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√	Century of Experience	Evidence	Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group	Author of Text	Title of Text	Form of Text

	1900-1945	'Read "Lorna Doone" and loved it. Must try to get it next hols.'	Hilary Spalding	R.D. Blackmore	Lorna Doone	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read "Macbeth" what a soul thrilling power hovers about this tragedy I have read it over about twenty times'	John Clare	William Shakespeare	Macbeth	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "Macbeth".'	George Eliot [pseud]	William Shakespeare	Macbeth	Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
	1900-1945	'Read "Mr Justice Raffles".'	William Thomas	Ernest William Hornung	Mr Justice Raffles	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "My faithful Johnny" in the Cornhill'.	George Eliot [pseud]	Margaret Oliphant	My faithful Johnny	Print: Serial / periodical
	1800-1849	'read "P. Proteus" in the even'.	Percy Bysshe Shelley	Christopher Wieland	Geheime Geschichte des Philosophen Peregrinus Prot...	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "Poems 1909-1925" by T.S. Eliot. I have never had any inclination to read Eliot's book but a whim prompted me to name it when Moll asked what book I'd like. I am af...	William Soutar	T.S. Eliot	Poems 1909-1925	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "Pot-Bouille"; "Pot-Bouille" made me laugh, there is one good character'	Robert Louis Stevenson	Emile Zola	Pot-Bouille	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read "Romeo and Juliet"'	George Eliot [pseud]	William Shakespeare	Romeo and Juliet	Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
	1900-1945	'Read "She" to Roley after tea.'	Verena Pennefather	Henry Rider Haggard	She	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read "Solomons Song" and beautiful as some of the images of that poem are some of them are not recognisable in my judgement above the ridiculous [...] the more I read th...	John Clare	[n/a]	Solomon's Song	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "The Coryston Family". Was again fitted with a uniform. Wrote to Mrs Davies.'	John Frederick William Dunn	Mrs Humphry Ward	The Coryston Family	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "The Count of Monte Cristo" (abridged which is simply superb. Bought "Song of Bernadette" at last.' NB "Song of Bernadette" appears on the list of 'books read d...	Hilary Spalding	Franz Werfel	Song of Bernadette	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "The Count of Monte Cristo" (abridged) which is simply superb. Bought "Song of Bernadette" at last.'	Hilary Spalding	Alexandre Dumas	Count of Monte Cristo, The	Print: Book
	1700-1799	'Read "The Merry Wives of Windsor" wherein I think the genius of the author shows itself in a very conspicuous manner as to humour. But I cannot find in my heart to say I...	Thomas Turner	William Shakespeare	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "The Mother".'	Harriet Bickersteth Cook	unknown unknown	The Mother	Print: BookUnknown
	1900-1945	'Read "The Right Stuff" by Ian Hay.'	William Thomas	Ian Hay (pseud.)	The Right Stuff	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read "The Telegraph" in Evans.'	John Cole	Evans	The Telegraph	Print: Pamphlet
	1850-1899	'Read "There shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water" &c. to "These make ready".'	John Ruskin	[n/a]	Bible	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'Read "Two Survived", the most amazing book, which is most exciting.'	Hilary Spalding	Guy Pierce Jones	Two Survived	Print: Book

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