & Julia read it'.Marianne and Julia GaskellFrederick William FarrerEricPrint: Book
1850-1899'Thomas Hardy, to whom [Rider] Haggard sent his Norse adventure "Eric Brighteyes" (1891), was roused by "a wild illustration" to start reading a chapter nearer the end th...Thomas Hardy Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Roley back for lunch, first swimming lesson this term. Read him Eric Brighteyes after lunch, then he went up to swimming.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Went through the books, sat on deckchairs and worked at Evie's undie set. Indications of baby coming after lunch. Nurse went for a walk. I sat on lawn & worked. Te...Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Kept Babs at home as I was afraid he'd be too tired in the morning for the early start. He watched Baby have her bath, then had his hair cut & bought cakes while N...Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very hot day. Tub played tennis with the Malonys in the afternoon. I read Eric Brighteyes to Babs. Mrs Salter came to see me about 7 oclock.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very hot again, but more breeze. Washed my hair after my bath and dried it in the garden. Roley home for lunch. Finished "Eric Brighteyes" to him in the garden aft...Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'On Wednesdays the bells of St. Michael's Church on the neighbouring hill pealed for a service or, as some said, "choir practice". They filled me with dread, a reminder o...Wilfred Ruprecht Bion Frederick W. FarrarEric, or, Little by LittlePrint: Book
1900-1945'Religion was a sore trial ... Dean Farrar contributed to my suspicion of God, and my suspicion of God — "I haven't done anything; really I haven't" — gave ghastly realit...Wilfred Ruprecht Bion Frederick W. FarrarEric, or, Little by LittlePrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'It made me think of a poem that our german professor used to read us in class. Ja, das war zum letzenmal/ Das, wir beide, arm in arme/ unter einem Schirm gebogen. --/ A...Katherine Mansfield Edward MorikeErinerung - an C.N.Unknown
1800-1849Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, letter postmarked 15 August 1845: 'I have read those novels [i.e. Alice, and Ernest Maltravers, mentioned by Barrett in letter po...Robert Browning Edward George Bulwer-LyttonErnest MaltraversPrint: Book
1900-1945'Still here [in camp] doing nothing and enjoying books. One book Ernest Maltravers by Lytton has impressed me very much.'John Owen Maddox Edward Bulwer-LyttonErnest MaltraversPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Ernst PlatnerErnst Platners Philosophische Aphorismen nebst einPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Lorenz OkenErste Ideen zur Theorie des Lichts, der FinsternisPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyEscapePrint: Book
1900-1945'I read various types of novels. Some books give long involved descriptions. I don't mind a little of that, but in addition the story has to have a certain amount of fact...Bessie MyersEscapePrint: Book
1900-1945'Gallsworthy's [sic] play "The Escape" was then read in parts by the Club except that the Prologue was omitted. The reading was greatly enjoyed by all & it was felt that ...Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyEscape, an Episodic Play in a Prologue and Two Par...Print: Book
1900-1945'Friday 27th August I bought ?Esmond? and ?Westward Ho!? today and started to read the former. Why is Thackeray suffering from a decline? He is the best of them, ea...Gerald Moore William Makepeace ThackerayEsmondPrint: Book


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