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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
 
1900-1945'Growing up in Lyndhurst after the First World War, R.L. Wild regularly read aloud to his marginally literate grandmother and his completely illiterate grandfather - and ...R.L. Wild Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1900-1945'W.J. Brown was introduced to literature by "Robinson Crusoe", "She", "The Last of the Mohicans", and "Around the World in Eighty Days", and he never moved far beyond tha...William John Brown Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1900-1945'Kipling had now been supplemented with Henty, Ballantyne, Rider Haggard and John Buchan, all with their own tales of imperial derring-do to tell theimpressionable young...Lawrence Durrell Henry Rider Haggard[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'In a BBC talk of 1947 about the book that had most influenced her early years, she chose to talk about Rider Haggard's "She"; she came upon it at the age of twelve, "whe...Elizabeth Bowen Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1900-1945'Friday. Lovely day. Walked about[.] No letters. Shown sketches by Russian ... Read Aysha [sic] by Rider Haggard. Ev Bridge. Did not play well. Gym gets on well.'William Thomas Henry Rider HaggardAyesha, the Return of ShePrint: Book
1900-1945'Thurs. Nil by mail. Read Red Eve by Ryder Haggard.'William Thomas Henry Rider HaggardRed EvePrint: Book
1900-1945'Babs better kept him quiet in bed all day & read King Solomon's Mines to him & Dick.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardKing Solomon's MinesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Kept Dick in bed all day. Read "King Solomon's Mines" to him & worked with Tub at the Dutch garden.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardKing Solomon's MinesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read "She" to Roley after tea.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1900-1945'Roley back from school about 4. Told him to come early, as I was afraid of his being out late with his chill. Read "She" to him.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1900-1945'Roley back for lunch, first swimming lesson this term. Read him Eric Brighteyes after lunch, then he went up to swimming.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Went through the books, sat on deckchairs and worked at Evie's undie set. Indications of baby coming after lunch. Nurse went for a walk. I sat on lawn & worked. Te...Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Kept Babs at home as I was afraid he'd be too tired in the morning for the early start. He watched Baby have her bath, then had his hair cut & bought cakes while N...Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very hot day. Tub played tennis with the Malonys in the afternoon. I read Eric Brighteyes to Babs. Mrs Salter came to see me about 7 oclock.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very hot again, but more breeze. Washed my hair after my bath and dried it in the garden. Roley home for lunch. Finished "Eric Brighteyes" to him in the garden aft...Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Up by nine. Read a little this morning in Lord Bolingbroke's "Study of History". What extreme foppery! Yet what can one point out as proofs?'William Windham Henry Saint John, Viscount BolingbrokeLetter on the Study and Use of HistoryPrint: Book
1800-1849'I enclose you two poems one by Mr Riddell which I have copied and corrected a sublime and beautiful thing, its only fault being a small shade of redundancy of thought bu...James Hogg Henry Scott Ridell'Ode to the Harp of Zion'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Read ... "Barlash [sic] of the Guard". Dressed & sat by the fire. Dominoes.'John Frederick William Dunn Henry Seton MerrimanBarlasch of the GuardPrint: Book
1900-1945'Fri. Nil [i.e., no post]. Read The Vultures by Merriman.'William Thomas Henry Seton MerrimanThe VulturesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Letter from home May 5th. Roullette -5. Read Slave of Lamp by Merriman.'William Thomas Henry Seton MerrimanThe Slave of the LampPrint: Book


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