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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'In her spare time she was a great reader of novelettes and out of her four shillings subscribed to "Bow Bells" and the "Family Herald". Once when Laura, coming home from...Flora Thompson [unknown]His Ice QueenPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Laura's greatest find was a battered old copy of Belzoni's "Travels" propping open somebody's pantry window. When she asked for the loan of it, it was generously given t...Flora Thompson Giovanni Battista BelzoniTravelsPrint: Book
1850-1899'His lesson consisted of Bible reading, turn and turn round the class, of reciting from memory the names of the kings of Israel and repeating the Church Catechism.'Flora Thompson BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899 'Laura, who by this time was reading "Old St Paul's" at home, simply romped through this Little-Go'Laura Thompson William Harrison AinsworthOld St Paul'sPrint: Book
1850-1899'Once he gave out to Laura's class two verses of "The Ancient Mariner", reading them through first, then dictating them very slowly'.Flora Thompson Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Ancient MarinerPrint: Book
1850-1899'Laura was lucky enough to be given a bound volume of "Good Words" - or was it "Home Words"? - in which the Queen's own journal, "Leaves From Her Majesty's Life in the Hi...Flora Thompson Queen Victoria Leaves from Her Majesty's Life in the HighlandsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'"The Bride of Lammermoor" was one of the first books that Laura read with absorbed interest. She adored the Master of Ravenswood, his dark haughty beauty, his flowing cl...Flora Thompson Sir Walter ScottThe Bride of LammermoorPrint: Book
1850-1899''A grand old book, "The Pilgrim's Progress"! But I've something here you'll like better. "Cranford". Ever heard of it Laura? No, I thought not. Well you've got a treat i...Flora Thompson Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1850-1899'... and the spare hour or two was passed pleasantly enough over "Ministering Children", or "Queechy" or "The Wide Wide World".'Flora Thompson Maria CharlesworthMinistering ChildrenPrint: Book
1850-1899'... and the spare hour or two was passed pleasantly enough over "Ministering Children", or "Queechy" or "The Wide Wide World".'Flora Thompson Elizabeth WetherellQueechyPrint: Book
1850-1899'... and the spare hour or two was passed pleasantly enough over "Ministering Children", or "Queechy" or "The Wide, Wide World".'Flora Thompson Elizabeth WetherellThe Wide, Wide WorldPrint: Book
1850-1899'She was shocked by some of the hero's adventures but more often thrilled. Laura learned quite a lot by reading "Don Juan".'Flora Thompson George Gordon, Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
1850-1899'The book ["Robert Elsmere"] had moved him [Gladstone] prfoundly and he felt impelled to combat the all too dangerous conclusions to which it pointed. "Mamma and I", he w...William Gladstone Mary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'A file of Beechworth papers came to hand to-day. By them I see it is intended to hold a Local Exhibition at Beechworth in connection with the Victorian Exhibition to be ...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Ovens and Murray AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I read in the Castlemaine Representative last evening that an old man named Joseph Hill who had been sent from here to Castlemaine Gaol in December last, had died there ...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Castlemaine RepresentativePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the papers, in the evening after tea read for a while & then played a game of Bezique with Dotty. Harry read a piece of prose as an...Harry Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Once Laura had the honour of choosing two passages for the father of one of her friends, who had been invited to read and could not, as he said, think of anything likely...Flora Thompson Walter ScottThe Heart of MidlothianPrint: Book
1850-1899'Once Laura had the honour of choosing two passages for the father of one of her friends, who had been invited to read and could not, as he said, think of anything likely...Flora Thompson William ThackeryVanity FairPrint: Book
1850-1899'I read a story in the evening to the youngsters & then heard Harry read for marks. We were engaged in a dialogue from the Merchant of Venice when Mr Henry Smith of the A...John Buckley and Harry CastieauWilliam ShakespeareMerchant of VenicePrint: Book
1850-1899'I am alone in the house, and so I allowed myself, at dinner, the first light reading I have indulged in since my return in the shape of some Montaigne.'Robert Louis Stevenson Michel Eyquem de MontaigneLes EssaisPrint: Book


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