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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'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn John MiltonLycidasPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn [unknown][Ancient Greek literature]Print: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn George Bernard Shaw[plays]Print: Book
1900-1945'Land of Heart's Desire by W. B. Yeats was read by members of the Club. The parts were distributed among the members as follows and those who read entered very charmingl...members of XII Book ClubWilliam Butler YeatsLand of Heart's DesirePrint: Book
1900-1945'Land of Heart's Desire by W. B. Yeats was read by members of the Club. The parts were distributed among the members as follows and those who read entered very charmingl...members of XII Book ClubWilliam Butler Yeats[poetry]Print: Book
1900-1945'Land of Heart's Desire by W. B. Yeats was read by members of the Club. The parts were distributed among the members as follows and those who read entered very charmingl...Celia Burrow William Butler Yeats'Down by the Salley Gardens'Print: Book
1700-1799'Landscape gardener Humphry Repton's wife read to him while he drew''.Humphry Repton unknownunknownUnknown
1850-1899'Lang's Library is very pleasant reading.'Robert Louis Stevenson Andrew LangThe LibraryPrint: Book
1900-1945'Langridge has been chatting with the two orderlies who help us here, from the famous regiment now holding this part of the line. One of them was reading Dodo just...Edward Frederic BensonDodo: A Detail of the DayPrint: Book
1700-1799'Langton. "There is not one bad line in that poem [Goldsmith's 'The Traveller']— no one of Dryden's careless verses." Sir Joshua. "I was glad to hear Charles Fox say, it ...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Langton. "There is not one bad line in that poem [Goldsmith's 'The Traveller']— no one of Dryden's careless verses." Sir Joshua. "I was glad to hear Charles Fox say, it ...Joshua Reynolds Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Langton. "There is not one bad line in that poem [Goldsmith's 'The Traveller']— no one of Dryden's careless verses." Sir Joshua. "I was glad to hear Charles Fox say, it ...Bennet Langton Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Langton. "There is not one bad line in that poem [Goldsmith's 'The Traveller']— no one of Dryden's careless verses." Sir Joshua. "I was glad to hear Charles Fox say, it ...Charles Fox Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Lang’s French ballads is neatly enough ticked off.'Robert Louis Stevenson Andrew LangFrench Peasant Songs.Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Lanoe Falconer, Cecilia de Noel'Sarah Good Lanoe FalconerCecilia de NoëlPrint: Book
1900-1945'Larkin later admitted that he spent most of his time straying from the path Bone [his tutor] intended him to follow. "I was on a great [George] Moore kick at that time",...Philip Larkin George Moore[unknown]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Larpent listened while her husband and stepson read aloud to her from the newspapers and Sutherland's "Tour of Constantinople".'stepson of Anna Larpent SutherlandTour of ConstantinoplePrint: Book
1700-1799'Larpent listened while her husband and stepson read aloud to her from the newspapers and Sutherland's "Tour of Constantinople".'Anna Larpent SutherlandTour of ConstantinoplePrint: Book
1800-1849'Last evening we had more than fifty guests, some influential persons of this world, young and old, French and English - one Spaniard, two Americans. We first had the sub...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]Bible (Isaiah)Print: Book


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