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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding Margaret IrwinRoyal FlushPrint: Book
1900-1945'A copy of the latest annual report of the Royal Literary Fund was recently forwarded to me from headquarters, and I have been studying its accounts.' Arnold Bennett Royal Literary Fund annual reportPrint: report
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Flora Thompson's village school had no geography books and no formal instruction in geography or history, other than readers offering stock tales about King Alfred and t...Flora Thompson Royal ReaderPrint: Book
1900-1945'Oh, I like all kinds of books - historical, semi-biography, well written. I liked "How Green was My Valley": and "All this and Heaven Too" ....I must say I can't read no... FrankauRoyal RegimentPrint: Book
1900-1945'Once, talking about Zeromski I asked Konrad [sic] if he had read "Roza". He had not. So I ran to my room and brought down a copy. I laid it on the table so he could read...Joseph Conrad Stefan ZeromskiRozaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Your Comédie du Laboratoire is perfect. Très chic — as French painters used to say of their pictures. This formula expresses the highest praise.'Joseph Conrad Bruno WinawerRoztwor profesora Pytla (Professor Pytel's Solutio...Print: Book, or playscript
1850-1899'The programme on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayham [sic] was as follows. Reading of the poem by Mrs Edminson and Mrs Rawlings Paper on the life of the poet by Mrs Smith So...Alfred Rawlings Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPrint: Book
1850-1899'The programme on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayham [sic] was as follows. Reading of the poem by Mrs Edminson and Mrs Rawlings Paper on the life of the poet by Mrs Smith So...Alfred Rawlings Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPrint: Book
1850-1899'The programme on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayham [sic] was as follows. Reading of the poem by Mrs Edminson and Mrs Rawlings Paper on the life of the poet by Mrs Smith So...Elizabeth Ann Smith Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPrint: Book
1850-1899'The programme on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayham [sic] was as follows. Reading of the poem by Mrs Edminson and Mrs Rawlings Paper on the life of the poet by Mrs Smith So...Helen Rawlings Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'The programme on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayham [sic] was as follows. Reading of the poem by Mrs Edminson and Mrs Rawlings Paper on the life of the poet by Mrs Smith So...Elizabeth Edminson Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'The programme on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayham [sic] was as follows. Reading of the poem by Mrs Edminson and Mrs Rawlings Paper on the life of the poet by Mrs Smith So...Charles Stansfield Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPrint: Book
1850-1899'I up to coffee, reading "Omar Khayyam".'John Ruskin Edward FitzgeraldRubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Reckitt House Feb 27 1931
R. H. Robson in the chair
1. Minutes of last approved
[...]
6 The subject of the evening Persian Art wa...		Charles E. Stansfield Edward FitzGeraldRubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPrint: Book
1850-1899'Brooks loved literature, and during their long walks together he introduced Willie to the most important contemporary English writers: the theological works of Cardinal ...John Ellingham Brooks Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Ever since I have read "Rudolph of Wertenberg" I have more pleasure when I walk round this country, as it makes me remember on all that has happen in former times in thi...Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne [unknown]Rudolph of WertenbergPrint: Book
1800-1849'Could you learn for me which is Lafontaine's best novel in one moderate volume? I have read his Raphael (in French), his Rudolph von Werdenberg, and his Tinchen (in Ger...Thomas Carlyle Auguste Heinrich Julius LafontaineRudolph von WerdenbergPrint: Book
1800-1849'This [talking about feuds between families] reminds me of "Ivanhoe". I take the introduction of Scripture phrases to be neither intentional profaneness in the author nor...Louisa, Lady Stuart Jeremy TaylorRule and Exercises of Holy Living, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Will you please give my warm regards to your husband and tell him I have just finished reading the "Rumak" with the greatest possible interest. I think it's simply wonde...Joseph Conrad Jan Tadeusz Zuk-SkarszewskiRumak Swiatowida:karykatura wczorajsza (Swiatowid'...Print: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814: 'I have peeped into the Ruminator, and turned to your first letter, which is well executed, and seizes the attenti...William Wordsworth R. P. GilliesRuminator, ThePrint: Book


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