Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   656 657 658 659 660  661  662 663 664 665 666   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...		Albert Ruskin Cook Arthur Corbett-SmithMarne—And After, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Three weeks of sickness, sleepness nights, and dismal days: and the "light" reading that I have been devouring I find to weigh very heavy. Yet the "Three Mousquetaires" ...John Mitchel Alexandre DumasMarquis de LetorierePrint: Book
1850-1899'At George Sand's "Marquise de Villemer", in evening, and enjoyed it.'John Ruskin George SandMarquise de VillemerPrint: Book
1900-1945'In a letter to Mrs Herzog he says: "Wells's new novel, Marriage, of which I have just read the proofs, contains more intimate conveyances of the atmosphere of married li...Arnold Bennett H. G. WellsMarriageManuscript: Unknown, proofs of book
1900-1945Henry James to Edmund Gosse, 10 October 1912: 'I have received within a day or two dear old George Meredith's "Letters"; and, though I haven't been able yet very much...Henry James H. G. WellsMarriagePrint: Book
1900-1945Henry James to H. G. Wells, 18 October 1912, whilst suffering from shingles: 'you may not have forgotten that you kindly sent me "Marriage" [...] which I've been able to ...Henry James H. G. WellsMarriagePrint: Book
1900-1945'I return the proofs by registered bookpost. I have read them with care. I have of course confined my observations to misprints, punctuation, points of phraseology, & s...Arnold Bennett H. G. WellsMarriageManuscript: Codex
1900-1945'By the way, Wells?s new novel 'Marriage', of which I have just read the proofs, contains more intimate conveyances of the atmosphere of married life than anybody has eve...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsMarriageManuscript: Codex, proofs
1800-1849'I visited Lady [-], who was engaged in reading Miss F[errier]'s new novel. I told her, I heard she did not acknowledge being the authoress. Lady [-] observed it was surp...Lady [-] Susan FerrierMarriagePrint: Book
1800-1849'I should like much to address a song ode or sonnet to the authoress of Marriage &c and if I do it shall be to her as the sister of David Wilkie. Never was there such a p...James Hogg Susan Edmonstone FerrierMarriagePrint: Book
1800-1849'Is Godolphin by Henry Bulwer? Pray tell me - Do you remember promising to lend me the letters of Horace Walpole when they came out - [Now] If you were very good and wish...Mary Shelley Lady Caroline Lucy Scott [pseud.]Marriage in High Life, APrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Wm Blake was then taken Geo Burrow giving us some account of the Poet Painters life & method. Mrs Evans read several short poems showing the two aspects o...R.B. Graham William BlakeMarriage of Heaven and Hell, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899 "I was thinking of Eliot [Norton] the other day. When he was here in the summer he came one day to see Miss Valey. She had a pleasant little talk with us & was pleased, ...Leslie Stephen Margaret VeleyMarriage of Shadows and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945I had read every line of several volumes of the 'Home Magazine' -especially a grotesque serial called 'The Wallypug of Why', an enjoyable fantasy about the plots of a cat...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Marriage on Two Hundred a YearPrint: Book
1800-1849'Oh There are moments in life, keen,blissful, never to be forgotten!!!'Carey/Maingay groupSusan FerrierMarriage. A Novel in Three VolumesPrint: UnknownUnknown
1850-1899'Read a part of a very good novel, "Married beneath him". Heard Harry read & then played a Game of Bezique with Polly'John Buckley Castieau Mary Elizabeth BraddonMarried Beneath HimPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am rather dithered after writing nearly all night & [underlined] then [end underlining] reading the [underlined] Marsden Case [end underlining] - not without satisfact...Ford Madox Ford Ford Madox FordMarsden Case, The: A RomanceUnknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, c.20 September 1847: 'French books I get at [in Florence], but scarcely a new one, .. which is very provoking [...]...Elizabeth Barrett Eugene SueMartin (vol I)Print: Book
1900-1945'Friday 4th June ?Martin Arrowsmith? (Sinclair Lewis). How many of my own questionings, disillusionments and hungerings are illustrated in this book. It has given me...Gerald Moore Sinclair LewisMartin ArrowsmithPrint: Book
1800-1849'You have been so used to these sort of impertinences, that I believe you will exuse me for saying how very much I am pleased with the first number of your new work. Peck...Sydney Smith Charles DickensMartin ChuzzlewitPrint: Serial / periodical


Go to page: [1]   656 657 658 659 660  661  662 663 664 665 666   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design