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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
 
1800-1849'Another Sunday recollection is that of a Sunday morning gathering in a humble kitchen. Larry [a crippled shoemaker] made his appearance every Sunday morning, as regu... [n/a]Northern StarPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Listed under "Books read since April the first 1789"Lady Eleanor Butler GilpinNorthern TourPrint: Book
1800-1849'I would like well to know who is the author of ST JOHNSTON. It is rather better than ordinary. Pray does any of you know who is the editor of "The Northern Whig"? It com...James Hogg Northern Whig, ThePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thank you for the book. So judicious, so interesting, so touching--why shouldn't I say so when I have been touched?'Joseph Conrad Henri GhéonNos DirectionsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read 'Higuerota' again not long since, I always think of that book as 'Higuerota', the said mountain being the principal personage in the story, When I first read it...Arnold Bennett Joseph ConradNostromoPrint: Book
1900-1945'To go back to your book ["Joseph Conrad: A Study"]; I know you thought highly of "Nostromo" but didn't know you placed it quite so far above the other books. The o...William Henry Hudson Joseph ConradNostromoPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have lately re-read here the complete works of Conrad and Henry James and am engaged on reading all the books of Stephen Crane that I can lay my hands on—for the to ...Ford Madox Ford Joseph ConradNostromoPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am reading, ... "Not Wisely but too Well" by Miss Rhoda Broughton.'Virginia Woolf Rhoda BroughtonNot Wisely but Too WellPrint: Book
1900-1945 I wrote a fatherly letter to Hughie & told him the error of his ways & also that I didn’t like 'The Cath'. well enough even to say anything about it to him at all. . . ...Arnold Bennett Notable British TrialsPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 29 March 1849: 'I read your kind note to Anne and she wishes me to thank you sincerely for your friendly proposal.'Charlotte Bronte Ellen NusseynoteManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 16 March 1850: 'I return Mr Thornton Hunt's note after reading it carefully.'Charlotte Bronte Thornton HuntNoteManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Neville Cardus, on devising cultural self-improvement scheme, in Autobiography (1947): "'... one day I picked up a copy of Samuel Butler's Note Books and read the followi...Neville Cardus Samuel ButlerNote BooksPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 2 April 1841: 'If you think I'm going to refuse your invitation ... you're mistaken -- as soon as I read your shabby little note -- I ga...Charlotte Bronte Ellen NusseyNote inviting Charlotte Bronte on visitManuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham, Northcourt Avenue, 13.xii.40
Howard R. Smith in the chair.

1. An apology for absence was read from Mr. & Mrs. Joselyn. 		Margaret Dilks Alice and Arnold JoselinNote of apologies for absence from a meetingManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Mrs Smith (mother of her publisher George Smith), 17 April 1851: 'Before I received your note, I was nursing a comfortable and complacent conviction t...Charlotte Bronte Mrs SmithNote to Charlotte BronteManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Westwood, 7 January 1842: 'Miss Barrett -- inferring Mr Westwood from the handwriting, -- begs his acceptance of the unworthy little book...Elizabeth Barrett Thomas WestwoodNote to Elizabeth BarrettManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte Nicholls to Ellen Nussey, 20 October 1854: "Arthur has just been glancing over this note -- He thinks I have written too freely ..."Arthur Bell Nicholls Charlotte Brontenote to Ellen NusseyManuscript: Letter
1900-1945Monday 2 September 1929: 'I have just read a page or two out of Samuel Butler's notebooks to take the taste of Alice Meynell's life out of my mouth. One rather craves bri...Virginia Woolf Samuel ButlerNotebooksPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am extremely busy & my novel isn?t getting a fair chance. I solace myself with the "note books" of Samuel Butler.' Arnold Bennett Samuel ButlerNotebooksPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just been reading the record of a dangerous voyage, [italics] Malte Laurids Brigg [end italics]. Yet Rilke returned safely. I have seen a photo of him in a black ...Antonia White Rainer Maria RilkeNotebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, ThePrint: Book


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