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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'Headmistress takes Evensong in school because the church could not be blacked out. Instead of a sermon she read from books with a religious theme, e.g. "The Other Wise ...Frank MorrisonWho Moved the StonePrint: Book
1900-1945'My literature has been “The Pit”, Frank Norris’s wheat hoarding story, and the two books of riff-raff, very tangy, cynical and amusing, by O. Henry. One story, "Roads of...Edmund Blunden Frank NorrisThe PitPrint: Book
1900-1945’A lot of shelling in the morning: seemed to be around at the Rly Station. I have suddenly gone mad over “The Pit” by Frank Norris.’ Edmund Blunden Frank NorrisThe PitPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read Frank Norris’s “The Octopus” almost till midnight.' Edmund Blunden Frank NorrisThe Octopus: A Story of CaliforniaPrint: Book
1900-1945'London hatter Frederick Willis asserted that [Frank Richards's stories in the Gem and Magnet] taught him to be "very loyal" to the headmaster and teachers at his old Boa...Frederick Willis Frank Richards[stories in the Gem]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'London hatter Frederick Willis asserted that [Frank Richards' stories in the Gem and Magnet] 'taught him to be "very loyal" to the headmaster and teachers at his old Boa...Frederick Willis Frank Richards[stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Edward Ezard admitted that he and his friends read the Gem and Magnet for "the public school glamour". They thoroughly absorbed all the stock phrases and attitudes assoc...Edward Ezard Frank Richards[stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Edward Ezard admitted that he and his friends read the Gem and Magnet for "the public school glamour". They thoroughly absorbed all the stock phrases and attitudes associ...Edward Ezard Frank Richards[stories in the Gem]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'For Paul Fletcher, a colliery winder's son in a Lancashire mining town, the Magnet's appeal lay precisely in that "code of schoolboy honour". "Although I never realised ...Paul Fletcher Frank Richards[stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'A.J. Mills, a charlady's son, recalled that his teachers made a pathetic attempt to teach an honour system but "the nearest any of us got to knowing about the honour sys...A.J. Mills Frank Richards[stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945[Lionel Fraser dreamt unfulfilledly of Oxbridge]: 'Whatever resentment he may have felt was mollified by the Gem and Magnet, which "brought brightness into my rather humd...Lionel Fraser Frank Richards[stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945[Lionel Fraser dreamt unfulfilledly of Oxbridge]: 'Whatever resentment he may have felt was mollified by the Gem and Magnet, which "brought brightness into my rather humd...Lionel Fraser Frank Richards[stories in the Gem]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Charwoman's son Bryan Forbes "devoured every word, believed every word" of the Magnet and Gem, "surrendering to a world I never expected to join". As an adult he appreci...Bryan Forbes Frank Richards[stories in the Gem]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Charwoman's son Bryan Forbes "devoured every word, believed every word" of the Magnet and Gem, "surrendering to a world I never expected to join". As an adult he appreci...Bryan Forbes Frank Richards[stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Louis Battye, the spastic child of former millworkers, was at first utterly bewildered by the Gem and Magnet, because he was being educated at home and had no school exp...Louis Battye Frank Richards[stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Louis Battye, the spastic child of former millworkers, was at first utterly bewildered by the Gem and Magnet, because he was being educated at home and had no school exp...Louis Battye Frank Richards[stories in the Gem]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'V.S. Pritchett furtively devoured the Gem and Magnet with a compositor's son: both adopted Greyfriars nicknames and slang. Pritchett's father eventually found them, burn...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Frank Richards[school stories in the Gem]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'V.S. Pritchett furtively devoured the Gem and Magnet with a compositor's son: both adopted Greyfriars nicknames and slang. Pritchett's father eventually found them, burn...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Frank Richards[school stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Amy Gomm, an electrician's daughter, discovered the erotics of the text in some old Gems and Magnets she found in a cupboard. "What a joy to share my bed with Tom Merry ...Amy Gomm Frank Richards[school stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Amy Gomm, an electrician's daughter, discovered the erotics of the text in some old Gems and Magnets she found in a cupboard. "What a joy to share my bed with Tom Merry ...Amy Gomm Frank Richards[school stories in the Gem]Print: Serial / periodical


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