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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[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding George Bernard ShawMrs Warren's ProfessionPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sat. No letter. No parcel ... read Mrs Wiggs of Cabbage Patch.'William Thomas Alice Caldwell RiceMrs Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Mary Berry, Journal, 28 August 1823: 'Loitered in the garden with Car. [Hon. Mrs Scott, novelist], and read the MS. which she gave me.'Mary Berry Hon Mrs C. ScottMSManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Gratifying letter from John Fossett: "Very many thanks for two instalments of diary. Joan and I derived hours of pleasure from reading it aloud to each other. How we l...John Fossett Vere HodgsonMS diaryManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 23 September 1824, from Edinburgh: 'Went with Mr. and Mrs. Davenport to [...] the Advocate's Library and Stamp Office, where Mr. Thompson, the Deputy...Mary Berry unknownMS lettersManuscript: Letter
1850-1899
1900-1945		Henry James to Katherine Prescott Wormeley, 8 February 1900, thanking her for sending him a proof copy of her preface to her translation [of Balzac's Letters], and accomp...Henry James Katherine Prescott WormeleyMS notes to Balzac's LettersManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read G.'s MS. of Friendship between Schiller and Goethe'. George Eliot [pseud] George Henry LewesMS of his Life of GoetheManuscript: Unknown, MS of book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 27 July 1818: 'Went with Lord Hardwick to see the MSS. which have been offered for sale to Sir Charles Stuart; they are all the papers and coresponde...Mary Berry and Lord Hardwicke unknownMS papers relating to Peace of UtrechtManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899Henry James to Antonio de Navarro, 15 June 1898: 'Well, my dear Tony, I have read your ms. [...] It is Hans Andersenesque -- but no editor of an actual London magazine wo...Henry James Antonio de NavarroMS storyManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 11 December 1793: 'Let me turn to more chearful subjects. your verses were particularly good — & they have the additional merit ...Robert Southey Horace Walpole BedfordMS versesManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Engine tenter, age twenty-seven...Often attends operas....questionaire respondent William ShakespeareMuch Ado about NothingPrint: Book
1850-1899" It was in my fifteenth year that I became again, this time intelligently, aquainted with Shakespeare. I got hold of a single play, The Tempest, in a school edition, pre...Edmund Gosse William ShakespeareMuch Ado about NothingPrint: Book
1850-1899'Been reading Shakespeare's plays. viz "Measure for Measure" "Much Ado About Nothing" -'Albert Battiscombe William ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingPrint: Book
1800-1849'S reads Berkeley and part of "Much ado about nothing["] aloud; read XI XII XIII Essays of Hume.'Percy Bysshe Shelley William ShakespeareMuch Ado about NothingPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then made some interesting remarks on the subject of Shakespeare's [??illegible] and portraits as an introduction to readings & songs from the poet's works, ...Maria Neild William ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, LP. 15.9.36
    Howard R. Smith in the chair.
1. Minutes of last read + approved
[...]
6. We then proceeded to read...		Members of the XII Book ClubWilliam ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingUnknown
1900-1945'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the "Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely...Gertrude Bell Martin S. BriggsMuhammadan Architecture in Egypt and PalestinePrint: Book
1850-1899'For National debt read "Munera" page 32. Read the first statement of the principles of currency, "Munera" Chap. III 66-80.'John Ruskin [unknown]MuneraPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding R.A.J. WallingMurder at the KeyholePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue: 23.6.36
    Francis E Pollard in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and, with the addition of No. 7, ap...		Dorothy Brain T. S. EliotMurder in the CathedralPrint: Book


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