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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'Read two books lately, one in French called "L'Éveil" and another by Una Silberrad called "John "Bolsover". We buy odd books in the village and pass them on when we have...Douglas Herbert Bell Maurice DeroureL'ÉveilPrint: Book
1900-1945Considerable marginal notes in pencil in English and French throughout; summary index of notes on the title page and flyleaf.Vernon Lee Henri BergsonL'evolution creatricePrint: Book
1600-1699'Thence by water to Redriffe, reading a new French book my Lord Brouncker did give me today, "L'histoire amoureuse des Gaules", being a pretty Libell against the amours o...Samuel Pepys Roger de Rabutin, Comte de BussyL'histoire amoureuse des GaulesPrint: Book
1900-1945'. . . Jules Claretie's "L'Histoire de la R?volution de 1870-1871." He says that he "looked at the pictures" in Claretie (though there is little doubt that he read it to...Arnold Bennett Jules ClaretieL'Histoire de la R?volution de 1870-1871Print: Book
1850-1899"At the Paris Exhibition of 1878 I saw, and never forgot, a picture of the death of Manon Lescaut, and asked my Father many questions. I read that amazing 'one book' o...Rudyard Kipling Antoine Francois PrevostL'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Le...Print: Book
1850-1899'Finished my readings in Lucretius. Reading Victor Hugo's "L'Homme qui rit". Also the Frau von Hillern's novel "Ein Arzt der Seele".'George Eliot Victor HugoL'Homme Qui RitPrint: Book
1900-1945‘I am glad you sent that cutting from Wells’ Book. I hope you understood it. I did not. Not a word of it can I make sense of. I would rather we did not read this Book...Wilfred Owen Victor Hugol'Homme qui ritPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale proposes writing a comedy, but] as I have not a Spark of Originality about me, I must take a French Model - it shall be "L'Homme Singulier".'Hester Lynch Thrale Philippe Nericault DestouchesL'Homme SingulierPrint: Book
1900-1945'Does the A[natole] F[rance] next book consist of the proofs you've let me see? And what on earth is one to write about it?' Joseph Conrad Anatole FranceL'Ile des PingouinsManuscript: Sheet, Proofs
1900-1945'[...] and there was only time [in Damascus] to acquire a little [non-Egyptian] Arabic by wandering about rather than by book-work and to contract a sharp attack of fever...Ronald Storrs Anatole Francel'Ile des Pingouins Print: Book
1900-1945'I admit, then, that I read and admired "The Immoralist" all of two years ago. Davray gave it to me. I have not said anything but someone has filched my copy; and I wante...Joseph Conrad André GideL'ImmoralistePrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James writes (in French) on 12 February 1895 to Alphonse Daudet, on having read and enjoyed Daudet's new novel [Petite Paroisse], sent to him by Daudet, and re-read...Henry James Alphonse DaudetL'ImmortelPrint: Book
1800-1849'Some three weeks ago, a packet of Books arrived here, accompanied with a Letter addressed A l'Auteur de l'Article intitule, Caractere de notre Epoque, the whole perfectl...Thomas Carlyle Henri de Saint-SimoneL'Industrie, ou discussions politiques, morales et...Print: Book
1900-1945Summary index in pencil in Vernon Lee's hand on page 244.Vernon Lee Guđmundur FinnbogasonL'intelligence sympathetiquePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read L'Isle Inconnue with Sommy.'Verena Vera Pennefather Guillaume GrivelL'Isle InconnuePrint: Book
1900-1945(1) '... through reading Maeterlinck, to improve my French, too late at night, I have developed a penchant for mystical philosophy' (2) 'My other reading — in French — ...Clive Staples Lewis Maurice MaeterlinckL'oiseau bleu Feerie en cinq actes et dix tableauxPrint: Book
1800-1849'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo...Sarah Harriet Burney Pietro MetastasioL'OlimpiadePrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Some three weeks ago, a packet of Books arrived here, accompanied with a Letter addressed A l'Auteur de l'Article intitule, Caractere de notre Epoque, the whole perfectl...Thomas Carlyle L'Organisateur inc Nos 32 & 36Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Some marginalia in pencil in French on the following pages: 14, 37, 44, 76, 88Vernon Lee Pierre BonnierL'orientationPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 12 Canto of Ariosto - & L'orphelin de Chine & Tancrede of Voltaire'Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]L'Orphelin de ChinePrint: Book


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