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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 just finished Wells's God the Invisible King. I have to write a criticism of it for the friend who sent it to me ... I began it with the firm convictio...Herbert Edward Read Herbert George WellsGod the Invisible KingPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've just read Lord Esher's book about Lord Kitchener which is a very interesting human document, isn't it. What a very big figure he just failed to be. Yet he did play ...Gertrude Bell Reginald (Viscount) EsherThe Tragedy of Lord KitchenerPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've just read Nelson. It is very good. Some criticism can be made mainly on the point that you presuppose too much knowledge of facts in your readers. Still we shall t...Joseph Conrad Norman Douglasunknown Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I've just read Susan Townley's book — what poor stuff, isn't it. How can people write and publishers publish such feeble tosh. And then the reviews have the audaci...Gertrude Bell Susan TownleyThe 'Indiscretions' of Lady SusanPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've just received "The Great Trade Route" this morning, and there's a gentleman on the cover who tells me that it is "bland, ironic humurous [sic] discursive, always am...Esther Julia Ford Ford Madox FordGreat Trade Route, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I've lately read nothing but Marcel Proust.'Joseph Conrad Marcel ProustSwann's Way (Du coté de chez SwannPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've lazed-- though I must say I did look through all the stories. It was the first look and I have done no actual underlining.'Joseph Conrad Guy de Maupassant[Stories] Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I've nearly finished "World's End" by Sinclair Lewis. It's a grand book. I started it because I enjoyed 'Between Two Worlds' so much. I enjoy a good novel.' Sinclair LewisWorld's EndPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've not read it (and I dont suppose you'd care a damn to know what I thought, if I thought about it considered as a work of art - or would you?) - but I dipped in and r...Virginia Woolf Vita Sackville-WestCountry NotesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've read " Petersburg Tales". Phew! That is something! [...] That work is genuine, undeniable, constructed and inhabited. It hath [sic] foundation and life.'Joseph Conrad Olive GarnettThe Petersburg TalesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've read "Cruz Alta" four days ago. c'est tout simplement magnifique. I know most of the sketches, in fact nearly all, except "Cruz Alta" itself.'Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame GrahamCruz Alta Print: Book
1900-1945'I've read "The Silence" once but shall keep it till tomorrow. Certain remarks I keep for a note which I will send you together with the MS. Here I will only say that I ...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe SilenceManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I've read a book of H. G. Wells, he's good, I saw that film about "Things to Come", it's good, never read about science, they do some silly things, they're always talkin...H G Wells[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'I've read Hueffer's portrait of Mr John Galsworthy several times. It is interesting mostly as a portrait of Mr Hueffer himself. I have my own strong conception of J.G. I...Joseph Conrad Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)[article on Galsworthy]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I've read Jack's article in the "Speaker". Hum! Hum! He had better be careful.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyWanted - Schooling in FictionPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I've read one book since the war "A Yank At Oxford". I liked that.....'John Monk SaundersA Yank at OxfordPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've read so many descriptions in newspapers of the ruin and desolation caused in this war. Famous literary men have tried their powers of description and All (with th...Robert Lindsay Mackay Gilbert Frankau[unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'I've read the "Seven Seas" and Jessie has used the scent (after heroic struggles with Kipling's diction and the glass stopper)and we are full of gratitude. Both things...Joseph Conrad Rudyard KiplingThe Seven SeasPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've read your book ["His People"] with the usual delight and more than the usual admiration.[...] Three times I've gone through your pages so vigorous, so personal and ...Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame GrahamHis PeoplePrint: Book
1800-1849'I, moreover, found my Sunday pursuits and amusements to be powerfully instrumental in cheering and elevating my "inner man"... That I might make the day as long as possi...Thomas Carter [unknown][unknown]Print: Book


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