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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 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 Harrison AinsworthOld Saint Paul'sPrint: Book
1900-1945'Today I spent ages trying to find a poem for Elocution [Grade 6 exam] in my special choice part. At last I chose "The Old Ships" by Flecker, which I think is one of the...Hilary Spalding James Elroy FleckerOld Ships, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899Speaking of the passion of his neighbouring Argentinian landowner, Don Gregorio Gandara, for a range of coloured horses, Hudson writes: 'It reminds one of the famou...William Henry Hudson Mark Antony LowerOld Speech and Old Manners in SussexPrint: Book
1900-1945'During these early years [Daphne du Maurier] filled her head with tales of adventure, romances, histories and popular novels, including such books as Treasure Island, Th...Daphne du Maurier William Harrison AinsworthOld St Paul'sPrint: Book
1850-1899 'Laura, who by this time was reading "Old St Paul's" at home, simply romped through this Little-Go'Laura Thompson William Harrison AinsworthOld St Paul'sPrint: Book
1850-1899'I was never forbidden but once in my life to read any book, and that was by my stupid governess, who forbade me to read 'Old St. Paul's', by Harrison Ainsworth... I prom...Emily Lytton Harrison AinsworthOld St. Paul'sPrint: Book
1500-1599When he was ordained, the Bishop (who in those days was primus Presbyter, or Praeses) seeking to oppose him, asked him this Question, Have you read the Bible through? Yes...John Carter [n/a]Old TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799'There is nothing in nature that you may not get a quotation out of Wordsworth to suit, and a quotation too that breathes the very soul of poetry. There are only three bo...James Hogg Old TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799'Indeed it were to wished that either this learned and excellent Divine [Dr Delany], or some other of equal Abilities, if such may be found, would oblige the World with a...Laetitia Pilkington [n/a]Old TestamentPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Missing Sewell on her reading at school: 'At Miss Crooke's [school] [...] we learned Pinnock's Catechisms of History and Geography [...] For religious instruct...Pupils at Miss Crooke's school, Newport, Isle of Wight. Old Testament (extracts)Print: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Alice James, 31 August 1869, on walking in Switzerland and Italy: "[after crossing Bernadine pass] I ... pursued my way ... to the village of Splugen, wher...Henry James Harriet Beecher StoweOld Town FolksPrint: Book
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 PeeleOld Wives TalePrint: Book
1900-1945'I read the scenario of "The Old Wives" Tale.' Arnold Bennett unknownOld Wives' Tale, TheManuscript: Sheet, typescript film scenario
1900-1945'F. Edminson read an able review of Morley's Life of Cromwell and A. Rawlings read a ['charming' inserted in another hand and crossed out] paper on Wm Morris.'Frederick Edminson John MorleyOliver CromwellPrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to a reading of Oliver Cromwell by John Drinkwater'.Members of XII Book ClubJohn DrinkwaterOliver CromwellPrint: Book
1800-1849'At the time I received thy letter, I was reading Carlyle's 'Life of Cromwell'. I was unable to procure the second volume immediately, and while waiting for it, I have ...Eliza Ellis Oliver CromwellOliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Eluci...Print: Book
1900-1945Copious MS notes and marginal marks, including some showing signs of irritation: v.5 p.96 "Oh do have done!"; v.4: "Oh do shut up". Several dates of reading noted includi...George Otto Trevelyan Oliver CromwellOliver Cromwell's letters and speeches; with eluci...Print: Book
1900-1945'As a boy V.S. Pritchett read Oliver Twist "in a state of hot horror, It seized me because it was about London and the fears of the London streets. There were big boys at...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Charles DickensOliver TwistPrint: Book
1850-1899'... Oliver Twist (1838), the first Dickens that A. A. Milne was exposed to, at 9, gave him nightmares.'Alan Alexander Milne Charles DickensOliver TwistPrint: Book
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 Charles DickensOliver TwistPrint: Book


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