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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'"The Child of Earth" by the Hon. Mrs Norton Fainter Her Slow Step falls from day to day... Otley - February 15th 1831. Benj. Beanlands'Benjamin Beanlands Caroline Elizabeth Sarah NortonThe Child of EarthUnknown
1900-1945'"The choice of reading material [in ship's gaol] was either the [italics] Manual of Seamanship [end italics] or the Bible. Having been a freethinker for several years .....John Edward Needham The BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'"The church in Lichfield, in which we had a seat, wanted reparation, so I was to go and find a seat in other churches; and having bad eyes, and being awkward about this,...Samuel Johnson  Print: Book
1900-1945'"The day was fair and sunny, sea and sky "Drank its inspiring radiance, and the wind "Swept strongly from the shore, blackening the waves." I went to my seat on the c...Thomas Edward Lawrence [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Unknown
1850-1899'"The Dialogues of Plato" became one of Wilde's golden books. He marked and annotated most of the dialogues, and many of Jowett's [editor's] introductions.'Oscar Wilde Plato DialoguesPrint: Book
1800-1849'"The Earl's Daughter" was also begun before my mother's death, and I read part of it to her, but she saw from the beginning that it was likely to be sad, and I think it ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellEarl's Daughter, TheManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'"The Earl's Daughter" was also begun before my mother's death, and I read part of it to her, but she saw from the beginning that it was likely to be sad, and I think it ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellMargaret PercivalManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'"The Earl's Daughter" was also begun before my mother's death, and I read part of it to her, but she saw from the beginning that it was likely to be sad, and I think it ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellLaneton parsonageManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'"The Female Quixote" is written by a woman...Lennox her name. Her husband and she have often visited me together. Do you not think, however her heroine over-acts her par...Samuel Richardson Charlotte LennoxThe Life of Harriet Stuart, Written by HerselfPrint: Book
1700-1799'"The Female Quixote" is written by a woman...Lennox her name. Her husband and she have often visited me together. Do you not think, however her heroine over-acts her par...Charlotte LennoxThe Female QuixotePrint: Book
1700-1799'"The Female Quixote" is written by a woman...Lennox her name. Her husband and she have often visited me together. Do you not think, however her heroine over-acts her par...Samuel Richardson Charlotte LennoxThe Female QuixotePrint: Book
1850-1899'"The flowing beauty of his oral translations in class, whether of Thucydides, Plato, or Virgil was," one of his peers recalled, "a thing not easily to be forgotten." He ...Oscar Wilde Thucydides  Print: Book
1850-1899'"The flowing beauty of his oral translations in class, whether of Thucydides, Plato, or Virgil was," one of his peers recalled, "a thing not easily to be forgotten." He ...Oscar Wilde Plato  Print: Book
1850-1899'"The flowing beauty of his oral translations in class, whether of Thucydides, Plato, or Virgil was," one of his peers recalled, "a thing not easily to be forgotten." He ...Oscar Wilde Virgil  Print: Book
1850-1899'"The flowing beauty of his oral translations in class, whether of Thucydides, Plato, or Virgil was," one of his peers recalled, "a thing not easily to be forgotten." He ...Oscar Wilde Aeschylus AgamemnonPrint: Book
1700-1799'"The Gentleman's Magazine", begun and carried on by Mr Edward Cave , under the name of SYLVANUS URBAN, had attracted the notice and esteem of Johnson, in an eminent degr...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Gentleman's Magazine, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'"The Green Mirror" reached me alright.[...] I didn't write to you about it as I expected almost every day to have you here for a talk about that and other things.'Joseph Conrad Hugh WalpoleThe Green MirrorPrint: Book
1700-1799'"The Iris" in mentioning the Sessions at Sheffield says ...'Joseph Hunter [n/a]The IrisPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'"The Iris" this week contains an advertisement from the Cutler's Company [annual ball] White Bear Inn. Price 10s 6d.'Joseph Hunter [n/a]The IrisPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1900-1945'"The Jap Times and Advertiser" held a slogan competition.'Thomas Kitching [n/a]Jap Times and AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper


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