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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
 
1850-1899J. H. Ewing Diary entry, Aug 15 1869: 'Tracts for the Times'Juliana Horatia Ewing Rowland Elliott [?]Tracts for the TimesPrint: Book
1850-1899'Matthew Arnold wrote from Wilton, the Pembrokes' house, a week before his death (which occurred on April 15), that he found all the guests there reading or intending to ...guests at WiltonMary Augusta WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book
1850-1899'Thanks for your letter & the book. A word in reference to the former. I can?t boast that I discovered what purports to be the "central idea" of the novel for myself...Arnold Bennett Maurice BarresLe Jardin de BerenicePrint: Book
1850-1899'I first heard of Barr?s in an article by Edward Delille in the Fortnightly.' Arnold Bennett Edward Delille[article on Maurice Barres]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'. I first heard of Barr?s in an article be Edward Delille in the Fortnightly. Next I read a criticism of this very book in the latest volume issued of Anatole France?s...Arnold Bennett Anatole FranceLa Vie LitterairePrint: Book
1850-1899'Lastly there was a rather striking article in a recent Scribner on new ideas in French Literature generally in which the name of Barr?s was prominent.' Arnold Bennett 'Scribner'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'. . . I have just finished Guy de Maupassant?s Bel Ami. One of the most obviously truthful, British-matron-shocking, disgusting, attractive, overwhelmingly-powerful nov...Arnold Bennett Guy de MaupassantBel-AmiPrint: Book
1850-1899'From this time [7pm] till nine o'clock, the prisoners are allowed to read such books as they may have obtained from the library. To show us that the men were generally s...prisoners at Pentonville prison [unknown][unknown]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'we had reached a cell in the west wing, to which the first letter was addressed. The women were locked up in their cells during tea-time, and the clerk, placing her mout...anon [unknown][letter]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899'In the laundry, the prisoner to whom the letter was given smiled gratefully in the clerk's face, as she thrust it into her bosom. "Can you read it?" inquired the letter-...anon [unknown][letter]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899Inspection of the cells of the women in separate confinement: 'we found some working, and others reading, but none, strange to say, idling'.prisoners in separate confinement at Brixton Prison [unknown][unknown]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1850-1899Inspection of the East Wing between 8:30pm and time of retirement: 'with their little wooden seats [they] placed themselves just within their doors, where they began read...prisoners in East Wing at Brixton Prison [unknown][unknown]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The first business of the morning being over [rolling up hammocks], the men break into groups or read. Many a one, to our astonishment, took his Bible and began reading ...prisoners on board the 'Defence' hulk [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'We were told that a Bible and Testament were placed at the head of each bed; and we saw one convict reading "Recreations in Astronomy".'anon Rev Lewis TomlinsonRecreations in AstronomyPrint: Book
1850-1899'We found some of the prisoners here engaged in reading, while waiting till the officers returned from their breakfast. One was perusing a treatise on "Infidelity; its As...anon Thomas PearsonInfidelity; its Aspects, Causes and AgenciesPrint: Book
1850-1899'We found some of the prisoners here engaged in reading, while waiting till the officers returned from their breakfast. One was perusing a treatise on "Infidelity; its As...anon [n/a]Home Friend - a weekly miscellanyPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'We found some of the prisoners here engaged in reading, while waiting till the officers returned from their breakfast. One was perusing a treatise on "Infidelity; its As...anon [n/a]Saturday MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'We found some of the prisoners here engaged in reading, while waiting till the officers returned from their breakfast. One was perusing a treatise on "Infidelity; its As...anon Jonathan Edwards [?]History of RedemptionPrint: Book
1850-1899'We found some of the prisoners here engaged in reading, while waiting till the officers returned from their breakfast. One was perusing a treatise on "Infidelity; its As...anon [unknown]Family Quarrel - an humble storyPrint: Unknown
1850-1899The infirmary: 'Some of the men were in bed and sitting up reading, and others were lying down, looking very ill.'prisoners in the infirmary at Millbank [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown


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