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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'read Florence Macarthy'Mary Shelley Lady MorganFlorence Macarthy: an Irish TalePrint: Book
1800-1849'I read Lady Morgan's Florence Macarthy. There is originality and genius in all she writes'.Charlotte Bury Sydney, Lady MorganFlorence Macarthy: An Irish TalePrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, George Smith, 20 November 1851:

'I have glanced through the pages of another novel of yours — "Florence Sackville." ...		Charlotte Brontë Edwina Jane BurburyFlorence Sackville; or, Self-DependencePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 31st March 1942. S. A. Reynolds in the chair. 1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...] 4. The...Howard Smith Henry Marriage WallisFlorence through Aged EyesUnknown
1500-1599'The date "1580" is inscribed by [Gabriel] Harvey on sig.Ss3v of the Florio volume ["First Fruites" (1578)] at the "Finis" of the major portion of the text.'Gabriel Harvey John FlorioFlorio his first fruites: a perfect induction to t...Print: Book
1850-1899'Some days we [Tennyson children] went flower-hunting, and on our return home, if the flower was unknown, he [Alfred Tennyson] would say, "Bring me my Baxter's Flowering ...Alfred Tennyson BaxterFlowering PlantsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been too much bothered & depressed by the S.L. ['South Lodge', Ford's code for Violet Hunt] book to write [...] In the meantime Rebecca [West] naturally has saile...Ford Madox Ford Violet HuntFlurried Years, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been too much bothered & depressed by the S.L. ['South Lodge', Fiord's code for Violet Hunt] book to write [...] In the meantime Rebecca [West] naturally has sail...Rebecca West Violet HuntFlurried Years, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I took the Boni brothers out to lunch at a speak-easy & Albert said (A.) he had read SL's memoirs completely through & could find nothing in it but a most touching tribu...Albert Boni Violet HuntFlurried Years, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Mr Robson then gave us some short notes on Sir A.T. Quiller Couch and read us his short story "Once aboard the lugger". H.M. Wallis gave us an appreciation of 'Q's' work...Charles Stansfield Arthur Quiller-CouchFoe-FarrellPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have thanked you (mentally) very much for Folious Appearances, the humour, strength - and even affectation of which I like exceedingly. What is the name of the man, ag...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell John TuplingFolious appearances. a consideration on our ways o...Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham:    23.5.33
    Howard R. Smith in the chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved
...		Victor Alexander James George FrazerFolklore of the Old TestamentUnknown
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 13 December 1912: 'I have read Following Darkness again, and am happier than I can tell you to be connected with it [as dedicatee]. Init...Edward Morgan Forster Forrest ReidFollowing DarknessPrint: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 2 February 1913: 'I sent F[ollowing].D[arkness]. to a woman of another kind [i.e. than Alice Meynell, possibly reviewer of book in the T...anon Forrest ReidFollowing DarknessPrint: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Charles Causley Florence L. BarclayFollowing of the Star, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Mrs Causley Florence L. BarclayFollowing of the Star, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 1 April 1902: 'I have read nothing [over Easter vacation] except a book by the new -- comparatively -- Russian, Gorki. It is called F...Leonard Woolf Maxim GorkyFoma GordyeeffPrint: Book
1900-1945'Books read from Feby 16th/18

King Richard II    Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream    do.
Henry the Eighth    do.
As You Lik...		Edward Henry Jones Herbert George WellsFood of the GodsPrint: Book
1850-1899'You never no, never - sent a more acceptable present than Cousin Stella & The Fool of Quality, - and that irrespective of their several merits. But books are book...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Henry BrookeFool of Quality, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'...I spoke to three of my workmates...All they read was "The Racing Specialist" and the "Football Edition"...'iron moulders [n/a]Football EditionPrint: Serial / periodical


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