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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'Strangely enough--about five months ago--when turning over the last page of the "Wonderful Visit" in the full impresion of the suggestive charm and full realism of that ...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G. (George) WellsThe Time MachinePrint: Book
1850-1899'Strangely enough--about five months ago--when turning over the last page of the "Wonderful Visit" in the full impresion of the suggestive charm and full realism of that ...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G. (George) WellsThe Stolen Bacillus and Other IncidentsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Thanks ever so much for "The Invisible Man". I shall keep him a few more days longer. Frankly--it is uncommonly fine.[Hence follows a long paragraph of appreciative com...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G. (George) WellsThe Invisible ManPrint: Book
1850-1899'The trans: of the T.M.["The Time Machine"] is really first rate. What an admirably good thing it is, this T.M. How true,clever, ingenious, full of thought and beauty. I ...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G. (George) WellsThe Time MachinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The lecture is splendid. It is striking in its expression [...]and in its eloquence too [...].I call it scientific eloquence--that is eloquence appealing not to the pass...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G. (George) Wells The Discovery of the FuturePrint: Book, Pamphlet
1900-1945'An excellent volume. Last time I saw you , you spoke of it slightingly-and this only adds to my envy of your astounding gift-for if this is the sort of thing you throw o...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G. (George) Wells Twelve Stories and a DreamPrint: Book
1900-1945'Your first inst[alment] [of "Kipps"] in the PMM [Pall Mall Magazine] is jolly good. It turns up [sic] remarkably well. Coming upon it unexpectedly (the No.of PMM was sen...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells Kipps: The Story of a Simple SoulPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'All I can say is that I am quite enthusiastic about the work ["A Modern Utopia"]. From the first line of the preface to the closing sentence I feel in touch with a more...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells A Modern UtopiaPrint: Book
1900-1945'The Comet appeared to my naked (and surprised) eye yesterday morning. By a great effort of will I stuck to my own task till lunchtime. I began my observations in the aft...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells In the Days of the CometPrint: Book
1900-1945'And on the subject of Wells, his book on the United States is quite smart. He has understood a heap of fundamentally unintelligible things. That's the purpose of an imag...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells The Future in America: A search after realitiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'The first instalment of your story in the PMM ["Pall Mall Magazine"] opens the year brilliantly. How good you are in presenting the human interest of a story in terms of...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells The War in the AirPrint: Serial / periodical
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 H.A. VachellQuinneysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, c.29 August 1836: 'Mrs Lenox Conyngham's name had come to my ears but it was not familiar to them, -- & your brief account...Elizabeth Barrett H.F. ChorleyMemorials of Mrs HemansPrint: Book
1900-1945'Although Bennett had reservations about the book, he had enjoyed it, and had at once written to tell his friend so'. Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe World of William ClissoldPrint: Book
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 H.G. WellsThree Short StoriesPrint: Book
1900-1945'The fresh-sounding work of the war generation, which began to appear in the late 1920s and early 1930s, provided him with important models. Huxley, Wells and Aldington (...Lawrence Durrell H.G. Wells[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'When, in my schooldays, I read H.G. Wells's "Kipps", I recognised it as in some ways a portrait of my father.'Norman Nicholson H.G. WellsKippsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tom... introduced me to Poe's "Tales", to my first detective stories and to the early novels of H.G. Wells.'Norman Nicholson H.G. Wells[early novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'After the examination, when we were expected to feel free as hares, we all flopped with reaction. There seemed just nothing that we wanted to do. There were no lessons, ...Norman Nicholson H.G. WellsKippsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sunday 20th June ? Short History of the World? - (H.G. Wells)'.Gerald Moore H.G. WellsShort History of the WorldPrint: Book


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