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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'But at least, through my work at Oxford and my subsequent reading of F. S. Marvin and Gilbert Murray and H. G. Wells, I had come to realise history as the whole story of...Vera Brittain F.S. MarvinunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899"But I read with unchecked voracity, and in several curios directions...My Father presented me with the entire bulk of Southey's stony verse, which I found it impossible ...Edmund Gosse F.T PalgraveThe Golden TreasuryPrint: Book
1900-1945Brief notes in pencil on the front flyleaf, and some marginalia on the following pages only (all in English): 32, 34.Vernon Lee F.W. GambleThe Animal WorldPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like good modern books - I'm very fond of American books - or Dorothy Conyer's - good racy stories. I hate detective stories, I like Naomi Jacobs' early ones. I read ...Faith BaldwinConflictPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, 28th May 1945
    Elsie D. Harrod in the chair.

[...]

4. The subject of the eveni...		Faith Miller Faith Miller[essay on John Ruskin: his life, his writings and ...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849"It so happened that a retired Scotch physician, who had settled in the town, chanced to read this notice, and, interested in all related to his gifted countryman [Burns]...a Scotch physician Falcon Harmonic Society Notice of a Burns SupperPrint: Poster
1800-1849?Amid these dark middle ages of novel literature, Miss Burney?s Evelina strikes us with the first gleam of ?rescued nature and reviving sense.? Her novels, all her novels...Charles Maturin Fanny BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1800-1849?Charlotte cordials me twice a day with Cecilia, which she reads charmingly, and which entertains me as much at the third reading as it did at the first.?Maria Edgeworth Fanny BurneyCeciliaPrint: Book
1700-1799'No work of fiction could be read unless approved by their mother* ... [footnote] * An exception was made in the case of Fanny Burney's third novel, Camilla. "I've got le...Princess Elizabeth Fanny BurneyCamillaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Locke and Chesterfield - De Senectute and the wanderer'Mary Godwin Fanny BurneyWanderer, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'read the Wanderer - read de Senectute & Chesterfield'Mary Godwin Fanny BurneyWanderer, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Miss Stevens Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Ursula Unwin Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Reginald Robson Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Howard R. Smith Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Ernest E. Unwin Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Miss Cole Fanny Burney[from works or diary]Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole
1900-1945'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dealing wih the main features of her life. We then had ...Miss Cole Fanny Burney[works and diary]Print: Book
1800-1849Fanny Kemble to Harriet St. Leger, letter composed between 29 October-3 November 1838: 'I have just finished the play of which you read the beginning in England -- my "En...Harriet St. Leger Fanny KembleEnglish TragedyManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] saw much of Fanny [Kemble] in America [...] She showed me the proof-sheets of her clever "Journal," and, as she chose to require my opinion of it, ...Harriet Martineau Fanny KembleJournalManuscript: proofs


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