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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
 
1850-1899Henry James, in letter to Charles Eliot Norton, 16 January 1871, mentions "just having read in the Fortnightly for December two articles by your two friends F. Harrison a...Henry James F. Harrisonarticle on BismarckPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Forster's material on the Sophists and others is drawn from part II ("Byzantium A.D. 313-565") of F. A. Wright's A History of Later Greek Literature from the Death of Al...Edward Morgan Forster F. A. WrightA History of Later Greek LiteraturePrint: Book
1800-1849'Graves of a Household' [transcript of text]Emma Bowly F. D. HemansThe Graves of a HouseholdUnknown
1850-1899'I remember [...] [Tennyson's] reading with admiration this passage from Maurice's Friendship of Books. "If I do not give you extracts from any of Milton's specially cont...Alfred Tennyson F. D. MauriceFriendship of BooksPrint: Book
1900-1945'However, to make up, the Times has sent me two trashy books, about Thackeray and Dickens and I may write 1500 words or so - Bruce Richmond is generous...'Virginia Woolf F. G. KittonThe Dickens CountryPrint: Book
1850-1899'I can see myself now, seated on the nursery floor, hugging my doll while I read "The Peep of Day". Religion held no terrors for me.'Emily Lytton F. L. BevanThe Peep of DayPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 17 September 1940: 'Yesterday in the Public Library I took down a book of Peter Lucas's criticism [...] London Library atmosphere effused. Turned me against all l...Virginia Woolf F. L. LucasStudies French and EnglishPrint: Book
1900-1945'Raw February Afternoon 2-30 [...] Reading Vaughan [quotes two stanzas beginning 'Thou art a moon-like toil'] [...] Reading F. R. Lucas also [quotes seven lines beginnin...Edward Morgan Forster F. L. Lucas'The Graces'Print: Book
1800-1849
1900-1945		Under heading 'Early Greek Science. -- And Lucretius': 'Farington (Science and Politics in the Ancient World) thinks that Ionia observed and experimented freely; that ...Edward Morgan Forster F. M. CornfordFrom Religion to PhilosophyPrint: Book
1850-1899'We even sat on deck though the ship rolled too much to allow of our having up deck chairs. Read Rose's "Greek War" lent me by Sir W.S. [Smith]; "Life of Nicholson" the d...Gertrude Bell F. Marion CrawfordCorleone: A Tale of SicilyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read Arethusa'Verena Vera Pennefather F. Marion CrawfordArethusaPrint: Book
1900-1945'The conception of this particular novel ["Riceyman Steps"] was probably sparked off by the discovery, in an old Southampton bookshop, T. James and Co., of 34 Bernard Str...Arnold Bennett F. Sommer MerryweatherLives and Anecdotes of MisersPrint: Book
1850-1899?I have read two books lately wh. interested me. One for wh. you will not care is a history of English law down to the time of Edward I by F. W. Maitland? It is a wonderf...Leslie Stephen F. W. MaitlandHistory of English LawPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		S. T. Coleridge, annotation to Schelling: "'A book, I value, I reason & quarrel with as with myself when I am reasoning.'"Samuel Taylor Coleridge F. W. J. von Schelling Print: Book
1900-1945 I have finished my novel . . . This is largely due to the exercises in 'The Culture of the Abdomen'. They are marvellous. Thank Gertrude for me. . . I am also dieting...Arnold Bennett F.A. HornibrookThe Culture of the AbdomenPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul F.A. ServantePsychology of the BoyPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Homes of England' [transcribes text] 'Mrs Hemans'Augusta Browne F.D. HemansThe Homes of EnglandUnknown
1800-1849'Mrs Hemans. Evening Prayer at a girls school' [transcribes text]Augusta Browne F.D. HemansEvening Prayer at a Girl's SchoolUnknown
1800-1849'The Wings of the Dove. Mrs Hemans' [transcribes text]Augusta Browne F.D. HemansThe Wings of the DoveUnknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		'[Aneurin Bevan] burrowed through the Tredegar Workmen's Institute Library, and acquired his characteristically grandiose vocabulary through close study of Roget's Thesau...Aneurin (Nye) Bevan F.H. BradleyAppearance and RealityPrint: Book


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