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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’ve read nothing but poetry since I saw you, except one novel, a curious rough sort of book called "Fortuna Chance" by James Prior, the scene laid in Sherwood Fo...William Henry Hudson James PriorFortuna ChancePrint: Book
1850-1899'... read Fortune by Sea and Land written by Tho, Heywood W. Rowley It is so sweet'Robert Louis Stevenson Thomas Heywood and William RowleyFortune by Land and SeaPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read during 1944]: 'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ...Hilary Spalding Rafael SabatiniFortune's FoolPrint: Book
1850-1899'Just a little note of this night. I had been working very hard and came to my room very late and tired, but took up a book, the "Fortunes of Nigel" and read on and on t...Margaret Oliphant Walter ScottFortunes of NigelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Pleasant tea and "Nigel", but I much depressed all the afternoon.'John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottFortunes of NigelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Playing chess, and marbles, with myself, and reading "Nigel" to Lollie.'John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottFortunes of NigelUnknown
1800-1849'I have read the first volume of The Fortunes of Nigel, which I like much better than the Pirate. I never could feel perfectly reconciled to having a Freebooter for a Her...Sarah Harriet Burney Walter ScottFortunes of Nigel, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849[He wishes to express] 'the high gratification I have received from the perusal of "Foscari". I must frankly tell you that the play has very much surprised me. I gave yo...P. Bayley Mary Russell MitfordFoscariManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I was much better pleased with it ["Foscari"] than I expected, though I can truly add that my expectations were somewhat highly raised. The interest begins at once, and...Eleanor Anne Porden Mary Russell MitfordFoscariManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Read first number of Owen's "mammalia" in the evening.'John Ruskin Richard OwenFossil MammaliaPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I ought to have written before, dear Hunt, to thank you for the Foster Brother, which pleased me very much. The sincerity and earnestness of the author gives anim...Mary Shelley Thornton HuntFoster Brother, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899?I have read two books lately wh. interested me. One for wh. you will not care is a history of English law down to the time of Edward I by F. W. Maitland?. The other book...Leslie Stephen A. J. BalfourFoundations of BeliefPrint: Book
1900-1945'This ["Fountains in the Sand"] is first rate. I have seldom read prose d'une si belle tonalité.' Hence follow 23 lines of praise and constructive commentary. Joseph Conrad Norman DouglasFountains in the Sand: Rambles among the Oases of ...Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I had rather you would not read Dr Price's sermons, as they would lead you into controversial disputes, and your limited range of books would not afford you a clue - the...Mary Wollstonecraft Richard PriceFour DissertationsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish Humes dissertation on the passions'Mary Shelley David HumeFour DissertationsPrint: 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 Margery SharpFour GardensPrint: Book
1900-1945'The programme on Ibsen's work was opened by a reading on Peer Gynt by Helen Rawlings from P.H. Wicksteed's book on Ibsen. Kathleen Rawlings sang a song from Peer Gynt co...Helen Rawlings Philip H. WicksteedFour Lectures on Henrik IbsenPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham, Northcourt Avenue. 13th Sept. 1940
    Howard R. Smith in the Chair.
[...]
7. F. E. Pollard commenced t...		Violet Clough Ann BridgeFour-part setting: a NovelPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham, Northcourt Avenue. 13th Sept. 1940
Howard R. Smith in the Chair.
[...]
7. F. E. Pollard commenced the main business of the...		Violet Clough Ann BridgeFour-part setting: a NovelPrint: Book
1700-1799'At some point after 1828, W[ordsworth] told Alexander Dyce that he read Bowles's Fourteen Sonnets on publication: "When Bowles's Sonnets first appeared, - a thin 4to pam...William Wordsworth William Lisle BowlesFourteen SonnetsPrint: Book


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