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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Friday 15th October. Bought ?The Picture of Dorian Grey? in the Paris edition and the ?New Machiavelli? Benn?s new uniform edition of Wells. The latter are easily th...Gerald Moore H.G. WellsThe New MachiavelliPrint: Book
1900-1945'Wednesday 20th October. Rehearsal ? ?Brothers B.?. Did not go to rehearsal but went home to have a quiet evening and read ?Machiavelli?. Some day I must put my tho...Gerald Moore H.G. WellsThe New MachiavelliPrint: Book
1900-1945'1st January- Saturday I have made no New Year resolutions, and so have none to keep. This might, thus, be an exemplary year for me, from my contrarily carrying-out all...Gerald Moore H.G. WellsA Modern UtopiaPrint: Book
1900-1945'30th January, Sunday. I had to stay at home today to do my washing for the forthcoming week, and to put the rooms to rights. ?The Dream? (H.G. Wells).' Gerald Moore H.G. WellsThe DreamPrint: Book
1900-1945'23rd February, Wednesday. This evening after dinner, I flitted from the splendour of the ?Grand? to the hospital-coldness of the little Hotel Cronstadt in the Quartier ...Gerald Moore H.G. WellsThe Invisible ManPrint: Book
1850-1899'For a long time I have been intending to write to you, & express my appreciation of your work, & also to ask what is your connection with Burslem & the potteries, Bursl...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe Time MachinePrint: Book
1850-1899'For a long time I have been intending to write to you, & express my appreciation of your work, & slso to ask what is your connection with Burslem & the potteries, Bursl...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe Cone in 'The Plattner Story and Others'Print: Book
1850-1899'For a long time I have been intending to write to you, & express my appreciation of your work, & slso to ask what is your connection with Burselem & the potteries, Burs...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe Invisible ManPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am writing now because I must?to congratulate you on the short stories on the Pall Mall Magazine, which seem to improve as they go on , & which certainly strike me as ...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsA Story of the Days to ComePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I wish I hadn?t read the first part of 'Tono-Bungay' so often. I shall have to read it yet again in order to get the hang of the last part.' Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsTono BungayPrint: Book, proofs of novel
1900-1945'By the way, Wells?s new novel 'Marriage', of which I have just read the proofs, contains more intimate conveyances of the atmosphere of married life than anybody has eve...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsMarriageManuscript: Codex, proofs
1900-1945'I return the proofs. As before, all suggestions are tentative. . . .I should judge it to be rather better thatn Marriage?certainly more homogeneous?& about as good as ...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe Passionate FriendsPrint: BookManuscript: Codex, proofs of book
1900-1945'This is a very good number. [New Statesman] The Wells review seems most just, but I haven’t yet finished the book. [The Soul of a Bishop]'Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe Soul of a BishopPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like this book very much. ["Mr. Britling Sees It Through"] It is extremely original & sympathetic, & the scenes that ought to be the best are the best. In fact it is ...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsMr Britling Sees It ThroughPrint: Book
1900-1945'I send you my affectionate thanks for the book ["The Plattner Story and Others"] and for the terms of the inscription on the fly-leaf; for the more I know of you--in our...Joseph Conrad H.G. Wells The Plattner Story and OthersPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks for the vol. Chaffery is immense. The thing as a whole remarkable in its effects.' Hence follow five more lines of praise. Joseph Conrad H.G. Wells Love and Mr LewishamPrint: Book
1900-1945 I’ve read 200 pp of 'Clissold'. Formless & wordy, I agree (introductory note foolish); but so far I think the book is very good. It is full of brains, & very provocati...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe World of William ClissoldPrint: Book
1900-1945'A meeting was held at Whinfield [?] on Dec 8 1904 devoted to H.G. Wells's Mankind in the Making. Howard R. Smith gave a good resume of the political and social proposals...Charles Stansfield H.G. WellsMankind in the MakingPrint: Book
1900-1945'A meeting was held at Whinfield [?] on Dec 8 1904 devoted to H.G. Wells's Mankind in the Making. Howard R. Smith gave a good resume of the political and social proposals...Howard R Smith H.G. WellsMankind in the MakingPrint: Book
1900-1945"Thanks for the '1st men in the moon', I have already finished it and enjoyed it very much."Clive Staples Lewis H.G. WellsThe First Men in the MoonPrint: Book


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