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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'He [Henry Tippett] read us a great mixture of things, from history (in which he was steeped) and historical romances such as Ford Madox Ford's "Lady with Bright Eyes" [s...Michael Tippett Alfred, Lord TennysonIdylls of the KingPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 68 Northcourt Avenue
20th III 1935
Howard R. Smith in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting were read & approved

...		Florence Reynolds Alfred, Lord TennysonLocksley HallPrint: Book
1900-1945'Weak and tired and inclined, as always when out of action and interest, to go to pieces. Read, after twenty years, Merriman's miserable "[The] Sowers", Psalms and John i...Ronald Storrs Alfred, Lord Tennyson Print: Book
1850-1899'I am reading Brimley's ''Essay on Tennyson'', and I really think it will set me on reading some of his poems.' [But, she added later] 'My reading of Tennyson is come to ...Emma Darwin Alfred, Lord TennysonIn MemoriamPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tennyson was my earliest love, not because he gave any deep insight into human nature, but because his lyrical simplicity appealed strongly to adolescent romanticism. Th...Vero Walter Garratt Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Lilian'Print: Book
1900-1945'Tennyson was my earliest love, not because he gave any deep insight into human nature, but because his lyrical simplicity appealed strongly to adolescent romanticism. Th...Vero Walter Garratt Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Isabel'Print: Book
1900-1945'Tennyson was my earliest love, not because he gave any deep insight into human nature, but because his lyrical simplicity appealed strongly to adolescent romanticism. Th...Vero Walter Garratt Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Idylls of the King'Print: Book
1850-1899'I am going on with my reading of Shakespeare's historical plays, and yesterday I came on the murder of Humphrey, Duke of Gloster, and the death of Beaufort; and Tennyson...Fanny Allen Alfred, Lord TennysonLocksley HallPrint: Book
1900-1945'Babs made a garden for himself. Read Enoch Arden to Babs before tea.'Verena Pennefather Alfred, Lord TennysonEnoch ArdenPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have been longing to be back among you all, and feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the Duke of Wellin...Robert Dunlop Smith Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Ode to the Duke of Wellington'
1900-1945'I have been longing to be back among you all, and feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the Duke of Wellin...Robert Dunlop Smith Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Revenge'
1900-1945'I have been longing to be back among you all, and feeling very lonely this afternoon. Since then I have been reading Tennyson's splendid "Ode to the Duke of Wellin...Robert Dunlop Smith Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Riflemen Form'
1900-1945'(By the way Yniol's castle is founded on Caerphilly which Tennyson visited). (See "Geraint and Enid")'Thomas Edward Lawrence Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Geraint and Enid'Unknown
1850-1899'The Idylls of the King & Maud'Sarah Good Alfred, Lord TennysonIdylls of the KingPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Idylls of the King & Maud'Sarah Good Alfred, Lord TennysonMaud; A MonodramaPrint: Book
1900-1945'The main business of the evening was then proceeded with - 5 mins essays upon some book read recently. Mrs Evans read 'An English Lumber Camp' - from internal evidence ...Elizabeth Ann Smith Algernon BlackwoodGarden of Survival, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The other book — which I am denying myself to write to YOU, yes YOU of all people — is from the library by Blackwood called "Uncle Paul". Oh, I have never read anythin...Clive Staples Lewis Algernon BlackwoodThe Education of Uncle PaulPrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'This week's new purchase consisted of ... "John Silence" in the 7d. edition.... It fairly swept me off my feet, so that on Saturday night I hardly dared to go upst...Clive Staples Lewis Algernon BlackwoodJohn Silence, Physician ExtraordinaryPrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'I have also bought a 7d. Macmillan book by Algernon Blackwood called "Jimbo, a fantasy". Although you have never mentioned it, I dare say you know there is such a ...Clive Staples Lewis Algernon BlackwoodJimbo, a FantasyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tell Sylvia that when I came back [from Norfolk a week before] I read the rest of "Uncle Paul’s Education" and that though there are beautiful things in it and a b...William Henry Hudson Algernon BlackwoodThe Education of Uncle PaulPrint: Book


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