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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
 
1800-1849Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Pease, 27 February 1841: 'I have read the statements in "Right and Wrong among the Abolitionists of the United States", with respect to the...Harriet Martineau Right and Wrong among the Abolitionists of the Uni...Print: Unknown
1850-1899W. Matthews, father of Harriet Martineau's maid Marianne Matthews, to Martineau's sister Susan: 'A short time before the receipt of your kind letter of yesterday I was st...W. Matthews Local newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Actually Hotspur is reading from a letter and the quotation goes on: "'The purpose you undertake is dangerous; the friends you have named uncertain; the time itself unso... letterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 September 1842: 'Will Mrs Partridge receive the expression of my earnest thoughts for her happiness? [...] But I never ...Elizabeth Barrett report of reprieve of condemned criminal Elizabeth...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Smoke a Players "medium" and a De Reszke "Minor". I read "Glasgow Herald" (Bus strike, Britain's new Navy, etc.) and "Ayrshire Post" (Report of Ayrshire Film Society, Dr... Glasgow HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thus under one-third had, on their own showing, attempted to read all the nformation leaflets. But further questioning indicated that many who said they had read all, di... information leafletsPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'I have read the P.I.L. I read them with contemptuous and cynical amusement. Some people, I suppose, will darken their windows and lay in stores of food, but I am c... [information leaflets]Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'To the Poolites each week comes a packet containing two Pool coupons (one to pass on to a friend) and the current issue of "Littlewood's Sports Log", which is very inter... Littlewood's Sports LogPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'His lesson consisted of Bible reading, turn and turn round the class, of reciting from memory the names of the kings of Israel and repeating the Church Catechism.'Flora Thompson BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945 'Have you read the 'New Statesman' this week? If not, read it. I take pride in the fact that I more than anybody else kept that paper alive during the war.' Arnold Bennett New StatesmanPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'This is a sad story about Mrs Powlett. I should not have suspected her of such a thing. - She staid the Sacrament I remember, the last time that you & I did. - A hint of...Jane Austen [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'On the subject of matrimony, I must notice a wedding in the Salisbury paper, which has amused me very much, Dr Phillot to Lady Frances St Lawrence.'Jane Austen newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Has your newspaper given a sad story of a Mrs Middleton, wife of a Farmer in Yorkshire, her sister & servant being almost frozen to death in the late weather - her littl...Jane Austen newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'The Portsmouth paper gave a melancholy history of a poor Mad Woman, escaped from Confinement, who said her Husband & Daughter of the Name of Payne lived at Ashford in Ke...Jane Austen Hampshire TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I congratulate Edward [JA's brother] on the Weald of Kent Canal-Bill being put off till another Session, as I have just had the pleasure of reading. There is always som...Jane Austen Newspaper report on Parliamentary SessionsPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'You certainly must have heard, before I can tell you, that Col. Orde has married our cousin, Margt Beckford, the Marchss of Douglas's sister. The Papers say that her fa...Jane Austen Newspaper reportPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Encyclopaedia LondinensisPrint: Book
1900-1945'Well you know I think I'd read number 15 first. I did read it the other day as a matter of fact. It's got a bit of a kick to it, you want to see what they say after the ... Fuel economy leaflet 15Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Oh I did see that (15). I read it - actually it makes you read it because you have to go through to the end to find out want it's all about. I did read it, but only beca... Information leafletPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Army officer: The first I heard of the invasion was when I was reading the papers in the mess after breakfast, when someone stuck his head round the door and said in a m... newspaperPrint: Newspaper


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