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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
 
1850-1899'Sat Reading till twelve o clock then went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Sat. Cold day ... angry ... Reading Experiences in Fr-Ge War 1870 by Archibald Forbes.'William Thomas Archibald ForbesMy Experiences of the War Between France and Germa...Print: Book
1900-1945'Sat. Nil. Read "Courtship of Morris ——" by AEW Mason.'William Thomas A. E. W. MasonThe Courtship of Maurice BucklerPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sat. Nil. [i.e., no mail]. Read The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers.'William Thomas Erskine ChildersThe Riddle of the SandsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sat. No letter. No parcel ... read Mrs Wiggs of Cabbage Patch.'William Thomas Alice Caldwell RiceMrs Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sat. Read "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. Ev Roulette.'William Thomas Oscar WildeThe Importance of Being EarnestPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sat. Read Play You Never Can Tell by Bernard Shaw & Odd Things by Dolf Wyllarde. Ev Badminton with Bolton.' William Thomas Dolf WyllardeThingsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sat. Read Play You Never Can Tell by Bernard Shaw & Odd Things by Dolf Wyllarde. Ev Badminton with Bolton.' William Thomas George Bernard ShawYou Never Can TellPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sat. Welcome May. Letter from home. Read "The Right Stuff" by Ian Hay ... Up 62 in bridge. Thunder Storm.'William Thomas Ian Hay (pseud.)The Right StuffPrint: Book
1600-1699'satt with Mr Hoby tell 6: then I went to priuat examenatione and praier, and to Read of the Testament'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday -- 29th. [...] Read Comus. & Prince Alexy Haimatoff'.Claire Clairmont John MiltonComusPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday -- 29th. [...] Read Comus. & Prince Alexy Haimatoff'.Claire Clairmont Thomas Jefferson HoggMemoirs of Prince Alexy HaimatoffPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday -- Jan. 8th. Read the Auto of La Vida es Sueno. Begin the Life of Romulus [...] Work in the Evening while Shelley reads the Gospel of Mathew [sic] aloud.'Percy Bysshe Shelley St MatthewGospelPrint: Book
1900-1945'Saturday 10th July ?Henry IV? ? (Shakespeare ? bought it yesterday, Temple 2 vols)'. Gerald Moore William ShakespeareHenry IVPrint: Book
1900-1945'Saturday 13th October 1928. After dinner went with Mme. and George to Romainville to hear Georges Pioch on Tolsto?. [...] Queerly enough, though Pioch himself is a To...Gerald Moore Leo TolstoyunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Saturday 18th December. ?Rev. Captain Kettle? ? (Hyne)'.Gerald Moore Charles John Cutcliffe Wright HyneThe Rev. Captain KettlePrint: Book
1900-1945'Saturday 18th September ?Socratic Discourses? Plato & Xenophon (Everyman) I have had the companion ?Five Dialogues on Poetic Inspiration? for a long time and was glad...Gerald Moore Xenophon/PlatoSocratic DiscoursesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Saturday 20th November. I do not care much for the new form of the ?New Leader?. It is the useless hopeless propagandist rag. It is a shame, when under Brailsford...Gerald Moore New LeaderPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Saturday 25th December. ?Scrambles among the Alps? (Whymper) Trying to get the proper atmosphere in a snow-less Christmas. Certainly, if any book could give it, it ...Gerald Moore Edward WhymperScrambles among the AlpsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Saturday 26th June ?At the Sign of the Black Moon? ? (Wyndham-Lewis)'.Gerald Moore Percy Wyndham LewisAt the Sign of the Black MoonPrint: Book


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