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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
 
1850-1899In one place in which she worked as a servant, where "Mrs Layton's" reading approved of: "she became particularly keen on reading travel literature ..."Mrs Layton travel writingPrint: Unknown
1850-1899"[Jessie] Boucherett (b. 1825) ... 'one day ... caught sight, on a railway bookstall, of a number of the Englishwoman's Journal. She bought it, attracted by the title, b...Jessie Boucherett The Englishwoman's JournalPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899"'At a critical juncture', as she put it [in her autobiography] ... [Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence] read a novel which appealed directly to her combined desires for independe...Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Walter BesantChildren of GibeonPrint: Book
1850-1899" ... it was reading a Life of Mazzini, with its description of how he founded the 'Young Italy' Society, in which each member was pledged to work for the liberation of t...Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Life of MazziniPrint: Book
1850-1899"Before she came into contact with Suffragism ... [Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence] felt her political outlook ... had been conditioned by reading Morris, Carpenter, and Whitma...Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence William MorrispoetryPrint: Unknown
1850-1899"Before she came into contact with Suffragism ... [Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence] felt her political outlook ... had been conditioned by reading Morris, Carpenter, and Whitma...Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence CarpenterpoetryPrint: Unknown
1850-1899"Before she came into contact with Suffragism ... [Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence] felt her political outlook ... had been conditioned by reading Morris, Carpenter, and Whitma...Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Walt WhitmanpoetryPrint: Book
1850-1899"Harriet Shaw Weaver, as an adolescent, found Leaves of Grass 'a liberating influence and could even read it on Sundays as it wasn't a novel!'"Harriet Shaw Weaver Walt WhitmanLeaves of GrassPrint: Book
1850-1899'Murray (of the Hand-Books) has lately put forward a work which I have found very full of entertaining reading: a couple of well-sized volumes treating of every place o...Henry James [a guidebook to the areas round London]Print: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst The Holy WarPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst Homer The OdysseyPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst Thomas CarlyleThe French RevolutionPrint: Book
1850-1899"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds...Emmeline Pankhurst newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco...Harry Lauder [unknown][American History]Print: Book
1850-1899'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco...Harry Lauder Robert Burns[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco...Harry Lauder Walter Scott[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'A South Wales miner, raised in an orphanage, acknowledged that "Robin Hood was our patron saint, or ideal. We sincerely believed in robbing the rich to help the poor". (... anonRobin HoodPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'A South Wales miner, raised in an orphanage, acknowledged that "Robin Hood was our patron saint, or ideal. We sincerely believed in robbing the rich to help the poor". (... anonJack SheppardPrint: Book, Serial / periodical


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