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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'Read Golownins Captivity in Japan, well told but he was a silly man, suspicious yet not cautious. Read Rob Roy.'Benjamin Newton Walter ScottRob Roy: By the author of WaverleyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading Mommsen and Story's "Roba di Roma". Also Liddell's "Rome", for a narrative to accompany Mommsen's analysis'.George Eliot [pseud] William Wetmore StoryRoba di RomaPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...		Desmond Malone Rolf Boldrewood (pseud.)Robbery Under ArmsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Australian Bush life'Sarah Good Rolf BoldrewoodRobbery Under ArmsPrint: Book
1900-1945'12th January 1929. During the afternoon I read Bordeaux?s ?Robe de laine?, but not with much enjoyment. I do not care for Bordeaux though I do not know why.' Gerald Moore Henry BordeauxRobe de LainePrint: Book
1700-1799Looked at Ainsworth's dictionary for the derivation of all the Christian names; Joseph is derived from the Hebrew of I will multiply ...Joseph Hunter Robert AinsworthRobert Ainsworth's DictionaryPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue, 21st June 1944
F. E. Pollard in the chair.

1. Minutes of last meeting were read and signed.

[...] 		Francis E. Pollard G. K. ChestertonRobert BrowningPrint: Book
1850-1899'Today, I got rather a curiosity - Lieder und Balladen von Robert Burns, translated by one Silbergleit, and not so ill done either.'Robert Louis Stevenson L G SilbergleitRobert Burns' Lieder und Balladen [etc]Print: Book
1850-1899'The retired Governor of Madras Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, to whom Mrs [Humphry] Ward read extracts from "Robert Elsmere "before it was published, was arrested by the no...Mrs Humphry Ward Mary Augusta WardRobert Elsmere
1850-1899'After reading the first volume [of Mrs Ward's "Robert Elsmere"] he [William Arnold] wrote to Mrs Arnold, "You may look forward to finding yourself the mother of a famous...William Arnold Mary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'The book ["Robert Elsmere"] had moved him [Gladstone] prfoundly and he felt impelled to combat the all too dangerous conclusions to which it pointed. "Mamma and I", he w...Catherine Gladstone Mary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'The book ["Robert Elsmere"] had moved him [Gladstone] prfoundly and he felt impelled to combat the all too dangerous conclusions to which it pointed. "Mamma and I", he w...William Gladstone Mary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'Matthew Arnold wrote from Wilton, the Pembrokes' house, a week before his death (which occurred on April 15), that he found all the guests there reading or intending to ...guests at WiltonMary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'At this precise moment I am feeling mightily morose, owing to my having foolishly embarked on Robert Elsmere and Tom Jones this afternoon.'John Buchan Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1900-1945'Had I realised when I read it that its author was even then portentously engaged in rallying the anti-suffrage forces, it might have influenced me less, but I remained i...Vera Brittain Mary WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1900-1945'Just after leaving school, I had been plunged into the same tumult of agonised inquiry by reading Mrs. Humphry Ward's "Robert Elsmere".'Vera Brittain Mary WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book, Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House. 18th October 1940.
R. D. L. Moore in the Chair.
[...]
2. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
Muriel Stevens St. John ErvineRobert's WifePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House. 18th October 1940.
R. D. L. Moore in the Chair.
[...]
2. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
Violet Clough St. John ErvineRobert's WifePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House. 18th October 1940.
R. D. L. Moore in the Chair.
[...]
2. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
Rosamund Wallis St. John ErvineRobert's WifePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House. 18th October 1940.
R. D. L. Moore in the Chair.
[...]
2. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
Margaret Dilks St. John ErvineRobert's WifePrint: Book


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