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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 greatest pleasure I have lately had has been the perusal of the 2 last volumes of Froude's Carlyle.'Henry James James Anthony FroudeThomas Carlyle: A History of his Life in London, 1Print: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to James Taylor, 1 October 1849:

'The perusal of Harriet Martineau's "Eastern Life" has afforded me great pleasure; and I have found a deep ...		Charlotte Brontë James Anthony FroudeThe Nemesis of FaithPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mummy...read them a lecture of Froude's on the conduct of boys, at breakfast. The contrast between what Froude thought boys ought to be, and what boys are, called fo...Edith Lytton James Anthony Froude Print: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Malcolm Darling, 2 August 1915: 'I read (and sometimes write) the New Statesman [...] also the Morning Post [...] I enclose from it this jolly letter ...Edward Morgan Forster James Arthur Balfour'What Our Fleet Has Done' Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'S. reads Antient Metaphysics'Percy Bysshe Shelley James Burnett, Lord MonboddoAntient Metaphysics; or, the Science of UniversalsPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] attacked Lord Monboddo's strange speculation on the primitive state of human nature; observing, "Sir, it is all conjecture about a thing useless, even were ...Samuel Johnson James Burnett, Lord MonboddoOf the Origin and Progress of LanguagePrint: Book
1800-1849'Edward is writing a Novel - we have all heard what he has written - it is extremely clever; written with great ease & spirit; - if he can carry it on in the same way, it...Jane Austen James Edward Austenunpublished storyManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'[James Edward Austen] read his two Chapters to us the first Evening; - both good - but especially the last in our opinion. We think it has more of the Spirit & Entertain...James Edward Austen James Edward Austenunpublished manuscript storyManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849"Jane Austen herself, the Queen of novelists, the immortal creator of Anne Elliott, Mr Knightley, and a score or two more of unrivalled intimate friends of the whole publ...Harriet Martineau James Edward Austen-LeighA Memoir of Jane AustenPrint: Book
1900-1945'Spent half an hour reading Flecker - he's wonderful'.Hilary Spalding James Elroy Flecker[poetry]Print: Book
1900-1945'I felt incapable of doing any Zoo [zoology preparation for mid-school exams] so read Flecker's poetry all night! Felt immensely cheered up by it, but very wicked!'Hilary Spalding James Elroy Flecker[poetry]Print: Book
1900-1945'Today I spent ages trying to find a poem for Elocution [Grade 6 exam] in my special choice part. At last I chose "The Old Ships" by Flecker, which I think is one of the...Hilary Spalding James Elroy FleckerOld Ships, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I read Flecker most of evening and am more and more convinced that his poetry is wonderful'.Hilary Spalding James Elroy Flecker[poetry]Print: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding James Elroy FleckerPoetry of James Elroy FleckerPrint: 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...		E. Dorothy Brain James Elroy FleckerHassan (the final scene)Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 68 Northcourt Avenue
20th III 1935
Howard R. Smith in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting were read & approved

...		Mary E. Robson James Elroy FleckerHassanPrint: Book
1900-1945'In the evenings we have cosy suppers in the drawing-room, with little tables in front of the fire. Sometimes we work, sometimes read and talk. The other night Mrs....Robert Dunlop Smith James Ernest Hodder-WilliamsLike English GentlemenPrint: Book
1900-1945'Mary Lakeman, a Cornish fisherman's daughter, confirmed what George Orwell had written in "Riding Down from Bangor": "Little Women", "Good Wives", "What Katy Did", "Avon...Mary Lakeman James Fenimore CooperThe Last of the MohicansPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'East End socialist Walter Southgate remembered that Dick Turpin and Buffalo Bill stories "were condemned by our teachers (all from middle class backgrounds) who would co...Walter Southgate James Fenimore CooperThe Last of the MohicansPrint: Book
1900-1945'James Williams admitted that, growing up in rural Wales, "I'd read anything rather than not read at all. I read a great deal of rubbish, and books that were too 'old', o...James Williams James Fenimore Cooper Print: Book


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