Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   677 678 679 680 681  682  683 684 685 686 687   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'One could find books in Thiepval; I am guilty of taking my copy of Ferdinand von Freiligrath's bombastic poems from that uncatalogued library.'Edmund Blunden Ferdinand FreiligrathunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Ferdinand Friedrich RungeNeveste phytochemische Entdeckingen zur BegrundungPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have been reading Galiani's correspondence. I had no conception that Abbes and ladies wrote to each other in such a style and feel ashamed of my Simplicity and innocen...Sydney Smith Ferdinando Galiani[Letters]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have read Galiani's letters, but they are so utterly insignificant, that there is nothing more to be said of them than that they are not worth speaking about. I scarce...Sydney Smith Ferdinando Galiani[Letters]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'In A Young Man's Passage (1950), Mark Tellar recalls "confessing to his prep-school teacher that during the holidays he had read Conway's 'Called Back', together with Fe...Mark Tellar Fergus HumeThe Mystery of the Hansom CabPrint: Unknown
1600-1699'have you read the Story of China written by a Portuguese, Fernando Mendez Pinto I think his name is . . . tis as diverting a book of the kinde as ever I read, and is han...Dorothy Osborne Fernao Mendes PintoPeregrinacaoPrint: BookManuscript: Letter
1600-1699
1700-1799		[List of books read to Sir Thomas Browne by Elizabeth Lyttelton]. Headed in commonplace book: 'The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she ...Elizabeth Lyttelton Fernão Mendes PintoPilgrimage of Fernam Mendez Pinto in which is told...Print: Book
1850-1899'The other day for a treat Charlie got me La Petite Comtesse to read. I never was more delighted with any story. It is so beautifully and pathetically written, but so s...Katey Dickens Feuillet OctaveLa Petite ComtessePrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday April 11th. [...] Begin Avventure ed Osservazione di Filippo Pananti sopra le coste di Barberia.' [Readings from this text, along with detailed notes on ...Claire Clairmont Filippo PanantiAvventure ed osservazione sopra le coste di Barber...Print: Book
1900-1945'Read The Sands of Pleasure by Montmartre.'William Thomas Filson YoungThe Sands of PleasurePrint: Book
1900-1945'This morning I sat in the back garden roasting myself in the sun and reading Fiske Kimball's Rococo book.'James Lees-Milne Fiske KimballThe Creation of the RococoPrint: Book
1700-1799'In reading Josephus's "Jewish Antiques" I find his opinion was (or at least it was a prevailing notion in his time) that the earth was the centre of the planetary system...Thomas Turner Flavius JosephusThe antiques of the JewsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of Josephus's "Jewish Antiques".'Thomas Turner Flavius JosephusThe genuine works of Flavius JosephusPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the evening read part of the "Jewish Antiques".'Thomas Turner Flavius JosephusThe genuine works of Flavius JosephusPrint: Book
1800-1849'I meant to inform you, that besides those books already mentioned, I sent for Bishop Horne's Sermons, 4 vols. Carr's Sermons, Blairs Sermons, 5vols. Scott's Christian Li...James Lackington Flavius JosephusWorksPrint: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		[List of books read to Sir Thomas Browne by Elizabeth Lyttelton]. Headed in commonplace book: 'The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she ...Elizabeth Lyttelton Flavius JosephusThe History of the Jewish WarsPrint: Book
1900-1945'This valley led us up onto a little Col from whence we looked down into the beautiful Wady Sir [Wadi es Sir] with Arak [Iraq] el Emir lying in the bottom of it and heigh...Gertrude Bell Flavius JosephusComplete WorksPrint: Book
1900-1945'This valley led us up onto a little Col from whence we looked down into the beautiful Wady Sir [Wadi es Sir] with Arak [Iraq]el Emir lying in the bottom of it and height...Gertrude Bell Flavius Josephus?Complete WorksPrint: Book
1850-1899'I would not, I could not, give up the rides and rambles that took up so much of my time, but I would try to overcome my disinclination to serious reading. There we...William Henry Hudson Flavius JosephusThe Works of Flavius JosephusPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sir F[rank Swettenham] lent me two of his books to read: "Unaddressed Letters" and "Malay Sketches".[...] Excellent dinner [on board Dutch ship] with funny Dutch peas an...Gertrude Bell Flora Annie SteelOn the Face of the WatersPrint: Book


Go to page: [1]   677 678 679 680 681  682  683 684 685 686 687   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design