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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 owe you my best thanks for the gift of Mrs Cornford’s book of poems which I am delighted to have. I have been away in Wiltshire or would have thanked you sooner....William Henry Hudson Frances Crofts CornfordPoemsPrint: Book
1700-1799'I own myself very indiscreet in permitting any Man to be at an unseasonable Hour in my Bed-Chamber; but Lovers of Learning will, I am sure, pardon me, as I solemnly decl...Laetitia Pilkington [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'I paid a very interesting visit to two female convict ships with my dear sister E. Fry and cousin Sarah last 6th day, and met William Wilberforce and Sophie Vansittart a...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'I perceive you couldn?t keep your new house out of the "Fortnightly"! This third article is the best yet. I have never seen so good an illustration of the scientific u...Arnold Bennett H. G. WellsAnticipationsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I perceive you mention "Looking Backwards". I write to save your life. Don't DON'T DON'T read that most ... [ellipsis in original] of shockers. I bough...Ernest Dowson Edward BellamyLooking Backward: 2000-1887Print: Book
1800-1849'I performed one Herculean task, having nearly finished Clarissa Harlowe, the most glorious novel ever written, & I advise you begin it as soon as you can.'Charles Darwin Samuel RichardsonClarissa Harlowe; or, The History of a Young LadyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I perused your theorems with some attention. They are well worthy of a place in the Courier - though not for the purpose you mention. Mr Johnston, if I mistake not, is ...Thomas Carlyle Robert Mitchell'theorems'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I played the harpsichord most part of the evening. Then we began to read a play of Mr de Salis (made by him) entitled "L'Ecole aux Maris Malhonnetes". It is very badly w...Elizabeth Wynne and others[Mr] de SalisL'Ecole aux Maris MalhonnetesPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'I plucked a couple of fowls Jack helped 1 for Miss Thomas Cambrian house another for brother John. I also read a little before retiring.'Anne Jenkins unknownUnknown
1600-1699'I praied and dined, and then I talked with my Mother and reed to hir'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'I prefer the Daily Telegraph because I feel that the news is more genuine than the other daily newspapers print. I like my news presented to me without emotional 'colour... Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I prefer to go as soon as I can to the fountainhead, and to read, say, "Mein Kampf," to reading about Hitler. Such books I buy and read through without skipping or skimm...Adolf HitlerMein KampfPrint: Book
1850-1899'I prefer to say nothing critical about John Buchan's story'. Hence follow more than twenty lines of quite strong and pointed, almost entirely negative, criticism.Joseph Conrad John BuchanThe Far IslandsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I prefer Villette to Shirley, on the whole.'Leslie Stephen Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899'I prefer Villette to Shirley, on the whole.'Leslie Stephen Charlotte BronteShirleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I prepare supper and we eat it. Listen to news. I continue to read.' [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'I presented my manuscript [of her novel, "The Miser Married"] to Mr. Orme. In two days it was accepted, and I agreed to take half the profits. "Now", said Mr Orme, "I ...Catherine Hutton Review of The Miser MarriedManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'I presented my manuscript [of her novel, "The Miser Married"] to Mr. Orme. In two days it was accepted, and I agreed to take half the profits. "Now", said Mr Orme, "I ...Catherine Hutton Review of The Miser MarriedManuscript: Sheet
1600-1699'I presented our report about Carcasse to the Duke of York, and did afterwards read it, with that success that the Duke of York was for punishing him, not only with turni...Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys[report on the case of Mr Carcasse]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I pretty well, and at Plato by 1/2 past six ... Plato, 117, of vain words &c., with the central laws read today, lovely for new Sheffield colony'John Ruskin PlatoLawsPrint: Book


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