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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'I went to "the Mechanics" & when I returned I amused myself with reciting & reading aloud'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'I went to a party given by Mr Baldwin [Prime Minister] to the junior Ministers at No. 10. We all sat round the Cabinet Table and old S.B. read out the King's Speech.'Harold Nicolson King's SpeechUnknown
1900-1945'I went to a play that would have appealed to you — "Disraeli", which you will remember to have seen reviewed in Punch's "At the play". If the real man was at all like ...Clive Staples Lewis [Anon] [Anon]'At the Play: "Disraeli"'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I went to church: heard a very fine sermon. The text was taken from the Psalms. Missed the verse, and could not find it, but the meaning was that evil company corrupts g...Charlotte Bury PsalmsPrint: Book
1700-1799'I went to Mr Gales to order two book which I saw at Birmingham [...] I brought the "Life of Lackington" from the Library who begun trade with #5 & now sells 100,000 volu...Joseph Hunter James LackingtonMemoirs of the First Forty Five Years of the LifePrint: Book
1800-1849'I went to Norwich & past two Days with Mrs Opie who has written some pleasant books, particularly the [italics] Father & Daughter [end italics].'George Crabbe Amelia Alderson OpieFather and Daughter, The: a Tale in Prose, with an...Print: Book
1850-1899'I went to one of my clubs to have some tea, and look - but with little hope - for a novel really attractive to me after having finished "Mrs Arthur", and then - a happy ...A.W. Kinglake Margaret OliphantMrs ArthurPrint: Book
1850-1899'I went to one of my clubs to have some tea, and look - but with little hope - for a novel really attractive to me after having finished "Mrs Arthur", and then - a happy ...A.W. Kinglake Margaret OliphantCaritaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I went to see E. Golder, and friend Bullen came in ... we read a little in the Testament and the journal of Job Scott'Elizabeth Gurney [n/a][New] TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799'I went to see E. Golder, and friend Bullen came in ... we read a little in the Testament and the journal of Job Scott'Elizabeth Gurney Job ScottJournal of the life, travels and Gospel labours of...Print: Book
1700-1799'I went to see Mrs Norman and read in Barclay's Apology'Elizabeth Gurney Robert BarclayApology for the True Christian DivinityPrint: Book
1700-1799'I went to see my Grandmother, she lent me 2 romances "Richard Couer de Lion" by Mr White author of "Earl Strongbow" & "John Of Gaunt". It begins with his escape out of p...Joseph Hunter James WhiteThe Adventures of King Richard Couer de LionPrint: Book
1600-1699'I went to supper, then I reed, and lastly went to bed'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'I went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the English papers. There were a good many members assembled to do the same thing, it is of course quite the thing that there sho...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I went to the Athenaeum after five o'clock & got home by tea time spent the evening reading.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'I went to the Club in the evening & read the papers for some time, then took a stroll & returned home'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I went to the Club where I looked through some of the ... Papers & then came away home. Stayed at home in the evening reading & trying to amuse the children.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I went to the Club where I looked through some of the ... Papers & then came away home. Stayed at home in the evening reading & trying to amuse the children.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'I went to the Divisional canteen which is close by, and made arrangements with them about supplying tea and sugar for my recreation room. Thence home. Details of the bat...Rowan Ernest Grice-Hutchinson TimesPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'I went to the Library; read Bramhall against Hobbes'John Byrom John BramhallCastigation of Mr Hobbes [with the appendix]The CaPrint: Book


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