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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'The journey home was absolutely damnable: I had to wait an hour at Letterkenny, and an hour and a quarter at Strabane. You may judge of my boredom when I tell you that...Clive Staples Lewis [n/a] [n/a]The Novel MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The justness of all these things said in "Another Sheaf" is what strikes one most.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyAnother SheafPrint: Book
1700-1799'The King then asked him if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom, except the "Monthly" and "Critical Reviews"; and on being answered there was...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Monthly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'The King then asked him if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom, except the "Monthly" and "Critical Reviews"; and on being answered there was...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Critical ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'The King then asked him if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom, except the "Monthly" and "Critical Reviews"; and on being answered there was...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Philosophical Transactions of the Royal SocietyPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'The King then asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill. Johnson answered, he was an ingenious man, but had no veracity; and immediately mentioned, as an instance of it, an ...Samuel Johnson Dr Hill[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'The Kintbury Family - very much pleased with it ["Mansfield Park"]; preferred it to either of the others.'Jane AustenSense and SensibilityPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Kintbury Family - very much pleased with it ["Mansfield Park"]; preferred it to either of the others.'Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1800-1849'The Kintbury Family - very much pleased with it; - preferred it to either of the others.'Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1850-1899'The ladies did not retire till after eleven & then I laid myself down on the sofa & tried to sleep. The mosquitoes however would'ent allow anything of the kind & so afte...John Buckley Castieau Alexandre DumasMemoirs of a physicianPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Lambtons sent me the last Edinburgh, prematurely brought out for the Eastern article. That art: was bad enough; but North did me good, like a canter over a Scotch mo...Harriet Martineau various authorsEdinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The last few days have been all the same, Nothing to do but sit around reading and chatting. The weather has changed. It is now pouring with rain.'Leslie Semple unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1850-1899'The last few days I have been looking through Matthew Arnold's poems, and find his earlier ones very superior to the later'.George Eliot [pseud] Matthew Arnold[poems]Print: Book
1800-1849'The Last Green Leaf' 'The last green leaf hangs lonely now/...'Carey/Maingay groupNathaniel Thomas Haynes BaylyThe Last Green LeafPrint: UnknownUnknown
1900-1945'The last mail brought me your Dedicatory letter. I am [underlined] so [end underlining] touched & so very very proud. I don't know how to tell you how proud it makes me....Esther Gwendolyn, 'Stella' Bowen Ford Madox Ford[dedicatory letter to 'The Good Soldier']Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'The Last Man by T. Campbell esq' [transcribes text] 'All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom...' Signed 'Fanny'Mary Dugdale Thomas CampbellThe Last ManUnknown
1900-1945'The Last Post has hitherto had rather a bad press. There were two most violent attacks - on that and N.Y.i. N. A. in the [underlined] Times [end underlining] last Sunday...Ford Madox Ford [n/a]New York Times Book ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The Last Post has hitherto had rather a bad press. There were two most violent attacks - on that and N.Y.i. N. A. in the [underlined] Times [end underlining] last Sunday...Ford Madox Ford William McFeeNew York Herald Tribune BooksPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The Last Post has hitherto had rather a bad press. There were two most violent attacks - on that and N.Y.i. N. A. in the [underlined] Times [end underlining] last Sunday...Ford Madox Ford Harry Hensen[untraced review of Ford's 'The Last Post']Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The last Quarterly contained a dishonest and offensive attack upon me by an American journalist, whom I dimly remember as an employe of Blorrity years ago when I refused...J.E.C. Bodley Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical


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