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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'unable to read anything except "Times".'George Eliot [pseud] unknownTimes, ThePrint: NewspaperManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Uncle Frank [Lascelles] and I are reading Lord Roberts' book which is awfully interesting.' Gertrude Bell Frederick Sleigh RobertsunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'Uncle Henry writes very superior Sermons. You & I must try to get hold of one or two & put them into our Novels; it would be a fine help to a volume; & we could make our...Jane Austen Henry AustenSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Uncle Henry writes very superior Sermons. You & I must try to get hold of one or two & put them into our Novels; it would be a fine help to a volume; & we could make our...Jane Austen Walter ScottThe AntiquaryPrint: Book
1900-1945'Uncle Jack came down for lunch. To dentist in afternoon. Read and smoked all day. Saw Uncle J. off. Read in evening.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Richard had adored Ruskin, and worshipped Morris, and had slept for years with a copy of "In Memoriam" under his pillow. He told me once how he and his friends use...Richard Litchfield John Ruskin Print: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Richard had adored Ruskin, and worshipped Morris, and had slept for years with a copy of "In Memoriam" under his pillow. He told me once how he and his friends use...Richard Litchfield William Morris Print: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Richard had adored Ruskin, and worshipped Morris, and had slept for years with a copy of "In Memoriam" under his pillow. He told me once how he and his friends use...Richard Litchfield Alfred TennysonIn MemoriamPrint: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Richard had adored Ruskin, and worshipped Morris, and had slept for years with a copy of "In Memoriam" under his pillow. He told me once how he and his friends use...Richard Litchfield Robert Browning Print: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Richard had adored Ruskin, and worshipped Morris, and had slept for years with a copy of "In Memoriam" under his pillow. He told me once how he and his friends use...Richard Litchfield William Wordsworth Print: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Richard had adored Ruskin, and worshipped Morris, and had slept for years with a copy of "In Memoriam" under his pillow. He told me once how he and his friends use...Richard Litchfield Thomas Carlyle Print: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Richard had adored Ruskin, and worshipped Morris, and had slept for years with a copy of "In Memoriam" under his pillow. He told me once how he and his friends use...Richard Litchfield [classics in original languages]Print: Book
1850-1899'Uncle Richard had adored Ruskin, and worshipped Morris, and had slept for years with a copy of "In Memoriam" under his pillow. He told me once how he and his friends use...Richard Litchfield Sophocles Oedipus at ColonusPrint: Book
1900-1945'Unconditional surrender. I don't think America will allow us to do anything different. I read the other day where Cordell Hull said there would be no peace talks, it wou...Cordell HullunknownPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'Under the caption "Pacifist Beats Churchill in Glasgow U. Election", it told me that on the previous day Dick Sheppard had been chosen as Lord Rector, polling 538 votes ...Vera Brittain Article entitled "Pacifist Beats Churchill in Glas...Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'Under [Anne Rutherford Scott, his mother's] strong encouragement Scott, at the age of seven, read aloud Shakespeare's plays and the Arabian Nights in the family circle'.Walter Scott William ShakespeareplaysPrint: Book
1700-1799'Under [Anne Rutherford Scott, his mother's] strong encouragement Scott, at the age of seven, read aloud Shakespeare's plays and the Arabian Nights in the family circle'.Walter Scott The Arabian Nights' EntertainmentPrint: Book
1900-1945'Uneasily I recalled a passage from Daniel Deronda that I had read in comfortable detachment the year before:'Vera Brittain George EliotDaniel DerondaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Unfortunately, I introduced the subject of Men must Weep by Beverley Nichols. I always forget Mabel is an unrepentant Pacifist. Even now she will not admit that their ...Vere Hodgson Beverley NicholsMen Do Not WeepPrint: Book
1900-1945'Until then, all the books I possessed had been children's annuals and the like. Except for "Robinson Crusoe", very few of the children's classics had come my way. I had ...Norman Nicholson Daniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book


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