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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
 
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 J.M. BarriePlays of J.M. BarriePrint: 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.M. BarrieQuality StreetPrint: Book
1900-1945Books read by William Lygon, seventh Earl Beauchamp (politician, 1872-1938) to his daughters Lettice (1906-73) and Sibell (1907-2005) between June 1915 and December 1916 ...William Lygon, seventh Earl Beauchamp J.M. NealeTheodora PhranzaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Gissing read as widely as ever, with the same unbridled curiosity as during his youth but now with an intelligence tempered by experience. Of course he continued to read...George Gissing J.P. JacobsenNiels LyhnePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read the gist of "Ecce Homo".'John Ruskin J.R. SeeleyEcce HomoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Shower over the Breven as I returned (after sitting under a vast rock, rich with Alpine rose, reading Mr Ritchie's tract, "Catholick and Apostolick Church") and past awa...John Ruskin J.S. DavenportEdward Irving and the Catholic Apostolic ChurchPrint: Pamphlet, tract
1800-1849'Looked over Piercy's Retford and Benick's Birds - the birds are admirable; beyond all praise; they appear to be all life, or almost alive; they are admirably true to nat...John Cole J.S. PiercyHistory of RetfordPrint: Book
1900-1945'He had been reading, she said, J.W. Dunne's "Experiment with Time" - also Einstein and Addington.'Arnold Bennett J.W. DunneExperiment with Time, AnPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have written a little, and read a good deal, - the second volume of "Sir Charles Metcalfe's Life", which makes me look upon him as more of a hero than many whom Carlyl...Elizabeth Missing Sewell J.W. KayeLife and correspondence of Charles, Lord MetcalfePrint: Book
1900-1945'I am reading, ... "Life" of William Morris.'Virginia Woolf J.W. MackailLife of William MorrisPrint: Book
1900-1945'Friday, 1st January, Completed my paper on Mazzini. Read: ?One Act Plays of today? 2nd vol. (Harrap) ?Autocrat of the Breakfast table? (O.W.Holmes).' Gerald Moore J.W. MarriottOne Act Plays of TodayPrint: Book
1850-1899'One of the "golden books" of his childhood was J.W. Meinhold's 1847 Gothic historical novel "Sidonia the Sorceress". Wilde's mother, who was an accomplished translator o...Oscar Wilde J.W. MeinholdSidonia the SorceressPrint: Book
1900-1945'The reading of the "White Bird", apart from the sheer pleasure your work always gives, had a special interest for me as demonstrating once more your wonderful power to d...Joseph Conrad J.[James] M.[Matthew] Barrie The Little White Bird Print: Book
1850-1899E. M. Forster to Alice Clara Forster, ?summer 1899: 'I hear much of Mr Dimbleby, and have tried to read his books. I can't think how Maimie [i.e. Mary Aylward, family ...Edward Morgan Forster Jabez Bunting Dimbleby Print: Book
1900-1945The parents of playwright Arnold Wesker were both immigrants, tailor's machinists, Communists and culturally Jewish atheists. Wesker admitted he was "a very bad student",...Arnold Wesker Jack London Print: Book
1900-1945'[Jack Ashley] was less prepared for Ruskin [College] than most of the students, having read only two books since leaving school: Jack London's The Iron Heel and the regu...Jack Ashley Jack LondonThe Iron HeelPrint: Book
1900-1945'D[inner] Stew, potatoes, rice. Read "The Call of the Wild". Dozed.'John Frederick William Dunn Jack LondonThe Call of the WildPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read South Sea Tales by Jack London.'William Thomas Jack LondonSouth Sea TalesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Wed. Not a good day. No letter ... Feeling weak and done to the world.
Read Call of the Wild by Jack London.'		William Thomas Jack LondonCall of the WildPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read "White Fang" by Jack London."William Thomas Jack LondonWhite FangPrint: Book


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