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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'Read ... Knave of Diamonds by Ella [ ].'William Thomas Ethel DellKnave of DiamondsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Followed by the thought that, had I not been reading Ethel Mannin's "Green Willow", which gives a vivid description of this development, perhaps I would not have taken s...Ethel ManninGreen WillowPrint: Book
1900-1945Pardon my forwardness, but I must tell you I think that 'Streaks' is another what-I-call-a-book. In fact I should say it is better than 'Impressions'. Arnold Bennett Ethel SmythStreaks of LifePrint: Book
1900-1945Pardon my forwardness, but I must tell you I think that 'Streaks' is another what-I-call-a-book. In fact I should say it is better than 'Impressions'. Arnold Bennett Ethel SmythImpressions that RemainedPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Virginia Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 30 November 1919: 'I'm in the 2nd vol. of Ethel Smyth. I think she shows up triumphantly, through sheer force of honesty. It's a p...Virginia Woolf Ethel SmythImpressions that Remained (vol. 2)Print: Book
1900-1945Sunday 8 May 1932: 'Here it is, the last evening [of holiday in Greece]; very hot, very dusty. The loudspeaker is braying; L. reading, not without sympathy, Ethel Smyth; ...Leonard Woolf Ethel SmythA Three-Legged Tour in GreecePrint: Book
1900-1945

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 18. 6. 35.

Charles E. Stansfield in the Chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

2. The Secretary th...

Ethel C. Stevens Ethel Stevens[On Chelsea, Carlyle, Tennyson, J. S. Mill, et. al...Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 20. 8. 40
A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
2. The Treasurer ...		Margaret Dilks Ethel Stevens[A letter of resignation from the XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899
1900-1945		' ... when ... [Amy Barlow's] brother-in-law caught her sniffing over ... [Ethel Voynich, "The Gadfly" (1897)], he began to weep in [mock] sympathy.'Amy Barlow Ethel VoynichThe GadflyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending the Fortnightly Leaflet with your history of the robin. It is a charming paper—written charmingly and very interesting.’William Henry Hudson Ethel WilliamsFortnightly LeafletPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'A letter from Miss Ethel C. Stevens offering to entertain the Book Club for the Sept meeting was read'Ernest E. Unwin Ethel C. Stevens[letter to XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945

Meeting held at 9 Denmark Road, 20 IV. 1934

F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved with one correction, in the absence of the s...

Ethel C. Stevens Ethel C. Stevens[an account of Kelmscott Manor]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Cintra Avenue
    22.IV.1938
1. Minutes of last read & approved.

[...]

The following essays wer...		Muriel Stevens Ethel C. StevensAnne Thackeray’s Chapters from Memory
1900-1945Sunday 17 May 1925: 'Yesterday we had tea with Margaret in her new house [...] She is severe to Lilian [Harris, her companion], who [...] is not allowed to plant flowers,...Margaret Caroline Llewelyn Davies Ethel M. DellunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday March 1st. [...] Begin translating De la Servitude Volontaire d'Etienne de la Boetie'. ['Translate Etienne de la Boetie' also recorded in entries for 3, 5, ...Claire Clairmont Etienne de La BoetieDiscours de la servitude volontairePrint: Book
1800-1849'Since I left Rome I have read several books of Livy - Antenor - Clarissa Harlowe - The Spectator - a few novels - & am now reading the Bible & Lucan's Pharsalia - & Dant...Mary Shelley Etienne Francois de LantierLes Voyages d'Antenor en Grece et en Asie, avec de...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 December 1842: 'I remember [...] reading in the curious Memoires d'une femme de qualite, a mot upon Madme de Genlis who...Elizabeth Barrett Etienne Leon de Lamothe-LangonMemoires d'une Femme de Qualite sur Louis XVIII, s...Print: Book
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha...Mary Ward Étienne Pivert de Senancour Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'The writer [Ford Madox Ford] never saw Conrad read any book of memoirs except those of Maxime Ducamp and the Correspondence of Flaubert; those we read daily together...Joseph Conrad Etienne-Denis PasquierHistoire de mon temps: mémoires du chancelier Pasq...Print: Book
1800-1849before breakfast, props.24+25 lib. EuclidAnne Lister Euclid The ElementsPrint: Book


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