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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 youngsters spent a great deal of their time in the parlor & in the evening their mamma read them a number of stories out of some Sunday books. then Sissy, Dotty & Wa...Polly Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'the youngsters spent a great deal of their time in the parlor & in the evening their mamma read them a number of stories out of some Sunday books. then Sissy, Dotty & Wa...Walter Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'the youngsters spent a great deal of their time in the parlor & in the evening their mamma read them a number of stories out of some Sunday books. then Sissy, Dotty & Wa...Sissy Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'the youngsters spent a great deal of their time in the parlor & in the evening their mamma read them a number of stories out of some Sunday books. then Sissy, Dotty & Wa...Dotty Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'The [1890s] dockers' leader Ben Tillett went hungry in order to buy books ... [and] thereby struggled through the literary classics, as well as works on evolution by Dar...Ben Tillett Charles Darwin[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The [1890s] dockers' leader Ben Tillett went hungry in order to buy books ... [and] thereby struggled through the literary classics, as well as works on evolution by Dar...Ben Tillett Herbert Spencer[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The [1890s] dockers' leader Ben Tillett went hungry in order to buy books ... [and] thereby struggled through the literary classics, as well as works on evolution by Dar...Ben Tillett Thomas Huxley[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'The [reference room of the public library] was almost airless, catarrhal from the fumes of the coke-stove, musty and dusty from the half-mouldering, out-of-date sets of ...Norman Nicholson [n/a]The Encyclopedia BritannicaPrint: Book
1900-1945'The [reference room of the public library] was almost airless, catarrhal from the fumes of the coke-stove, musty and dusty from the half-mouldering, out-of-date sets of ...Norman Nicholson [n/a]Dictionary of National BiographyPrint: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)William Shakespeare Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)John Milton Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)Edmund Burke Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)Oliver Goldsmith Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)Francois Rabelais Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)Sir William Jones Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)Joseph Addison Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)Jonathan Swift Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)Daniel Defoe Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)Miguel de Cervantes Print: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)John Bunyan Print: Book


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