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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
 
1800-1849'Used B[isho]p Andrew's exct Prayers both mg & aftn - read one of Blair's sermons morng. Evg read one of B[isho]p Moore's sermons.'John Cole Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Used B[isho]p Andrew's exct Prayers both mg & aftn - read one of Blair's sermons morng. Evg read one of B[isho]p Moore's sermons.'John Cole Bishop MooreSermonsPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'V quiet all day, rested leg. Read and sketched most of the time.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'V.S. Pritchett furtively devoured the Gem and Magnet with a compositor's son: both adopted Greyfriars nicknames and slang. Pritchett's father eventually found them, burn...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Frank Richards[school stories in the Gem]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'V.S. Pritchett furtively devoured the Gem and Magnet with a compositor's son: both adopted Greyfriars nicknames and slang. Pritchett's father eventually found them, burn...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Frank Richards[school stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'V.S. Pritchett had an uncle, an atheist cabinet-maker, who taught himself to read from The Anatomy of Melancholy, even acquiring a few Latin and Greek words from the not...Arthur Robert BurtonThe Anatomy of MelancholyPrint: Book
1900-1945'V.S. Pritchett's "popular educator" was the literary section of the Christian Science Monitor: "It was imbued with that unembarrassed seriousness about learning things w...Victor Sawdon Pritchett n/aChristian Science MonitorPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Valentine'Sarah Good George SandValentinePrint: Book
1900-1945'Vanessa [Bell] wrote [to her sister Virginia Woolf] from Charleston (n.d., Berg [Collection]): "I have been for the last 3 days completely submerged in The Waves -- & am...Vanessa Bell Virginia WoolfThe WavesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubRosamund WallisSome Thoughts on RacingManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubCharles StansfieldOne Generation & the next or Jobson on False Freed...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubReginald RobsonIntimations of ImmortalityManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubMrs R.B. GrahamLady of the Marsh, TheManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubR.B. GrahamIf Christianity had WonManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubGeorge BurrowRevolt of the Innocents, TheManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubHenry Marriage WallisThoughts on the Construction of Cathedrals Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubCharles EvansRevenge or JusticeManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book ClubHenry Marriage WallisFive minutes Thoughts upon present Condition Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Various anonymous essays by members of the Club were then read with the following titles and at the conclusion of the meeting whilst the authorship of some was quickly a...members of XII Book Club [anon. member of XII Book Club]Scandalous Affair, AManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'various readings from George Eliot in character & otherwise were then given by members bringing a very pleasant meeting to a close.'members of XII Book ClubGeorge Eliot Print: Book


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