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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'Kipling had now been supplemented with Henty, Ballantyne, Rider Haggard and John Buchan, all with their own tales of imperial derring-do to tell theimpressionable young...Lawrence Durrell Robert Michael Ballantyne[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Kipling had now been supplemented with Henty, Ballantyne, Rider Haggard and John Buchan, all with their own tales of imperial derring-do to tell theimpressionable young...Lawrence Durrell Henry Rider Haggard[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Kipling had now been supplemented with Henty, Ballantyne, Rider Haggard and John Buchan, all with their own tales of imperial derring-do to tell theimpressionable young...Lawrence Durrell John Buchan[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Dumfries: Several of the farmers read history, magazines and newspapers. The vulgar read almost nothing but books on religious subjects'.the people of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Dumfries [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Dumfries: Several of the farmers read history, magazines and newspapers. The vulgar read almost nothing but books on religious subjects'.the people of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Dumfries [history]Print: Book
1700-1799'Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Dumfries: Several of the farmers read history, magazines and newspapers. The vulgar read almost nothing but books on religious subjects'.the people of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Dumfries [magazines]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Dumfries: Several of the farmers read history, magazines and newspapers. The vulgar read almost nothing but books on religious subjects'.the people of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Dumfries [religious books]Print: Book
1900-1945'Knitted and Daily Mail. Rheims Cathedral destroyed by Germans. Early dinner ¼ 1. Rested in d:r:'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Daily MailPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'L'Heroisme consiste a ne pas permettre au corps de renier les impudences de l'esprit 'runs an epigram of Maurois which bowled me at the first reading; then, as so oft...Edward Morgan Forster Andre MauroisByronPrint: Book
1800-1849'L.E.L.'s [Laetitia Elizabeth Landon's] 3d vol is very good indeed. It has Romance & Sentiment; which is that in which she excells - [underlined] Reality [end underlining...Mary Shelley Laetitia Elizabeth LandonRomance and RealityPrint: Book
1800-1849'L.E.L.'s [Laetitia Elizabeth Landon's] 3d vol is very good indeed. It has Romance & Sentiment; which is that in which she excells - [underlined] Reality [end underlining...Mary Shelley William Johnson NealeCavendish; or, the Patrician at SeaPrint: Book
1900-1945'La Silence de la Mer by "Vercors" (Schlumberger?) was given me by Raymond Mortimer yesterday and read without much admiration though with plenty of sympathy: published s...Edward Morgan Forster Jean BrullerLe Silence de la MerPrint: Book
1900-1945'La Silence de la Mer by "Vercors" (Schlumberger?) was given me by Raymond Mortimer yesterday and read without much admiration though with plenty of sympathy: published s...Edward Morgan Forster Jean Giono'Prelude de Pan'Print: Unknown
1900-1945'La Silence de la Mer by "Vercors" (Schlumberger?) was given me by Raymond Mortimer yesterday and read without much admiration though with plenty of sympathy: published s...Edward Morgan Forster Honore de BalzacIllusions perduesPrint: Book
1900-1945'La Silence de la Mer by "Vercors" (Schlumberger?) was given me by Raymond Mortimer yesterday and read without much admiration though with plenty of sympathy: published s...Edward Morgan Forster Andre GideJournalPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Labour Party pioneer F.W. Jowett..., reading Heroes and Hero-Worship as a young millworker, was attracted by its vision of a new society but repelled by its authoritaria...F.W. Jowett Thomas CarlyleHeroes and Hero WorshipPrint: Book
1850-1899'Lady Aberdeen [a child in London in the late 1850s] ... learnt to read from the under-butler, sitting with him in the front hall ... But when the discovery of her new-fo...Young Lady Aberdeen and under-butler  Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Lady Aberdeen [a child in London in the late 1850s] ... learnt to read from the under-butler, sitting with him in the front hall ... But when the discovery of her new-fo...Young Lady Aberdeen and mother Mavor's spelling bookPrint: Book
1850-1899'Lady Byron was to [George] MacDonald the protectress, the adviser, and once at least the extremely rigorous critic. 'It was through the reading of his narrative poem,...Anne Isabella Lady Noel Byron George MacDonaldWithin and WithoutPrint: Book
1800-1849'Lady Caroline Lamb informed [John] Murray [Byron's publisher]: "You cannot think how clever I think 'Don Juan' is, in my heart."'Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon Lord ByronDon Juan, Cantos I and IIPrint: Book


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