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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'W.J. Brown was introduced to literature by "Robinson Crusoe", "She", "The Last of the Mohicans", and "Around the World in Eighty Days", and he never moved far beyond tha...William John Brown Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1850-1899Henry James to Robert Louis Stevenson, 2 August 1886: "Since I saw you [on Sunday 1 August] I have finished Solomon and read half of 'She' ... It isn't nice that anything...Henry James H. Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1900-1945'In a BBC talk of 1947 about the book that had most influenced her early years, she chose to talk about Rider Haggard's "She"; she came upon it at the age of twelve, "whe...Elizabeth Bowen Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read "She" to Roley after tea.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: Book
1900-1945'Roley back from school about 4. Told him to come early, as I was afraid of his being out late with his chill. Read "She" to him.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardShePrint: 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 A.P. HerbertShe ShantiesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday Oct. 24th. Rise at eight [...] M. reads aloud She stoops to [C]onquer -- She sets out to see Shelley at eleven -- I stay at home & read Political Justice'.Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Oliver GoldsmithShe Stoops to ConquerPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening took Polly out for a little walk after I had finished reading [aloud?] "She stoops to conquer".'John Buckley Castieau Oliver GoldsmithShe stoops to conquerPrint: Book
1850-1899'Played Bezique with Polly in the evening after I had read aloud three Acts of "She stoops to conquer".'John Buckley Castieau Oliver GoldsmithShe stoops to conquerPrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a play-reading from Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Goodnatured Man'. Although this play was Goldsmith's first experiment in writing ...Ernest E. Unwin Oliver GoldsmithShe Stoops to ConquerPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 9 Denmark Road 14/4/31
F. E. Pollard in the chair
1. Minutes of last approved
[...]
5 The subject of Wordsworth was then taken[.]...		Mary E. Robson William WordsworthShe Was a Phantom of DelightPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have often read the bit of Wordsworth that you quote ['She was a Phantom of Delight'], and am very fond of it, and now I shall love it more and feel all that you ...Emily Lytton William WordsworthShe was a phantom of delightPrint: Book
1900-1945'While I am on the subject of eating - for I am convinced E.F.Benson wrote the book on an empty, healthy tummy, do please read "Sheaves" - It is delightful and also, it i...Katherine Mansfield E.F. BensonSheavesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Went out for a short time before lunch. Read "Sheaves". Washed my hair.'Verena Vera Pennefather E.F. BensonSheavesPrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to the works of Laurence Housman. Most of the members had seen & heard Mr Housman recently so there is no need to give any personal d...Katherine and Charles EvansLaurence HousmanSheepfold, ThePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...		Albert Ruskin Cook Grafton Elliot SmithShell Shock and Its LessonsPrint: Book
1900-1945'A programme devoted to Shelley was arranged which included readings from Adonais, the Skylark & Francis Thompson's Essay on Shelley'.Members of XII Book ClubFrancis ThompsonShelleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yes I know Sudermann ? his play ?Magda? was one of Mrs Pat. Campbell?s great parts ? and I believe he was the author of a book called ?The Song of Songs? that Billie Woo...Winifred Agnes Moore Olwen Ward CampbellShelley and the UnromanticsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, 27. III. 1939
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

[...]

2. Minutes of last read + approved.

3. A. B. D...		Roger Moore Thomas Jefferson HoggShelley at OxfordPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads aloud 6 eclogues from the Shepherds Calender[sic]'Percy Bysshe Shelley Edmund SpenserShepheardes Calendar, ThePrint: Book


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