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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'"A little book we had in the house" led him, "Almost as early as I can remember", to develop an interest in astronomy; and Lempriere's "Classical Dictionary" "Fell into ...Alfred Edward Housman John LempriereBibliotheca Classica Print: Book
1900-1945'"Abdication" arrived four of five days ago. How short the book is and how much you have managed to put into it. As you may imagine I read it at once.' Joseph Conrad Edmund CandlerAbdicationPrint: Book
1850-1899'"Alice in Wonderland" we all knew practically by heart.'Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes Lewis CarrollAlice in WonderlandPrint: Book
1800-1849'"Alphonsine" did not do. We were disgusted in twenty pages, as, independent of a bad translation, it has indelicacies which disgrace a pen hitherto so pure; and we chang...Austen familyCharlotte LennoxThe Female Quixote, or, the Adventures of ArabellaPrint: Book
1800-1849'"Alphonsine" did not do. We were disgusted in twenty pages, as, independent of a bad translation, it has indelicacies which disgrace a pen hitherto so pure; and we chang...Austen familyMadame de GenlisAlphonsine, or Maternal AffectionPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'"An Ex Mill Girl," [Ethel Carnie] who wrote the novel, "Helen of Four Gates," telling an English interviewer of the twenty years she spent in a cotton factory in the Nor...Ethel Carnie Holdsworth unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'"At that time [ca 1809]", continued Lady [-], "all the world was engaged in reading Ida of Athens. I think it was likely to please a [italics] vivid imagination [end ita...Lady [-] Sydney OwensonWoman, or Ida of AthensPrint: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is what I love most." Talking of the eminent writer...Samuel Johnson Pierre BayleHistorical and Critical DictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is what I love most." Talking of the eminent writer...Samuel Johnson John Arbuthnot[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is what I love most." Talking of the eminent writer...Samuel Johnson Joseph Addison[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...		Desmond Malone Darcy LeverThe Young Sea Officer's Sheet AnchorPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...		Desmond Malone Frederick MarryatMidshipman EasyPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...		Desmond Malone Frederick MarryatPeter SimplePrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...		Desmond Malone Rolf Boldrewood (pseud.)Robbery Under ArmsPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...		Desmond Malone Henry Morton StanleyunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'"Blessings on his head said Sancho Panza who first invented sleep", But what shall we say of the character of the French which I lately saw in "Moor's France"...'Robert Sharp John MooreA View of Society and Manners in France, SwitzerlaPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'"Blind Henry's Life of Wallace was the first book that stirred my mind, and set me on a career of reading and thinking that will only terminate with my life, or the comp... HenryLife of WallacePrint: Book
1850-1899'"Bowman" I see by this Evening's paper is to be Deputy Judge while Judge Hackett is doing the work of Judges Cope & Nolan.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Evening HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'"Call it not vain: - they do not err ... To murmur dirges round his grave". Scott.'Devereux Bowly Walter ScottThe Lay of the Last MinstrelUnknown
1800-1849'"Chartism" gave me more pleasure and less pain than I expected: but the more I think it over the worse it looks. There is a fine sympathy with the many at the bottom; bu...Harriet Martineau Thomas CarlyleChartismPrint: Book


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