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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
 
1700-1799'"My Sister would be very glad of your assistance in her Italian studies," W[ordsworth] wrote to [William] Mathews on 21 March 1796, " ... yesterday we began Ariosto."'William and Dorothy WordsworthLudovico AriostoOrlando FuriosoPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Nine Tailors" all evening.'Hilary Spalding Dorothy SayersNine Tailors, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'"Nippon knows no class or racial distinctions which were so hateful under the British", says a leader in "The Syonan Sinbun". Yet a railway notice in the paper says, "Ow...Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'"Oh here they are again! I'll be glad when the bloody election's over. Why don't they make their minds up, what they are going to call it - sometimes it's Labour and som... [n/a][Newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent [Freudian psychology]Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent [industrial administration]Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Beatrice and Sidney Webb Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent William Blake Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent John Stuart Mill Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent [unknown][political history]Print: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Bertrand RussellEssays in ScepticismPrint: Book
1900-1945'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o...Frank Argent Oswald Arnold Gottfried SpenglerThe Decline of the WestPrint: Book
1800-1849'"Past and Present", very bad, insolent, bitter, one-sided and full of weary repetitions. I found it weary and irritating reading, except abbot Samson ...Harriet Martineau Thomas CarlylePast and PresentPrint: Book
1800-1849'"perchance my dog will whine in vain "Till fed my stranger hands-- "But long e'er I come back again "he'd tear me where he stands'Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's PilgrimagePrint: Book
1900-1945'"Read that," [Major Cecil] said, when he came to where I was standing. It was an envelope, an ordinary envelope, addressed in Cherry's handwriting to the O.C. A Batte...Patrick James Campbell  Print: Orders for the day.
1900-1945'"Reading for me then was haphazard, unguided, practically uncritical", recalled boilermaker's daughter Marjory Todd. "I slipped all too easily into those traps for the h...Marjory Todd n/aJohn O' London's WeeklyPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'"Reading for me then was haphazard, unguided, practically uncritical", recalled boilermaker's daughter Marjory Todd. "I slipped all too easily into those traps for the h...Marjory Todd Herman MelvilleMoby DickPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Reading for me then was haphazard, unguided, practically uncritical", recalled boilermaker's daughter Marjory Todd. "I slipped all too easily into those traps for the h...Marjory Todd Joseph ConradLord JimPrint: Book


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