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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'very powerful & interesting, in parts very fine, not altogether pleasing — some striking delineation of character; it is said to be by a woman, but it is not femin...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Charlotte BrontëJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849'very striking; it has his peculiar view of the identity of Church & Nation, & is very much against living exclusively in a religious church'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Thomas ArnoldunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very stuffy and hot though the temp. only 83. Played Bridge with Mrs Foster and Mr Grier and read Worsfeld's [sic] book on Java.' Gertrude Bell W. Basil WorsfoldA visit to Java: with an account of the founding o...Print: Book
1900-1945'Very wet. Read "Mistress of Brae Farm" by Carey.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyThe Mistress of Brae FarmPrint: Book
1850-1899'Villette was published on January 28th, 1853 [...] George Eliot wrote enthusiastically to Mrs Bray, "I am only just returned to a sense of the real world about me, for...George Eliot (pseud.) Charlotte BrontëVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899'Villette'Sarah Good Charlotte BrontėVillettePrint: Book
1900-1945'Violet Wallis read a paper on Carols'. [the paper's contents are summarised]Violet Wallis Violet Wallis[paper on carols]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Violet Wallis read a paper on the Faust legends from the point of view of Medieval History. It was a most interesting introduction to the subject.'Violet Wallis Violet Wallis[paper on Faust legends]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Violets. a Sonnet / Bernard Barton' 'Beautiful are you in your lowliness/...[transcript of poem]Mary Groom Bernard BartonViolets. A SonnetUnknown
1900-1945'Virginia [Woolf] read at least three of Colette's books, two of autobiography (Mes Apprentissages, 1934, Sido, 1929), and one of fiction (Duo, 1934), and the two write...Virginia Woolf Sidonie-Gabrielle ColetteSidoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Voice of the Second Spirit' 'Mont Blanc is the Monarch of mountains, ...' 'Manfred'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronManfred: A Dramatic PoemUnknown
1700-1799'Vol 1 containing Prometheus Chain'd, The Supplicants, The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. 'Vol 2 Agamemnon. N.B. A Speech of Cassandra. This is the state of man: in pr...Frances Hamilton AeschylusThe Tragedies of AeschylusPrint: Book
1800-1849'Von Buch says that it is only lately that the Holy Sacrament has been better understood by the Laplanders [...]'Benjamin Newton [Von Buch][A Tour in Denmark]Print: Book
1900-1945'V[irginia] W[oolf] made notes (see Holograph Reading Notes, vols XI and XII in the Berg Collection) on George Puttenham's The Arte of English Poesie (1589); on William W...Virginia Woolf George PuttenhamThe Arte of English PoesiePrint: Book
1900-1945'V[irginia] W[oolf] made notes (see Holograph Reading Notes, vols XI and XII in the Berg Collection) on George Puttenham's The Arte of English Poesie (1589); on William W...Virginia Woolf William WebbeA Discourse of English PoetriePrint: Book
1900-1945'V[irginia] W[oolf] made notes (see Holograph Reading Notes, vols XI and XII in the Berg Collection) on George Puttenham's The Arte of English Poesie (1589); on William W...Virginia Woolf Gabriel HarveyWorksPrint: Book
1900-1945'V[irginia] W[oolf] made notes (see Holograph Reading Notes, vols XI and XII in the Berg Collection) on George Puttenham's The Arte of English Poesie (1589); on William W...Virginia Woolf Gabriel HarveyCommonplace BookPrint: Book
1900-1945'V[irginia] W[oolf] made notes (see Holograph Reading Notes, vols XI and XII in the Berg Collection) on George Puttenham's The Arte of English Poesie (1589); on William W...Virginia Woolf Gabriel HarveyLetter Book, 1573-1580Print: Book
1800-1849'W. dines with us - walk with him - his play - S finishes Every Man in his Humour'Percy Bysshe Shelley Ben JonsonEvery Man in his HumourPrint: Book
1800-1849'W. dines with us - walk with him - his play - S finishes Every Man in his Humour'Mary Shelley Edward WilliamsPromise, The; or, a Year, a Month, and a DayManuscript: Unknown


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