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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'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
1900-1945'Thanks ever so much for the admirable book of portraits. Every one is a revelation-especially of course those of the people one knows, if ever so little.'Joseph Conrad William RothensteinTwenty-Four Portraits, with Critical Appreciation ...Print: Book
1850-1899'Thanks ever so much for the book ["Father Archangel of Scotland, and Other Essays"]. I have read it once so far. The more I read you the more I admire. This is a str...Joseph Conrad Robert Bontine Cunninghame GrahamFather Archangel of Scotland, and Other EssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks ever so much for the book. One would want a long and warm talk about it.To set down the several trains of thought suggested by your pages would take many pieces o...Joseph Conrad H. G.(Herbert George) WellsNew Words for Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socia...Print: Book
1900-1945'Thanks for books & pyjamas & toffee ... Please send Motor Cycling & Motor Cycle & an occasional Daily Mail — we get none here — we're miles from civilization.'Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a]Motor CyclingPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thanks for books & pyjamas & toffee ... Please send Motor Cycling & Motor Cycle & an occasional Daily Mail — we get none here — we're miles from civilization.'Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a]Motor CyclePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thanks for books & pyjamas & toffee ... Please send Motor Cycling & Motor Cycle & an occasional Daily Mail — we get none here — we're miles from civilization.'Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a]Daily MailPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Thanks for Cyrano. I haven't read it yet but will do so before the sun rises again.' [A week later Conrad wrote: 'Je ne suis bon qu'à lire Cyrano and such like coglione...Joseph Conrad Edmond RostandCyrano de BergeracPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks for sending the socks and gloves received yesterday, and for the letter which came the day before. The socks are quite the thing, and the gloves came in goo...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Weekly NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thanks for sending the socks and gloves received yesterday, and for the letter which came the day before. The socks are quite the thing, and the gloves came in goo...Thomas Wainwright [n/a] [n/a]Sunday PictorialPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Thanks for telling me about the articles. I always like to read anything of your writing, even when it is not of such supreme interest as 'Lucknow' because your style (m...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Richard Monckton Milnes'Lucknow'Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Thanks for the "Rossetti". My opinion of it you know but I am reading it carefully. It is good.'Joseph Conrad Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)RossettiPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks for the book ["The Little Man"]. "Abracadabra" is immense. Indeed every page is as full as it can be right through the book.' Hence follow five more lines of pra...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Little Man and other satiresPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks for the book. You know what I think of it in so far as I have been able to express it. I did not do it very well. There is a singular fascination about this last ...Joseph Conrad Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)The Fifth Queen Crowned
1850-1899'Thanks for the copy of "Good Reading". It's a charming little book.'Joseph Conrad John MillarBooks: A Guide to Good ReadingPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks for the copy of the "E.[English] R.[Review]". You won't mind me saying that your article on international politics is first rate. It has the quality of naked trut...Joseph Conrad Austin HarrisonForeign PoliticsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Thanks for the copy of the November number [of Blackwood;'s Magazine][...] I turned to "Tennyson" with eagerness.' Hence follow several line of discussion on this revi...Joseph Conrad Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thanks for the houseflags little book. I have marked in it all the ships I used to know--a good many of them.[...]. After you went away I re-read your Fog on the River p...Joseph Conrad Thomas ReedHouse Flags and Funnels of English and Foreign Ste...Print: Book
1900-1945'Thanks for the houseflags little book. I have marked in it all the ships I used to know--a good many of them.[...]. After you went away I re-read your Fog on the River p...Joseph Conrad H.|Henry] M.[Major] TomlinsonThe FogPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thanks for the little book ["Light and Twilight"] so full of good things. You know I have a prediliction for your prose with its quiet,flowing felicity of phrase and wha...Joseph Conrad Edward ThomasLight and TwilightPrint: Book


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