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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'I wrote endless imitations, though I never thought them to be imitations but, rather wonderfully original things, like eggs laid by tigers. They were imitations of anyth...Dylan Thomas Christopher Marlowe Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'There was a lending library in town, but with no education or guidance in English literature, [Edwin Muir] wasted valuable reading time. Then there was opposition from h...Edwin Muir Christopher Marlowe Print: Book
1850-1899'Lancashire journalist Allen Clarke (b.1863), the son of a Bolton textile worker, avidly read his father's paperback editions of Shakespeare and ploughed through the lite...Allen Clarke Christopher Marlowe[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Reading "The Jew of Malta", which in spite of critics is the most interesting of the plays I've read.'Hilary Spalding Christopher MarloweJew of Malta, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'In the [italics]Autobiography[end italics] he tells us of the impact of Byron on him and his friend Dave: "His influence on Dave was so great that it was publicly shown ...William Henry Davies Christopher Marlowe Print: Book
1800-1849Fanny Kemble, journal letter to Harriet St. Leger, 27 June 1835, listing 'the books just now lying on my table, all of which I have been reading lately': 'Alfieri's "L...Fanny Kemble Christopher MarloweDoctor FaustusPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding Christopher MarloweDr FaustusPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding Christopher MarloweTambourlainePrint: Book
1900-1945'Durrell's studies at the British Museum turned even further towards the Elizabethans. He took in Sidney, Marlowe, Nashe, Greene, Peel and Tourneur, as well as Shakespear...Lawrence Durrell Christopher Marlowe[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'He and I have read the same books, and discuss Chaucer, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Fletcher, Webster, and all the old authors.'Robert Louis Stevenson Christopher MarloweunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945Virginia Stephen to Thoby Stephen, 2 November 1901: 'I have been reading Marlow [sic], and I was so much more impressed by him than I should be, that I read Cymbelin...Virginia Stephen Christopher MarloweDoctor FaustusPrint: Book
1900-1945Virginia Stephen to Thoby Stephen, 2 November 1901: 'I have been reading Marlow [sic], and I was so much more impressed by him than I should be, that I read Cymbelin...Virginia Stephen Christopher MarloweEdward IIPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tomorrow I go on to Ben Jonson, but I shan't like him as much as Marlow. I read Dr Faustus...'Virginia Stephen Christopher MarloweDr FaustusPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tomorrow I go on to Ben Jonson, but I shan't like him as much as Marlow. I read Dr Faustus, and Edward II...'Virginia Stephen Christopher MarloweEdward IIPrint: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, July 1896-December 1896, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source text author notes that Wil...Oscar Wilde Christopher MarloweComplete WorksPrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was occupied by the reading of Dr Faustus. The various parts were read by the members - the chief being Mephisto - C.I. Evans Faustus - ...Members of XII Book Club including Charles Evans and Reginald RobsonChristopher MarloweDr FaustusPrint: Book
1900-1945The Club was then much impressed by a reading from Christopher Marlows Doctor Faustus parted as under Thos. C Elliot Faustus R H Robson Metistopholes [sic] A Rawl...Live dramatic reading featuring T. C. Elliott, R. H. Robson, and A. Rawling of XII Book ClubChristopher MarloweDoctor FaustusUnknown
1900-1945The Club was then much impressed by a reading from Christopher Marlows Doctor Faustus parted as under Thos. C Elliot Faustus R H Robson Metistopholes [sic] A Rawl...Reginald H. Robson Christopher MarloweDoctor FaustusUnknown
1900-1945'Thank you for your little book of innermost thoughts.[...] And you have proved your excellent humanity by the manner and matter of your essays.'Joseph Conrad Christopher MorleyInward Ho!Print: Book, Pamphlet
1900-1945'This is a very interesting journal and I read it with a particular pleasure derived both from the matter and from the expression of the writer's personality.'Joseph Conrad Christopher Sandeman[untitled]Manuscript: Unknown


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