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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
 
1800-1849Henrietta Moulton-Barrett to Elizabeth Barrett, 24 February 1827: 'About an hour after your departure [for Eastnor Castle on 23 February] [...] I was sitting alone in ...Henrietta Moulton-Barrett Maria EdgeworthHarry and LucyPrint: Book
1800-1849'And now that I have finished all my foreign stock I may venture a few words as to your delightful little volumes which have been read with great avidity by all my elder ...Maria EdgeworthHarry and LucyPrint: Book
1800-1849'And now that I have finished all my foreign stock I may venture a few words as to your delightful little volumes which have been read with great avidity by all my elder ...Maria EdgeworthHarry and LucyPrint: Book
1850-1899'exciting discoveries of things in "Harry and Lucy" at coffee'John Ruskin Maria EdgeworthHarry and LucyPrint: Book
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1800-1849		'[Walter Scott] read with much delight, and made his children read, Rosamond and the Purple Jar and Simple Susan; even, perhaps, the conversation on scientific subjects b...Walter Scott Maria EdgeworthHarry and LucyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Bought mackintosh 29m knife 3. Heavy snow. Read Harry Dale's Jockey Wild Rose by Nat Gould ... Herring for breakfast.'William Thomas Nat GouldHarry Dale's Jockey "Wild Rose", Her Life and Adve...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 5 February 1844: 'I [italics]cannot read[end italics] Lever, ... honestly & without affectation, I [italics]cannot[end it...Elizabeth Barrett Charles James LeverHarry LorrequerPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am anxious for the day when your English will be good enough for you to enjoy Meredith, Hardy, Locke and other great authors. The works of Meredith and Hardy are quit...Arthur Vanson George MeredithHarry RichmansPrint: 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

...		Mary E. Robson James Elroy FleckerHassanPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Reckitt House Feb 27 1931
R. H. Robson in the chair
1. Minutes of last approved
[...]
6 The subject of the evening Persian Art wa...		E. Dorothy Brain James Elroy FleckerHassan (the final scene)Print: Book
1900-1945'Margaret Wharton's parents were highly literate, and with their encouragement she entered a teaching training college in 1936, but they taught her nothing about sex: "Th...Margaret Wharton A.J. CroninHatter's CastlePrint: Book
1900-1945'On the whole I'd rather have a book like G. B. Stern's, or Hatter's Castle or The Stars Look Down. It's very sad to read, but it does give you life's problems, doesn't i...Archibald Joseph CroninHatter's CastlePrint: Book
1850-1899In letter to Violet Paget (Vernon Lee) of 27 April 1890, Henry James thanks her for Hauntings, her book of ghost stories, which he has read and enjoyed: "I possess the em...Henry James Vernon LeeHauntingsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read "Have His Carcase". Will be the last fiction I'll read at weekends till after exams, worse luck. Am beginning revision to-morrow.'Hilary Spalding Dorothy L SayersHave His CarcasePrint: Book
1900-1945'I am reading "Haworth Parsonage" by Isabel C. Clarke. I have never read a book on the Brontes before, although I have often passed Cowan Bridge, the notorious school, wh...Thomas Kitching Isabel Constance ClarkeHaworth ParsonagePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham    October 1st 1930
H. R. Smith in the chair
1. Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
[...]
7. ...		Celia Burrow Mary WebbHawthorn BerryUnknown
1800-1849'read Bryan Edwards all evening'Mary Godwin Bryan Edwardshe history, civil and commercial, of the British C...Print: Book
1900-1945'You ought to read "He looked in my Window" by Robert Halifax (publ. by Chatto & Windus). It is really remarkable.' Arnold Bennett Robert HalifaxHe Looked in my WindowPrint: Book
1900-1945'I myself have been reading this week a book by a man named Love Peacock, of whom I had not heard, but who seems to be famous. He was a contemporary of Lamb, Hazlitt, B...Clive Staples Lewis Thomas Love PeacockHeadlong HallPrint: Book
1900-1945'Finished all my prep so indulged in a little fiction reading - "The Headmistress" - very light & witty.'Hilary Spalding Angela ThirkellHeadmistress, ThePrint: Book


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