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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
 
1900-1945Friday 7 December 1917: 'I ended my afternoon in one of the great soft chairs at Gordon Square [...] I sat alone for 20 minutes, reading a book on Children & Sex.' ...Virginia Woolf unknown'book on Children & Sex'Print: Book
1850-18991 October 1887: 'Henry [Layard, son-in-law] has given me the revises of a new book on his early travels, which Murray is about to bring out, and I have been reading ...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Henry Layard'book on his early travels'Print: In proofs from John Murray
1850-1899[between journal entries for 6 November 1889 and 2 Jun 1890] 'From one till two every day, a Mr. Upton came to read to [Lady Charlotte Schreiber], first the Times and ...Mr Upton 'book'Print: Book
1900-1945'[Through the Women's Co-operative Guild, Deborah Smith] began reading poetry and, at age fifty one, discovered her own spiritual longings in Tennyson: Break, break, br...Deborah Smith Alfred Lord Tennyson'Break, break, break'Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		From the Commonplace Book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '“Bright be the place of thy Soul” Lord Byron', beginning (first verse): 'Bright be the place of thy ...Catherine Austen George Gordon, Lord Byron'Bright be the place of thy soul'Unknown
1850-1899'I should like, by the way, to hear more about my father's lecture; was it much on the same rails as the Good Words article?'Robert Louis Stevenson Thomas Stevenson'British Storms' in Good WordsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I have a friend who was educated at Nieuwied, - & who is just crazy about 'Brother Mieth'. First she made me write to Mr Wills, and ask who wrote it; and now, as much wo...Miss Patterson Henry Morley'Brother Mieth and his Brothers'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I have a friend who was educated at Nieuwied, - & who is just crazy about 'Brother Mieth'. First she made me write to Mr Wills, and ask who wrote it; and now, as much wo...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Henry Morley'Brother Mieth and his Brothers'Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Slept in the chair - knew not what to do with myself. Read a New Tragidy in Maniscript that has not been acted; the story of the first Brutus that putt his 2 sons to deat...Gertrude Savile 'Brutus' OR 'A Tragedy'Manuscript: Codex
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to Bain's Indian Stories. It is impossible for one, not steeped in Indian mythology & with no knowledge of Indian life, to do justice...Ernest E. Unwin Francis William Bain'Bubbles of the Foam'Print: Book
1800-1849Scrope Davies to John Murray, 17 May 1837: 'Barring the "Bubbles" (which I read because you recommended it to Nimrod [i.e. C. Apperly]) and Washington Irving's works, ...Scrope Davies 'Bubbles'Print: Unknown
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to Lord Brougham, 22 February 1853: 'I fear that the Government of the country is likely to become from such a strange mixture of things [described ...John Wilson Croker Benjamin Disraeli'Buckinghamshire speeches'Unknown
1900-1945'I have been thinking about Eliot and Jew hatred - a compassionate man one would say, cultured, civilised? and yet he can write poison like this: "The rats are underne...Bill Werner Thomas Stearns Eliot'Burbank'Print: Book
1900-1945'Mr Burrow then introduced John Masefield's work setting out the little publicly known of his life following with a short review of his work and a few hints as to the top...Florence Reynolds John Masefield'By a Bierside'Print: Book
1700-1799'as I looked in the Glass this Morning & kept Bouhours Maniere de bien penser in my Hand - like Swift's Vanessa Who we know - held Montagne and read- While Mrs Susan ...Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan Swift'Cadenus and Vanessa'Print: Book
1800-1849'My two articles in your work has [sic] been very much praised in this country. Prof. Wilson said in a very large public company that "The Cameronian's Tale" was "not onl...John Wilson James Hogg'Cameronian Preacher's Tale, The'Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have not got all the Mag. read but think it is an exceedingly good one. I only wish the term [italics] Galloway Stott [end italics] had been left out of Scott's prize ...James Hogg Allan Cunningham'Cameronian Song'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Mr Burrow then introduced John Masefield's work setting out the little publicly known of his life following with a short review of his work and a few hints as to the top...Charles Evans John Masefield'Cargoes'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 January 1843: 'It is many years since I looked at Ossian; & I never did much delight in him as that fact proves. Since your ...Elizabeth Barrett James Macpherson (as 'Ossian')'Carthon'Print: Book
1850-1899'Edith, though a great reader, did not consume all and any poetry as a child; she was kept in regularly on Saturday afternoons at one time because of her refusal to learn...Edith Sitwell Felicia Hemans'Casabianca'Print: Book


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