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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'While admiring Tom's book ['The Man Below', 1939] I have great pleasure in finding its weaknesses and though I cannot help admitting there are passages in it far beyond ...Antonia White Tom HopkinsonMan Below, TheManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'F 25 C is holding a slim book (looks new), approximate size 81/2" x 51/2", yellow jacket cover, title "Man Born to be King" by Dorothy Sayers. She does not open the book...Dorothy SayersMan born to be kingPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read "The Man in Grey" which is simply glorious. I must ry and get it.'Hilary Spalding Eleanor SmithMan in Grey, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding Ngaio MarshMan Lay Dead, APrint: Book
1800-1849'I was unable to work for a fortnight through lameness... While laid by from work, I read Mr. MacKenzie's "Man of Feeling" and other tales. I thought them a little too hi...Thomas Carter Henry MackenzieMan of Feeling and other talesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Here is Mr Mackensie - with the Surprise I heard it - the Author of "the Man of Feeling" & indeed he is so called.'George Crabbe Henry MackenzieMan of Feeling, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'She comments, with discrimination, on Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Rousseau and Cervantes, "Tom Jones", "Emma", "A Man of Feeling", Coleridge, Mrs Shelley, and Crabbe'.Louisa, Lady Stuart Henry MackenzieMan of Feeling, ThePrint: 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 John GalsworthyMan of Property, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'W[ordsworth] read Holcroft's play shortly after publication ... on 21 March 1796 [he] told [William] Mathews that "I have attempted to read Holcroft's Man of Ten Thousan...William Wordsworth Thomas HolcroftMan of Ten Thousand, ThePrint: BookUnknown
1800-1849'With many thanks I return your books -The Man of two Lives is founded on a good idea - treated to a great degree happily - yet it strikes me to be a translation - the ph...Mary Shelley James BoadenMan of Two Lives, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'I do not know whether you touch C. Voysey's writings. I was pleased with his last discourse, "Man the only Revelation of God".'Fanny Allen Charles VoyseyMan the only Revelation of God
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 7 February 1755:] 'There is a whole shoal of new books. The Centaur, well worth reading I think; Theron and Aspasia, too grave, ...Catherine Talbot Man: A Paper for Ennobling the SpeciesPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'"Manchester Guardian". English news once a day. Lord Haw-Haw, conversations with as may people as possible, reading on international questions. From these sources I sort... [n/a]Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thursday, 20th May The office has returned, for its diversion, to County Cricket and the Tests. Pat is an inexhaustible treasury of lore and anecdote on the subject. ...Gerald Moore Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Friday 28th May The Lloyd George ? Asquith split is a few days old now and it is easy to see that Lloyd George has come out on top. The ?Guardian? ?. ?New Statesman? ...Gerald Moore Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I must say the various editions of the M.G. are a deep mystery. Yesterday in the "London" edition, not a word (except the picture) about "Elektra"! And today not a word...Arnold Bennett Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'As to applicants having received better treatment from Poor Law Guardians than from the Fund, My authority was a detailed article dealing with the condition of affairs i...Arnold Bennett Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'These included excerpts from the "News Chronicle" and "Manchester Guardian", which reported that a so-called "article" of mine on saturation bombing, supported by a sign...Vera Brittain Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'It is now about time that Tertia read "La Chartreuse de Parme". Maguerite has just read it.

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I have subscribed to the M[anchester] Guardia...		Arnold Bennett Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I was pleased to receive your letter and tin of salmon. It is now Sunday night and it as [sic] been very hot we have had church parade this afternoon as we where [...William Henry Bonser Lamin Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper


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