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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
 
1900-1945'We missed news more than anything else, there was a notice board in the court yard and we got the German version on that, needless to say this was not very satisfying.'J. P. Lynch unknown unknownunknownPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'We must not judge [Ann Radcliffe's novels], now that the taste in which they were written is exhausted and palled, by our modern feelings. The best test of their worth...Edmund Burke Ann RadcliffenovelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'We must not judge [Ann Radcliffe's novels], now that the taste in which they were written is exhausted and palled, by our modern feelings. The best test of their worth...Charles James Fox Ann RadcliffenovelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'We must not judge [Ann Radcliffe's novels], now that the taste in which they were written is exhausted and palled, by our modern feelings. The best test of their worth...Richard Brinsley Sheridan Ann RadcliffenovelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'We pitched the men's tent and lighted a great fire at which we dried ourselves — I was wet too. In a moment's sunshine we pitched the other tents, and then came th...Gertrude Bell William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1850-1899'We proceeded to Chatsworth on the 13th of August [1870] -- that is to say, to the "Edensor Inn," hard by [...] Lady Eastlake joining us on the same day, from London, we ...George Grote 'treatises of medieval authors'Unknown
1800-1849'We quite run over with Books. She [JA's mother] has got Sir John Carr's Travels in Spain from Miss B. & I am reading a Society-Octavo, an Essay on the Military Police &...Cassandra Leigh Austen John CarrDescriptive Travels in the Southern and Eastern Pa...Print: Book
1800-1849'We quite run over with Books. She [JA's mother] has got Sir John Carr's Travels in Spain from Miss B. & I am reading a Society-Octavo, an Essay on the Military Police &...Jane Austen Sir Charles William PasleyEssay on the Military Policy and Institutions of t...Print: Book
1800-1849'We quite run over with Books. She [JA's mother] has got Sir John Carr's Travels in Spain from Miss B. & I am reading a Society-Octavo, an Essay on the Military Police &...Jane Austen Thomas ClarksonHistory of the Abolition of the African Slave Trad...Print: Book
1800-1849'We quite run over with Books. She [JA's mother] has got Sir John Carr's Travels in Spain from Miss B. & I am reading a Society-Octavo, an Essay on the Military Police &...Jane Austen Claudius BuchananChristian Researches in AsiaPrint: Book
1900-1945'We ran down the S coast of Asia Minor, beautiful hills with snow on them. Printed and toned photographs; after tea sat on deck and read Mr Browne's Bubi book.' Gertrude Bell Edward Granville BrowneThe Babis of PersiaPrint: Book
1900-1945'We reached his room about eleven. To do what? Not a blessed thing but to sit before a fire and talk and read again. He read me extracts from a book by Mr. Gilbert Franka...Cyril Lionel Robert James Gilbert Frankau Print: Book
1900-1945'We reached his room about eleven. To do what? Not a blessed thing but to sit before a fire and talk and read again.... On his shelf was ... Edmund Rostand's [italics] Cy...Cyril Lionel Robert James Edmond RostandCyrano de BergeracPrint: Book
1900-1945'We read "Paradise Lost" in Gen. English & I tried to look enthusiastic, but I really can't appreciate Milton. He's so unreal and unalive. I must try to read a lot of h...Hilary Spalding John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1850-1899'We read ''Severn's Life'' which does very well. He is a rather foolish man, and talks of Keats' dying of the persecution of his enemies when it was consumption...'Emma Darwin William SharpThe Life and Letters of J. SevernPrint: Book
1850-1899'We read aloud one of the ''New Arabian Nights'' you mention, which is very amusing ... I particularly admire the ending of the bandbox story...'Emma Darwin Robert Louis StevensonNew Arabian NightsPrint: Book
1800-1849'We read Anacharsis'Mary and Percy ShelleyJ.-J. BarthelemyVoyage du jeune Anacharsis en Gr?ce vers le milieu...Print: Book
1850-1899'We read little; my companion has never learnt letters, and I, less fortunate in that respect, having only been able to discover one book in the house, a Spanish "L...William Henry Hudson [n/a] [n/a]Libro de Misa [prayer book/liturgy/missal]Print: Book
1800-1849'we read one of Carlyle's articles, at the T. Sedgwicks'.'Harriet Matineau and Mary AppletonThomas Carlyle[an article]Print: Unknown
1600-1699'We read over the contract together and discoursed it well over and so parted'Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys[contract]Manuscript: Sheet


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