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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
 
1800-1849'The propaganda of Robert Owen alone did not convert printer Thomas Frost... to socialism: "The poetry of Coleridge and Shelley was stirring within me and making me 'a Ch...Thomas Frost Percy Bysshe Shelley[poetry]Print: Book
1800-1849'The public opinion [of the trial of Catherine Cook, a servant convicted of theft] is, I think, expressed in the Morning Herald. Other papers I do not see, except the pro...George Crabbe [n/a]Morning Herald, ThePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'The Queen of the County'Sarah Good Julia Cecilia StrettonThe Queen of the CountyPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Queen [Victoria] ... read the sequel [to "Uncle Tom's Cabin"], "Dred: A Tale of the Dismal Swamp" (1856), and considered it as good ...'Queen Victoria Harriet Beecher StoweDred: A Tale of the Dismal SwampPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Queen [Victoria] had ... [in 1886] read only "Donovan" [by Edna Lyall], but in sending this to her daughter together with "We Two" she added about the latter that Pr...Queen Victoria Edna LyallDonovan: A Modern EnglishmanPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Queen [Victoria] had ... [in 1886] read only "Donovan" [by Edna Lyall], but in sending this to her daughter together with "We Two" [1884] she added about the latter ...Princess Beatrice Edna LyallWe TwoPrint: Book
1850-1899'The question of conscience once arose when mother was reading "Jessica's First Prayer" aloud to Barnholt and me.'Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes Jessica's First PrayerPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'The rainy morning has kept me at home & I have amused myself heartily sitting under Waltons Sycamore tree hearing him discourse of fish ponds & fishing. What a delightfu...John Clare Izaak WaltonThe Complete AnglerPrint: Book
1900-1945'The reading of the "Man from the North" has inspired me with the greatest respect for your artistic conscience. I am profoundly impressed with the achievement of style.[...Joseph Conrad (Enoch) Arnold BennettA Man from the North.Print: Book
1900-1945'The reading of the "White Bird", apart from the sheer pleasure your work always gives, had a special interest for me as demonstrating once more your wonderful power to d...Joseph Conrad J.[James] M.[Matthew] Barrie The Little White Bird Print: Book
1900-1945'The readng of "Memories and Notes" has been one continuous delight. As you know I have been privileged to see some of these papers even in typescript and some in their ...Joseph Conrad Sidney ColvinMemories and Notes of Persons and Places, 1852-191...Print: Book
1800-1849'The reason for my not mentioning the History of Bremhill was this. I had not read at that time more than a very few pages: I knew nothing of Wansdike, nothing of Tanhill...George Crabbe William Lisle BowlesParochial History of Bremhill, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The receipt of your song gave me very great pleasure. I cannot criticize it. In fact it took me all my time to read it, as I cannot easily decipher musical MS.' Arnold Bennett Cedric SharpeSongManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'The Regatta' [transcribes poem]'Ho! Hearty steeple chasers...' 'Blackwood's Mag 1830'E.E.R. The RegattaPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a play-reading from Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Goodnatured Man'. Although this play was Goldsmith's first experiment in writing ...members of XII Book ClubOliver GoldsmithGood-natured Man, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a play-reading from Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Goodnatured Man'. Although this play was Goldsmith's first experiment in writing ...Ernest E. Unwin Oliver GoldsmithGood-natured Man, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a play-reading from Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Goodnatured Man'. Although this play was Goldsmith's first experiment in writing ...Ernest E. Unwin Oliver GoldsmithShe Stoops to ConquerPrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a series of readings & quotations from Shakespeare intended to indicate different aspects of him and these were interspersed ...Elizabeth Ann Smith William Shakespeare Print: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a series of readings & quotations from Shakespeare intended to indicate different aspects of him and these were interspersed ...R.B. Graham William Shakespeare Print: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a series of readings & quotations from Shakespeare intended to indicate different aspects of him and these were interspersed ...Charles Stansfield William Shakespeare Print: Book


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