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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
 
1800-1849'"Gull" & the Bulbul and a young Galeongee are just so many baits to draw sneers--which however disposed are always better avoided--I think the Bride of Abydos full of th...Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon Lord ByronThe CorsairPrint: Book, Unknown
1800-1849'"Guy Mannering" is reviewed in the same number [ of the Quarterly Review]. Tho' we have still more reason to question their competency here - you will probably admit tha...Thomas Carlyle anon[review in the Quarterly Review of Scott's Guy Man...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'"Hajji Baba" was more read than any other of [James Morier's] works. Sir Walter Scott was especially pleased with it, and remarked that "Hajji Baba" might be termed the ...Walter Scott James MorierHajji BabaPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Happy World" is a very charming description of the best bits of the old landed way of life. The race as a whole seems to me to emphasise only its bad characteristics, s... unknownHappy WorldPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I am going to call attention in this department," it ran, "to the fact that the most informing - and upsetting - book to read to-day on the Abyssinian crisis is "Mandoa...May Lamberton-Becker Winifred HoltbyMandoa, Mandoa!Print: Book
1700-1799'"I am translating the Oberon of Wieland," C[oleridge] told [Thomas] Poole, 20 Nov 1797.'Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christoph Martin WielandOberonUnknown
1800-1849'"I do not consider at all", observed Madame de C[-], "the author of a book, but only the work itself abstractedly, and I think the work we are now speaking of is one of ...Madame de [C-] Anne Louise Germaine de Stael HolsteinDe l'AllemagnePrint: Book
1900-1945'"I don't read much - oh, a very mixed lot - "My Son Absalom" and "Fame is the Spur"' [then in response to question from interviewer] '- who, them? I enjoy travel books, ... unknownMy Son AbsalomPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I don't read much - oh, a very mixed lot - "My Son Absalom" and "Fame is the Spur"' [then in response to question from interviewer] '- who, them? I enjoy travel books, ...Howard SpringFame is the SpurPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I don't read much - oh, a very mixed lot - "My Son Absalom" and "Fame is the Spur"' [then in response to question from interviewer] '- who, them? I enjoy travel books, ...Peter FlemingNews from TartaryPrint: Book
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1800-1849		'"I had often read Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress", recalled [...] William Brown, "and considered myself like the apostate in the iron cage, and drew my own conclusions".'William Brown John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I have just put down the "Testament Politique,"" G. was writing to me, as though by telepathy, only a week later, "and I turn to think ... of you reading it to enlighte...Frederick the Great of Prussia Testament PolitiquePrint: Book
1800-1849'"I however still love the hand upraised to shed my blood."'Lady Caroline Lamb Alexander PopeEssay on ManPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I just went down the Post an' when I come back it was as flat as this 'ere wharfside - there was just my 'ouse like-well, part of my 'ouse. My sissus were just making m... [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'"I like books by Ruby M Ayres and Anne Duffield. The young lady usually chooses the books for me - she knows what I want. Something light to take my mind off the war - ...Ruby M AyresunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I like books by Ruby M Ayres and Anne Duffield. The young lady usually chooses the books for me - she knows what I want. Something light to take my mind off the war - ...Anne DuffieldunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I made no distinction between Thackeray's Barry Lyndon and Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel - or between Pilgrim's Progress and Sexton Blake", recalled upholsterer's son Herbe...Herbert Hodge William Makepeace ThackerayBarry LyndonPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I made no distinction between Thackeray's Barry Lyndon and Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel - or between Pilgrim's Progress and Sexton Blake", recalled upholsterer's son Herbe...Herbert Hodge Emma OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I made no distinction between Thackeray's Barry Lyndon and Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel - or between Pilgrim's Progress and Sexton Blake", recalled upholsterer's son Herbe...Herbert Hodge John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I made no distinction between Thackeray's Barry Lyndon and Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel - or between Pilgrim's Progress and Sexton Blake", recalled upholsterer's son Herbe...Herbert Hodge Harry Blyth[Sexton Blake stories]Print: Book


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