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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'Dostoieffsky [sic] occupied our attention for the remained [sic] of the evening. We were much indebted to R.H. Robson for an interesting & valuable introduction dealing ...Katherine Evans Fyodor Dostoevsky Print: Book
1900-1945'Dostoieffsky [sic] occupied our attention for the remained [sic] of the evening. We were much indebted to R.H. Robson for an interesting & valuable introduction dealing ...Reginald Robson Fyodor Dostoevsky Print: Book
1900-1945'I do hope you are not too disgusted with me for not thanking you for the "[The Brothers] Karamazov" before. It was very dear of you to remember me; and of course I was e...Joseph Conrad Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers KaramazovPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am struggling with the Brothers Karamazov, but do not find myself at home with any of the characters. Must read something about Dostoevsky.'Vere Hodgson Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovPrint: Book
1900-1945'When it rained, Bennett stayed in the cabin and read Dostoevsky.'Arnold Bennett Fyodor DostoyevskyunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'He travelled alone, by train, . . . reading "The Brothers Karamazov" for the fourth time'.Arnold Bennett Fyodor DostoyevskyBrothers Karamazov, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I do not think "Romance" is good. In fact it isn?t & I don?t care who knows it. Ever read Dostoevsky?s "Crime and Punishment"? English translation damnable; but it is...Arnold Bennett Fyodor DostoyevskyCrime and PunishmentPrint: Book
1900-1945I have been re-reading 'Du Côté.' Well, it is marvellous. I have also been re-reading 'Anna Karenina'. Well, it is more marvellous. I have also been re-reading 'Les F...Arnold Bennett Fyodor Dostoyevsky Les Freres Karamazov Print: Book
1900-1945'His injury had not been permanent, and he now sat day after day beside Winifred's bed, talking to her about Russian literature and reading aloud from "Crime and Punishme...George de Coundouroff Fyodor DostoyevskyCrime and PunishmentPrint: Book
1900-1945After reading what you said about 'The Eternal Husband', I read that story again. Je le trouve un peu manqué, surtout vers le fin. Arnold Bennett Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Eternal HusbandPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read with interest Dostoevsky's "[The] House of the Dead".'Ronald Storrs Fyodor DostoyevskyThe House of the DeadPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of ‘An Epitaph. On the Tombstone erected over the Marquis of Anglesey’s leg. By the Rt. Honble. G. Cann...Catherine Austen G CanningEpitaph On the Tombstone erected over the Marquis ...Unknown
1800-1849'Read a letter of interest from G Danes Esq.'John Cole G DanesletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'lent Miss Fanny Knowlton Bloomfields "Hazlewood Hall & Remains" & Aytons "Essays" - Got a look at Gilleads of Spaldings "Alworth Abbey" & I neve[r] saw such a heap of un...John Clare G GilleadeAllworth Abbey; or Christianity TriumphantPrint: Book
1900-1945'On the whole I'd rather have a book like G. B. Stern's, or Hatter's Castle or The Stars Look Down. It's very sad to read, but it does give you life's problems, doesn't i...G B Stern[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Mr Girle wrote a history of his blue coat days, which he was anxious should appear in "Tait", and one day, at his request, I carried the MS to the warehouse, but it did ...G H Girle G H Girle[memoirs]Manuscript: Sheet, Unpublished memoirs
1850-1899'Stayed in all yesterday in crashing rain, and was busy at something all day till 1 at night, except reading "World" on run-away racehorse and pigeonshooting at lunch. Fr...John Ruskin G. Baker[Gladstone]Print: Unknown
1500-1599
1600-1699		'In [Gabriel Harvey's copy of] G. Breule's "Praxis Medicinae Theorica" (1585) on the front flyleaf is a manuscript index of various medical problems, together with page r...Gabriel Harvey G. BreulePraxis Medicinae TheoricaPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 19 February 1826; 'Being troubled with thick-coming fancies and a slight palpitation of the heart I have been reading the Chronicle of the Good Knight Messir...Walter Scott G. ChastellainVie de Jacques de LalainePrint: Book
1900-1945'After lunch sat under the trees with the children & read "Held Fast for England" to them, they put on their bathing gowns & played in the garden after tea.'Verena Pennefather G. A. HentyHeld Fast for EnglandPrint: Book


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