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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
 
1900-1945'20th January, Thursday. Pat has given me a number of his poems for the ?Two Houses?. [a magazine of which Gerald Moore was the editor] I had to smile at finding again ...Gerald Moore George Eric Patersonpoems [unspecified]Manuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'20th March 1929. Finished ?La M?re? (Gorki)' Gerald Moore Maxime GorkiLa M?rePrint: Book
1900-1945'20th September 1928 (Thursday). I note that one of the Swiss Cantons has passed a law enforcing the sterilisation of ?mentals?, this brings a long discussed question on...Gerald Moore Le JournalPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'21st March 1929. ?Le Petit Pierre? (Anatole France).' Gerald Moore Anatole FranceLe Petit PierrePrint: Book
1900-1945'22nd September 1928 (Saturday). I have started to read Kipling?s ?Letters of travel? again. I am very fond of this book although the slabs of jaunty, impatient, imper...Gerald Moore Rudyard KiplingLetters of TravelPrint: Book
1900-1945'22nd September 1928 (Saturday). The cat is out of the bag over the Anglo-French naval pact. One of the Hearst papers, ?The New York American? has got hold of a letter...Gerald Moore The New York AmericanPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'23rd February, Wednesday. This evening after dinner, I flitted from the splendour of the ?Grand? to the hospital-coldness of the little Hotel Cronstadt in the Quartier ...Gerald Moore H.G. WellsThe Invisible ManPrint: Book
1900-1945'23rd March 1929 (Saturday). Bought a ?Monde?, a ?Canard Enchain??, and Goncourt?s ?La Faustin? then spent the afternoon reading. ? La Faustin? (Edmond Goncourt)'. Gerald Moore Edmond GoncourtLa FaustinPrint: Book
1900-1945'24th February 1929 (Sunday) Finished reading ?Les Amis? before luncheon. Rolland is the most ?beautiful? writer I know and this book is as good as his best. I...Gerald Moore Romain RollandLes AmisPrint: Book
1900-1945'24th February 1929 (Sunday) Finished reading ?Les Amis? before luncheon. Rolland is the most ?beautiful? writer I know and this book is as good as his best. I...Gerald Moore Oscar WildeThe Portrait of Dorian GrayPrint: Book
1900-1945'24th March 1929 (Sunday). Delicious morning. We breakfasted in the garden, and after, while the Th?ologues retire upstairs to study the Epistle to the Romans. Melle...Gerald Moore [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'24th October 1928. Late to work. Hurried letter from mother asking me to obtain for her 10 copies of ?la Vie Litt?raire? (Cours Moyen). The publishers are Alcyde P...Gerald Moore H. BarbusseLa ClartPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'25 C was reading a book, waiting to be served, and reading with concentration, both elbows on table, head between hands. When served with pot of tea and a bun, continued... [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'25th February 1929 (Monday). Still at home, but hope to return to work tomorrow. A quiet day, reading the papers, and writing a little. The ?Temps? has an editoria...Gerald Moore Le TempsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'26th February 1929. No paper today owing to state of finances. From Friday?s ?Journal? I note that the historic Tacna and Arica dispute has been settled. Peru takes...Gerald Moore Le JournalPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'26th February, Saturday. Finally, succumbing to a morbid desire to get away from people I went off ?home? and read till dinner time. Muggridge having lent me a few nu...Gerald Moore Le SourirePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'27/1/1833 - In the evening read some pages of S. Crisp's "Sermons" - admirable! Read Newton's "Cardiphonia" and in the Acts; an edifying evening, still to bed discourage...Amelia Opie Stephen CrispSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849'27/1/1833 - In the evening read some pages of S. Crisp's "Sermons" - admirable! Read Newton's "Cardiphonia" and in the Acts; an edifying evening, still to bed discourage...Amelia Opie John NewtonCardiphoniaPrint: Book
1800-1849'27/1/1833 ? Read Carne?s "letters from the East", which, though not new to me, were most pleasing; so absorbed with his accounts of the Holy Land, I could scarcely quit ...Amelia Opie John CarneLetters from the EastPrint: Book
1850-1899'27th - I have just had a visit from two American ship-captains, whose vessels lie here. They approached me most reverentially, gave me some fine language, and very proba...John Mitchel [n/a]Freeman's JournalPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical


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