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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'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go...Catherine McMullen Philip Stanhope, 4th Lord ChesterfieldLetters of Lord Chesterfield to his SonPrint: Book
1900-1945'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go...Catherine McMullen T.P. and Cassell's WeeklyPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go...Catherine McMullen Elinor GlynThe Career of Catherine BushPrint: Book
1900-1945'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go...Catherine McMullen Geoffrey Chaucer Print: Book
1900-1945'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go...Catherine McMullen John Donne Print: Book
1900-1945'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go...Catherine McMullen Desiderius Erasmus Rotterdamus Print: Book
1900-1945'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go...Catherine McMullen Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1900-1945'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go...Catherine McMullen James JoyceFinnegan's WakePrint: Book
1900-1945'In 1937 she was having "a heavenly time" reading Montherlant, and writing a piece on him for the "New Statesman".'Elizabeth Bowen Henry Millon de Montherlant[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'In 1943, soon after Britain adopted "obliteration" as a policy, an article in the "Times" reported that "the German home front morale had grown stronger"; bombing "unite...Vera Brittain The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'In 1955 Manny Shinwell - who read all of Palgrave's Golden Treasury to his children, and had consoled himself in prison with Keats and Tennyson - regretted that that poe...Emmanuel (Manny) Shinwell Francis Turner PalgraveGolden Treasury of English Song and LyricsPrint: Book
1900-1945'In 1955 Manny Shinwell - who read all of Palgrave's Golden Treasury to his children, and had consoled himself in prison with Keats and Tennyson - regretted that that poe...Emmanuel (Manny) Shinwell John Keats[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'In 1955 Manny Shinwell - who read all of Palgrave's Golden Treasury to his children, and had consoled himself in prison with Keats and Tennyson - regretted that that poe...Emmanuel (Manny) Shinwell, later Baron Shinwell Alfred, Lord Tennyson[unknown]Print: Book
'In 1970, on radio, Field Marshal Montgomery said that reading "When it was Dark" [1903] had been a turning point in his life.'Bernard Law Montgomery Guy ThorneWhen it was DarkPrint: Book
1900-1945'In a 'Yorkshire Post' article he subsequently described his three days on Willkie's campaign train, with its eleven cars and freight of one hundred politicians, journali...Vera Brittain Yorkshire PostPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'In a 1735 letter to Lady Hertford, [Elizabeth Singer] Rowe observes that the "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" "Seems to be writ with a malice more than human, and has surely so...Elizabeth Singer Rowe Alexander PopeEpistle to Dr ArbuthnotPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'In a BBC talk of 1947 about the book that had most influenced her early years, she chose to talk about Rider Haggard's "She"; she came upon it at the age of twelve, "whe...Elizabeth Bowen Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1700-1799'In a Conversation the King of Prussia had once with Marshal Keith the latter quoted Scripture: why Keith have you been reading the Bible lately; Yes, Sir, replies the Ma...James Francis Edward Keith BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'in a few days after this I met with a book written by Mr Bunyan the title of the book was the two Covenants in this book the unpardonable Sin was explained this part I s...Joseph Mayett John BunyanTwo covenantsPrint: Book
1900-1945'In a lecture at Friends' House he spoke of a new Blitzkrieg timed to start on May 1st, and designed to overthrow England in Polish fashion by the end of the summer. His...Vera Brittain Oswald Garrison VillardInside GermanyPrint: Book


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