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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
 
1850-1899'After Muster read "Gil Blas" for a while, then played "Bezique" with Polly.'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read "Gil Blas"'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening I was very lazily inclined & sat over "Gil Blas" for some time'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mustered in the afternoon & read "Gil Blas" till tea was ready. After tea went to "the Yorick", read for a while & chatted a little, then came away home'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read a little more of "Amelia", which is about the worst planned story I ever read - no plan at all in fact; "Gil Blas" has always some tangled connection and momentary ...John Ruskin Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Gil Blas'Mary Shelley Alain-Rene LesageHistoire de Gil Blas de SantillanePrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish Gil Blas - read Livy'Mary Shelley Alain-Rene LesageHistoire de Gil Blas de SantillanePrint: Book
1700-1799'Printed diary[.] The ladies new and polite pocket memorandum-book, for ... 1765, completed in manuscript and containing details of expenditure on clothes and social enga...Alain-Rene LeSageGil Blas de Santillane
1850-1899'Since the age of five I have been a great reader [...]. At ten years of age I had read much of Victor Hugo and other romantics. I had read in Polish and in French, histo...Joseph Conrad Alain-Réné Lesage (Le Sage) The Adventures of Gil Blas of SantilanePrint: Book
1900-1945'Yes. I've seen "Contact's" [Alan Bott's] work. It is very good . But he's not the only one.' Joseph Conrad Alan Bott [pseud. "Contact"]An Airman's OutingsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Susan Sibbald knew Scottish shepherd Wully Carruthers who was a fellow-subscriber to the circulating library at Melrose, but while she borrowed Ann Radcliffe, he read "A...Wully Carruthers Alan RamsayThe Gentle ShepherdPrint: Book
1900-1945'St Patrick's Day. Read An Algonquin Bride by Alan Wetherall.'Thomas Buchanan Reginald Westgate Alan WetherallAn Algonquin BridePrint: Unknown
1900-1945'Four one act plays were then read: "Windows by J. Galsworthy, "the Dear Departed" by Stanley Houghton, "The Boy Comes Home" by A. A. Milne, "Fame & the Poet" by Lord ...Members of XII Book ClubAlan Alexander MilneThe Boy Comes HomePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...		Albert Ruskin Cook Alan Harapath ToddPractical Handbook of Surgical After-TreatmentPrint: Book
1800-1849'On 6 Feb. 1827 W[ordsworth] told Sotheby: "I was gratified the other day by meeting in Mr Alaric Watt's Souvenir with a very old acquaintance, a Sonnet of yours, whch ...William Wordsworth Alaric WattsSouvenirPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Sketch from Real Life / Alaric A. Watts' [transcript of poem]Mary Groom Alaric A. WattsSketch From Real LifeUnknown
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Alaric Alexander WattsPoetical SketchesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Remember the Past!' '"Remember the Past" Oh since Fate has bereft me/...'Carey/Maingay groupAlaric Alexander WattsRemember the PastPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'Farewell to...' 'Fare thee well! Tis meet we part, /...' 'July 6th 1835/Julia'Julia Alaric Alexander WattsA Woman's Farewell. Adapted to an Air by MozartPrint: UnknownUnknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		Detailed notes at the front and considerable marginalia in both English and French throughout.Vernon Lee Albert BazaillasMusique et inconsciencePrint: Book


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