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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

'A Meeting held at 9 Denmark Rd 13/11/1928 F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved


[...]

8[.] Essays w...

Alfred Rawlings Alfred RawlingsBeautyManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Reckitt House 27/2/30

R. H. Robson in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting approved
5. The subject of “Medieval Social Life” wh...		Alfred Rawlings Alfred RawlingsMedieval Artists and their MethodsManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Reckitt House 27/2/30

R. H. Robson in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting approved
5. The subject of “Medieval Social Life” wh...		Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[Some readings anent the development of painting a...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945

Meeting held at Ashton Lodge, Kendrick Rd., 13.x.32.

Henry M. Wallis in the chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved.


[...]

...		Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[on Walter Scott as a poet]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945

Meeting held at Fairlight, Denmark Rd.: 21.iii.33

Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read & approved.


5. Eight anonymo...

Mignon Castle Alfred Rawlings[a thoughtful essay]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'the minutes of the previous meeting were read & agreed to'Alfred Rawlings Alfred Reynolds[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
'Communication between these poets and myself was instantaneous. I saw with delighted amazement that all poetry had been written specially for me. Although I spoke - in m...Dorothy Burnham Alfred TennysonMore d'ArthurPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Our parents had accumulated a large number of books, which we were allowed to browse in as much as we liked.'Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes Alfred Tennyson Print: Unknown
1850-1899'My eldest brother was one day making disparaging remarks about Tennyson. My mother, all agitated in defence of her idol, fetched his poems from the shelf, and with a "Li...Mary Thomas Alfred TennysonLocksley HallPrint: Book
1900-1945Bartlett dug out one of James Russell Lowell's poems, 'The Vision of Sir Launfal', though why he chose that dim poem I do not know: we went on to Tennyson, never learning...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Alfred Tennyson Print: Book
1850-1899' ... [Elizabeth and Alice Thompson] used to go for picnics at Porto Fino, loaded with books of verse, and Mrs Thompson and Mr [Alfred] Strettell would read aloud to them...Christiana Thompson Alfred TennysonunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899' ... [Elizabeth and Alice Thompson] used to go for picnics at Porto Fino, loaded with books of verse, and Mrs Thompson and Mr [Alfred] Strettell would read aloud to them...Alfred Baker Strettell Alfred TennysonunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Newman Flower, born in 1879, was running from the classroom at Weymouth College to his housemaster's in a snowstorm when someone ... shouted: '"Tennyson's dead!" And in...school class at Weymouth CollegeAlfred TennysonIn MemoriamPrint: Book
1850-1899'In 1880 Tennyson attempted to interest Henry Irving in his play "The Cup" ... [he] "read in a monotone, rumbling on a low note" until, for the female parts, "he changed ...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe CupUnknown
1850-1899'In 1876 Aubrey de Vere aranged for Alice Thompson ... and her sister Elizabeth a visit to [Tennyson at] Aldworth ... Alice was ready with her selection when the offer to...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe Passing of ArthurUnknown
1850-1899' ... [over] a weekend at Aldworth ... [Margot Tennant] told Tennyson how very handsome he was, and, after his after-dinner nap, asked him to read "Maud" ... read it he d...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaudUnknown
1850-1899'Mary Gladstone ... had experiences of Tennyson reading "Maud" in 1878, in 1879, and again in 1882.'Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaudUnknown
1850-1899'Mary Gladstone ... had experiences of Tennyson reading "Maud" in 1878, in 1879, and again in 1882.'Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaudUnknown
1850-1899'Mary Gladstone ... had experiences of Tennyson reading "Maud" in 1878, in 1879, and again in 1882.'Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaudUnknown
1850-1899' ... in November 1876, when a guest of Gladstone at Hawarden, Tennyson read the whole of his new play, "Harold" (1877) ... The marathon session began at 11.30 and contin...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonHaroldUnknown


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