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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'Lovely fine day — sat out wrapped up and read Freeman and did Italian with Hugo till he felt uncomfy and went down.'Gertrude Bell Edward Augustus FreemanunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'"This book [Dr Foote's Plain Home Talk and Cyclopaedia) made a great impression on me", wrote Glasgow foundryworker Thomas Bell "And I handed it round my workmates until...Thomas Bell Edward Bliss FootePlain Home Talk and CyclopaediaPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have written a little, and read a good deal, - the second volume of "Sir Charles Metcalfe's Life", which makes me look upon him as more of a hero than many whom Carlyl...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Edward Bouverie Pusey[Sermons]Print: Book
1850-1899'Gen. Robertson called and presented me with Hamley's Operations of War in which I am now drowned a thousand fathoms deep.'Robert Louis Stevenson Edward Bruce HamleyOperations of WarPrint: Book
1800-1849'I lay all day upstairs on the sofa groaning and grumbling and reading ''The Last Days of Pompeii''.'Charles Darwin Edward Bulmer LyttonThe Last Days of PompeiiPrint: Book
1850-1899'My favourite books were historical novels, and of these my grandfather's works took first place. Of all his works 'Harold' was my favourite'.Emily Lytton Edward Bulwer LyttonHaroldPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Edward Daniel Clarke, 26 June 1812: 'My dear Sir, - Will you accept my very sincere congratulations on your second volume wherein I have retraced some of my old ...George Gordon, Lord Byron Edward Daniel ClarkeTravels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Pliny - transcribe - read Clarke's travels - Shelley writes and reads Apuleius and Spencer in the evening'.Mary Shelley Edward Daniel ClarkeTravels in various countries of Europe, Asia and A...Print: Book
1800-1849'read Pliny and Clarkes travels - Shelley writes his poem [The Revolt of Islam] - reads Hist. of Fr. Rev. and Spencer aloud in the evening'.Mary Shelley Edward Daniel ClarkeTravels in various countries of Europe, Asia and A...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Tacitus - Clarkes travels - transcribe for S. - S writes - reads several of the plays of Aeschylus and Spencer aloud in the evening'Mary Shelley Edward Daniel ClarkeTravels in various countries of Europe, Asia and A...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read 2nd book of the Aeneid - read Dr Clarke's travels'Mary Shelley Edward Daniel ClarkeTravels in various countries of Europe, Asia and A...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read part of the 7th book of Virgil - walk - finish the 3rd vol of Clarke'Mary Shelley Edward Daniel ClarkeTravels in various countries of Europe, Asia and A...Print: Book
1900-1945'Sydney shaped Larkin's taste skilfully, leading him away from J.C. Powys and towards Llewelyn and T.F., towards James Joyce with no expectation that he would enjoy him, ...Philip Larkin Edward Falaise Upward[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Before we turned in Raymond, at Hugh's suggestion, read aloud Norton's 1924 despatch, in which he summoned up the possibilities of climbing Everest.'(Charles) Raymond Greene Edward Felix NortondespatchUnknown
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
1900-1945'Have just read The Kaiser and his English Relations by Benson. Most interesting.'Vere Hodgson Edward Frederic BensonThe Kaiser and English RelationsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Went to Rye one lovely hot day. Glorious Sussex cottages covered with roses. Brought E. F. Benson's book with me. Lamb House, where he lived, had been bombed — but ...Vere Hodgson Edward Frederic BensonMiss MappPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 30 August 1832: 'As soon as breakfast is over, I read a chapter from the Hebrew Bible [...] and then I hear my brothers rea...Elizabeth Barrett Edward George Bulwer-LyttonPelham, or The Adventures of a GentlemanPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Julia Martin, 14 December 1832: 'I have been reading Bulwer's novels & Mrs Trollope's libels, & Dr Parr's works [...] [Mrs Trollope] has neither...Elizabeth Barrett Edward George Bulwer-Lyttonnovels including The DisownedPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 17 March 1842: 'In regard to Zanoni, I think with you that there is much in it, one wd yearn to see cast out of it, in rev...Elizabeth Barrett Edward George Bulwer-LyttonZanoniPrint: Book


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