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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'January 7... I read "Cosmic Anatomy", Shakespeare and the Bible. Jonah.'Katherine Mansfield The story of Jonah and the WhalePrint: Book
1900-1945'I despise all these novels and so on. I'm a retired Civil Servant and I chiefly read the Times, politics and things of that sort. I don't read many books at all, but whe... The TimesPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Housekeeping pupil (voluntarily) reading the paper over my shoulder yesterday morning.' newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'We took our deck chairs into the garden and from 3 o' clock until 3.20 I read the paper whilst my wife knitted. At 3.20 I tired of reading and fetched out the mower and ... newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'There is nothing in nature that you may not get a quotation out of Wordsworth to suit, and a quotation too that breathes the very soul of poetry. There are only three bo...James Hogg Old TestamentPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read a newspaper chiefly from a sense of shame, because I dislike being ill-informed, and I am a social creature, and like to be able to hold my own in conversation.... newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I look through a newspaper very much in the mood in which I go out for a stroll or light a cigarette by the front door late on a summer evening.' newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Daily Express because I like its human interest, the Telegraph because of its fairly accurate reporting... I do not like the way the Express gives undue publi... Daily ExpressPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read the Daily Express because I like its human interest, the Telegraph because of its fairly accurate reporting... I do not like the way the Express gives undue publi... TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I prefer the Daily Telegraph because I feel that the news is more genuine than the other daily newspapers print. I like my news presented to me without emotional 'colour... Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I consider the News Chronicle as unbiassed as any of the dailies, and, having the habit of reading that paper, do not feel sure that I appreciate the relative importance... News ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'We have the Sunday Express because it is more newsy, and the People because my mother likes the women's page and father likes the 'Plan with the Planets' astrological fo... Sunday ExpressPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'We have the Sunday Express because it is more newsy, and the People because my mother likes the women's page and father likes the 'Plan with the Planets' astrological fo... PeoplePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I begin at the back page of the Daily Mail, and read straight through till I come to the front. I don't know why I do this. I don't remember when I began to do so.' Daily MailPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'On Monday, January 15, saw an Evening Standard placard with the words, "Hitler Will March, says Paris". But in the Star the same evening was a summary of an article by P... Evening StandardPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'On Monday, January 15, saw an Evening Standard placard with the words, "Hitler Will March, says Paris" But in the Star the same evening was a summary of an article by Pe... StarPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Man, 35, Jew. Entered at 6.10. Walked towards Daily Herald. A Cockney was reading it, Jew held one side of paper and read for 5 secs. The Cockney said, "Wait a bit, I sh... Daily HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Siegfried Line with Two French soldiers. The chief is reading a letter from his mother: "How are you getting on?" Air raid shelter at end with notice: "Keep out of the s... letter from his motherManuscript: Letter
1850-1899'[letter from Mrs Ward to her father] Read the books about Lancashire life a hundred years ago, and see if they have not improved - if they are not less brutal, less eart...Mary Augusta Ward [books on 18th century Lancashire life]Print: Book
1800-1849?I send you herewith, the forthcoming Miscellany, with my glance at the new poor Law Bill.?Charles Dickens Poor Law BillPrint: Unknown


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