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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
 
1850-1899'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc...Fyodor Dostoevsky[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc...Ivan Turgenev[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc...Alexandre Dumas (pere)[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc...Victor-Marie Hugo[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc...William Makepeace Thackeray[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc...George Meredith[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc...Walter Scott[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc...Charles Dickens[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'The son of a Methodist farm worker, he studied Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" and "The Two Covenants".'Joseph Mayett John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1800-1849'The son of a Methodist farm worker, he studied Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" and "The Two Covenants".'Joseph Mayett The Two CovenantsPrint: Book
1700-1799'The Sonnet of Mr des Yveteaux the odd Man who shut himself up with a Wench, & played Shepherd & Shepherdess when he was past threescore; beginning Avoir peu de parens...Hester Lynch Thrale Nicolas Vauquelin Des Yveteaux[a sonnet]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'The Sonnet of Mr des Yveteaux the odd Man who shut himself up with a Wench, & played Shepherd & Shepherdess when he was past threescore; beginning Avoir peu de parens...Hester Lynch Thrale Walter PopeOld Mans Wish, ThePrint: Unknown
1900-1945'The spasmodic study of Plato, whose "Apologia" and "Meno" I was reading for Pass Mods., certainly did nothing to discourage my hysterical pursuit of elusive definitions....Vera Brittain Plato'Apologia' and 'Meno'Unknown
1900-1945'The Squire of Bijeno was a reader. We spent the evening over the history of Alexander and over "Memoirs of the Boxer Rising", translated into Persian from the Fren...Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon]Memoirs of the Boxer RisingPrint: Book
1900-1945'The Squire of Bijeno was a reader. We spent the evening over the history of Alexander and over '"Memoirs of the Boxer Rising", translated into Persian from the Fre...Freya Stark [Anon] [Anon]The History of AlexanderPrint: Book
1850-1899'The statement wh. I transmitted to you about Cortes was the vaguest but I will see if I can find out anything from my friend, whom I expect to see again. The general eff...Leslie Stephen VariousSaturday Review, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The steps around Eros statue are filled with an excited crowd, coster's barrows stand around selling fruit, chocolate, etc. Hot chestnuts, roasted potatoes and peanuts a...people gathered near the Eros statue [n/a][news running on electric signboard]Print: electric signboard with scrolling text
1800-1849'The storm around might roar and rustle We didna mind the storm a whistle'. Walter Scott Robert BurnsTam o' ShanterUnknown
1900-1945'The storm came up on us and lightning began so we turned back. Past a grove of lemons and through a farm yard where a woman showed us her miserable baby eaten up with Ma...Gertrude Bell George Eliot (pseud.)MiddlemarchPrint: Book
1600-1699'the Storry [of Philemon and Baucis] pleases mee, none in Ovide soe much. I remember I cryed when I read it, mee thought they were the perfectest Characters of a con[ten]...Dorothy Osborne OvidMetamorphosesPrint: BookManuscript: Letter


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