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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
 
1700-1799'quite vexed to teach my children in so shabby a room as the laundry; [underline] Pride [end underline] I think it was; however, I had a very comfortable reading with the...Elizabeth Gurney [unknown][unknown, probably religious, Bible?]Print: Book
1900-1945'Quite warm but most agreeable. Talked to Mr Robertson about Justice and Maeterlinck and read some of the "Upanishad" book. Ditto after lunched [...]. Gertrude Bell unknownUpanishadsPrint: Book
1900-1945'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her in her Place" which latter process involved a gener...Howard R. Smith Mark TwainPersonal Recollections of Joan of ArcPrint: Book
1900-1945'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her in her Place" which latter process involved a gener...Charles Evans Andrew LangStory of Joan of Arc, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her in her Place" which latter process involved a gener...Charles Evans Andrew LangStory of Joan of Arc, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her in her Place" which latter process involved a gener...Howard R. Smith Mark TwainPersonal Recollections of Joan of ArcPrint: Book
1900-1945'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her in her Place" which latter process involved a gener...Katherine Evans Thomas de QuinceyJoan of ArcPrint: Book
1900-1945'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her in her Place" which latter process involved a gener...Members of XII Book ClubGeorge Bernard ShawSt JoanPrint: Book
1900-1945'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her in her Place" which latter process involved a gener...Charles Evans George Bernard ShawSt JoanPrint: Book
1800-1849'Rabutin de Bussy in his little way, is also delightful...'Sarah Harriet Burney Roger de Rabutin, Comte de BussyLes Lettres de Messire Roger de RabutinPrint: Book
1900-1945'Raid on Valenciennes. Very little to do each day but reading. Have given my name in for a correspondence course.'Leslie Semple unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1700-1799'Rain again and rain forever. I read a great deal of Robertson's "History of Scotland". I cannot forgive Elizabeth's behaviour and though Mary's is very shameful yet I ca...Eugenia Wynne William RobertsonThe History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen...Print: Book
1900-1945'Rained all day long! So we had the whole day off!! Had some damn good meals and a good sleep. Also received our first newspaper (printed for prisoners), the "Contine...J. A. Sillitoe Hill Continental TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Rained all day without stopping. Read Butler's Crusade. May bought winter dress at Selfridge's £1.0.5. payed her with cheque..'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Josephine Elizabeth ButlerPersonal Reminiscences of a Great CrusadePrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Raining hard nearly all day. Down town with Mum in morning and then sat and read and smoked in front of fire.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
'RAMSAY. "I suppose Homer's 'Iliad' to be a collection of pieces which had been written before his time. I should like to see a translation of it in poetical prose like t...Allan Ramsay HomerIliadPrint: Book
'RAMSAY. "I suppose Homer's 'Iliad' to be a collection of pieces which had been written before his time. I should like to see a translation of it in poetical prose like t...Allan Ramsay [books of Job and Ruth]Print: Book
1900-1945'Rarely do the men write of their life out here; too illiterate; most of the letters are confined to remarks on their own health; questions to the welfare of those at hom...Gerald Achilles Burgoyne [letters of men in the Royal Irish Rifles]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899'Rather a dirty day, it being a holiday out of doors I felt lazily inclined myself & did nothing but read during the day.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'rather enjoyed a bit of absurd French novel'John Ruskin [unknown][French novel]Print: Book


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