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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Most army hospitals acquired a varied collection of books and this ward was no exception. With plenty of time to pass in bed I naturally spent a lot of it reading,...Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands Ivan Turgenev[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Ford on recalling when at the age of seven he met Turgenev at his grandfather Ford Madox Brown's studio: 'I was conscious simply of a singular, compassionate smile that...Ford Madox Ford Ivan Turgenev[various works]Print: Book
1900-1945'In the morning a little "Inferno". James's "Washington Square" (his first, American manner) and Turgeneff's [sic] "Fumée"; but Russian books are always a slight effort t...Ronald Storrs Ivan TurgenievFumée Print: Book
1900-1945I have never thought very well of Bunin. I say this with the greatest respect for your opinion, and I admit that you are much more likely to be right than I am. 'A Gent...Arnold Bennett Ivan Alexeyevich BuninThe Gentleman from San FranciscoPrint: Book
1900-1945I have never thought very well of Bunin. I say this with the greatest respect for your opinion, and I admit that you are much more likely to be right than I am. 'A Gent...Arnold Bennett Ivan Alexeyevich BuninThe VillagePrint: Book
1900-1945'James Hanley's workmates laughed when he taught himself French by reading the Mercure de France...Working the night shift at a railway station, Hanley withdrew into the ...James Hanley Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevFathers and SonsPrint: Book
1850-1899'(I am tempted, by the way, to say that 'On the Eve' is the finest novel I have ever read. I must lend it you. Its subtlety and restraint prevent it from ever being rea...Arnold Bennett Ivan Sergevich TurgenevOn the EvePrint: Book
1850-1899'My favourite masters & models: 1. Turgenev, a royal first (you must read 'On the Eve'?flawless I tell you. Bring back such books of mine as you have; I have others you ...Arnold Bennett Ivan Sergevich TurgenevOn the EvePrint: Book
1850-1899'I have just read Turgenev?s Smoke. Man, we have more to learn in mere technique from Turgenev than from any other soul. He is simply unspeakable. I will ram this stat...Arnold Bennett Ivan Sergevich TurgenevSmokePrint: Book
1850-1899"'On the Eve' is more than a nice novel; it is a great novel. I think that if I could read it in Russian I should set it down as the greatest within my knowledge." ...Arnold Bennett Ivan Sergevich TurgenevOn the EvePrint: Book
1850-1899'Turgenev has forestalled you. & a bit to spare, in ?A Sportsman?s Sketches?, which you shall take home with you next time you come to London. These sketches are obvious...Arnold Bennett Ivan Sergevich TurgenevA Sportsman's SketchesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I ordered a Russian grammar from home. For some reason nearly all the translations of Russian writers in those days, at least in the Windlestone library [at Windlestone ...Anthony Eden Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev Print: Book
1900-1945'her main intellectual interests were always literary, and as a novelist she was predominantly engaged in the business of reading and writing, with a keen critical intere...Rosamond Lehmann Ivy Compton Burnett Print: Book
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
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell, to Johnson] It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of "Isaac Walton's Lives" is intended. You have been in a mistake in thinking th...James Boswell Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richa...Print: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell, to Johnson] It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of "Isaac Walton's Lives" is intended. You have been in a mistake in thinking th...David Dalrymple, lord Hailes Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richa...Print: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell, to Johnson] It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of "Isaac Walton's Lives" is intended. You have been in a mistake in thinking th...Samuel Johnson Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richa...Print: Book
1700-1799'He talked of Isaac Walton's "Lives", which was one of his most favourite books. Dr. Donne's "Life", he said, was the most perfect of them'. Samuel Johnson Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richa...Print: Book
1600-1699'I to my booksellers and there spent an hour looking over "Theatrum Urbium" and "Flandria illustrata", with excellent cuts, with great content.'Samuel Pepys J BlaeuTheatrum civitatum... Italie [OR] Ubrium praecipua...Print: Book
1900-1945[List of books read during 1944]: 'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; Tom Brown's Schooldays; Life's a Circus; The Keys of ...Hilary Spalding J HarpoleLeaves from a Surgeon's Case BookPrint: Book


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