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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'The book ["Siren Land"]'s certain to be well noticed -- maybe attacked too; but that's no harm. I've been delighted. There are mighty fine things there.' Joseph Conrad Norman DouglasSiren LandPrint: Book
1900-1945'The book ["The Ascending Effort"] which in the course of the last few days I have opened and shut several times is not imaginative.'Joseph Conrad George BourneThe Ascending EffortPrint: Book
1900-1945'The book ["The Man of Property"] is in parts marvellously done and in its whole a piece of art-undubitably [sic] a piece of art. I've read it 3 times. My respect for you...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Man of PropertyManuscript: presumably copy of MS which had been sent for publication, or the page proofs, since the book was not published until 23 March 1906
1900-1945'The book ["The Rescue"] which has found favour in your eyes has been inspired in a great measure by the history of the first Rajah's enterprise and even by the lecture [...Joseph Conrad Rodney MundyNarrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes Down to ...Print: Book
1900-1945'The book ["The Year of Trafalgar"] arrived. Some day I will bring it to London for you to write your name and mine on the flyleaf, thus making it specially valuable ap...Joseph Conrad Henry NewboltThe Year of Trafalgar: being an account of the bat...Print: Book
1900-1945'The book [Existence afer Death Implied by Science][...] as a mere piece of writing may be described as being breathless itself and taking the reader's breath away, not...Joseph Conrad Jasper B. HuntExistence after Death Implied by SciencePrint: Book
1800-1849'The books which I am at present employed in reading to myself are in English, Plutarch's Lives and Milner's Ecclesiastical History'.Thomas Babington Macaulay PlutarchLivesPrint: Book
1800-1849'The books which I am at present employed in reading to myself are in English, Plutarch's Lives and Milner's Ecclesiastical History'.Thomas Babington Macaulay MilnerEcclesiastical HistoryPrint: Book
1900-1945'The books you sent me lasted beautifully. I read the two Lucases (which I loved) and the Hutchinson (mediocre) in the train and am now deep in "Ariel" which is delightfu...Gertrude Bell ?Arthur Stuart-Menteth ?HutchinsonunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'The books you sent me lasted beautifully. I read the two Lucases (which I loved) and the Hutchinson (mediocre) in the train and am now deep in "Ariel" which is delightfu...Gertrude Bell André MauroisAriel: ou La Vie de ShelleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'The books you sent me lasted beautifully. I read the two Lucases (which I loved) and the Hutchinson (mediocre) in the train and am now deep in Ariel which is delightful....Gertrude Bell Edward Verrall LucasunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'The books [Uncle George] read to us were all in the romantic vein: Shakespeare's "Histories", Chaucer, Percy's "Reliques", Scott's novels'.George Darwin William Shakespeare[Histories]Print: Book
1850-1899'The books [Uncle George] read to us were all in the romantic vein: Shakespeare's "Histories", Chaucer, Percy's "Reliques", Scott's novels'.George Darwin Geoffrey Chaucer Print: Book
1850-1899'The books [Uncle George] read to us were all in the romantic vein: Shakespeare's "Histories", Chaucer, Percy's "Reliques", Scott's novels'.George Darwin Walter Scott[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'The books [Uncle George] read to us were all in the romantic vein: Shakespeare's "Histories", Chaucer, Percy's "Reliques", Scott's novels'.George Darwin (ed.) Thomas PercyReliques of Ancient English PoetryPrint: Book
1850-1899'The boy was reading a play bill, when the prisoner went up to him and struck him, knocking out one of his teeth.' [n/a][playbill]Print: Advertisement, Poster, playbill
1800-1849'The Bride Maid The bridal is over, the guests are all gone... Jany 18 1829'Bowly groupThomas Haynes BaylyThe BridesmaidUnknown
1800-1849'The Bridesmaid' 'The bridal is o'er the guests are all gone/...'Carey/Maingay groupThomas Haynes BaylyThe BridesmaidPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'The Briefwechsel [Goethe-SChiller correspondence] I have also read; and must soon read again; purposing to make it the handle for an Essay on Schiller, in the Foreign Re...Thomas Carlyle Goethe & SchillerCorrespondencePrint: Book
1900-1945'The British officers formed a circulating library, and it was always possible to get any number of the Tauchnitz books in English and in French. There was no lack of rea...Lorimer John Austin unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book


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