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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
 
1850-1899E. M. Forster to Alice Clara Forster, 5 November 1899: 'I have been reading Bernard Shaw's plays. Wonderfully clever & amusing, but they make me feel bad inside.'Edward Morgan Forster George Bernard ShawplaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sydney [Larkin's father] gave him free run of his library and his appetite for books grew enormously. "Thanks to my father", he wrote later: "our house contained not onl...Sydney Larkin George Bernard Shaw[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Florence Barger, 2 July 1916: 'I talk to patients [at Red Cross centre, Alexandria]; with one of them -- a sensitive and intelligent fellow -- I have ...Frank Vicary George Bernard Shaw Print: Book
1900-1945'Shaw's St Joan and Joyce's Ulysses into which I looked today (8-11-30) made me ashamed of my own writing. They have something to say, but I am only paring away insinceri...Edward Morgan Forster George Bernard ShawSaint JoanPrint: Book
1900-1945'Staying for a fortnight with Miss Heath Jones in Cornwall - where I read aloud to her a large selection of the works of Bernard Shaw, including the newly published "Back...Vera Brittain George Bernard ShawBack to MethuselahPrint: Unknown
1900-1945MS note at the end of "The man of destiny": "Dec 5 1926 Read aloud to C, [i.e. Lady Caroline Trevelyan] - as I once did to poor George Vanderbilt".George Otto Trevelyan George Bernard ShawPlays: pleasant and unpleasantPrint: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'The one [book] that I was given was Bernard Shaw. We went into a bookshop and my father said you can have any book you like which was very unwis...Hilary Spalding George Bernard ShawCollected PlaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'The programme on G. Bernard Shaw & his work was then entered upon by C.E. Stansfield reading a paper on the man & his work. H.M. Wallis gave a reading from "The Doctor's...Henry Marriage Wallis George Bernard ShawDoctor's Dilemma, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The programme on G. Bernard Shaw & his work was then entered upon by C.E. Stansfield reading a paper on the man & his work. H.M. Wallis gave a reading from "The Doctor's...Charles Evans George Bernard ShawFabian EssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'The programme on G. Bernard Shaw & his work was then entered upon by C.E. Stansfield reading a paper on the man & his work. H.M. Wallis gave a reading from "The Doctor's...Frederick Edminson, Percy Kaye & Walter RowntreeGeorge Bernard ShawMan and SupermanPrint: Book
1900-1945'The programme on G. Bernard Shaw & his work was then entered upon by C.E. Stansfield reading a paper on the man & his work. H.M. Wallis gave a reading from "The Doctor's...Charles Stansfield George Bernard Shaw Print: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to a Play-Reading of Bernard Shaw's Candida.'Members of XII book ClubGeorge Bernard ShawCandidaPrint: Book
1900-1945'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her in her Place" which latter process involved a gener...Members of XII Book ClubGeorge Bernard ShawSt JoanPrint: Book
1900-1945'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her in her Place" which latter process involved a gener...Charles Evans George Bernard ShawSt JoanPrint: Book
1900-1945'Letters & Letter writing were then proceeded with. Mrs Burrow read three letters of William Cowper characteristically interesting & amusing. Mrs C. Elliott read in...Francis Pollard George Bernard Shaw[letter to Mrs Patrick Campbell]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 68 Northcourt Avenue
20th III 1935
Howard R. Smith in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting were read & approved

...		Dorothy Brain George Bernard ShawPreface to Back to MethuselahPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Ashton Lodge: 14.3.38.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
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4. Readings from Irish Literature were then given as follows:-
C. E...		Mary E. Robson George Bernard ShawPreface to John Bull’s Other IslandPrint: Book
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 George Bernard ShawSaint JoanPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tues. Received letter from no one[.] Damnation[.] Reading Man & Superman by Bernard Shaw.'William Thomas George Bernard ShawMan and SupermanPrint: Book
1900-1945'Wed. Nil. Marriage is popular because it combines the maxm of temptation with the maxm of opportunity.'William Thomas George Bernard ShawMan and SupermanPrint: Book


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