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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
 
1850-1899E. M. Forster to Laura Mary Forster, 7 May 1899: 'Thank you very much [...] for the Punches & Antiquaries which I much enjoy. I see from "Nature Notes" that yesterday ...Edward Morgan Forster Nature NotesPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899E. M. Forster to Alice Clara Forster, ?summer 1899: 'I hear much of Mr Dimbleby, and have tried to read his books. I can't think how Maimie [i.e. Mary Aylward, family ...Edward Morgan Forster Jabez Bunting Dimbleby Print: Book
1850-1899E. M. Forster to George Barger, 27 July 1899: 'I have had a good time in Scotland & here [Northumberland] & go home next week. I have just read James' "A portrait of a...Edward Morgan Forster Henry JamesPortrait of a LadyPrint: Book
1850-1899E. M. Forster to George Barger, 27 July 1899: 'I have had a good time in Scotland & here [Northumberland] & go home next week. I have just read James' "A portrait of a...Edward Morgan Forster Maurice HewlettThe Forest Lovers: A RomancePrint: Book
1850-1899E. M. Forster to Alice Clara Forster, 5 November 1899: 'I have been reading Bernard Shaw's plays. Wonderfully clever & amusing, but they make me feel bad inside.'Edward Morgan Forster George Bernard ShawplaysPrint: Book
1850-1899'Did not sleep at all well last night for I was haunted with the dread of the Papers making a mess of the Case of Weechurch & so causing me a lot of more trouble. When th...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'In the evening went to the Club. There were several members present most of them engaged with the Periodicals lately arrived by the mail. The Graphic had a fine coloured...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]The GraphicPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I read a story in the evening to the youngsters & then heard Harry read for marks. We were engaged in a dialogue from the Merchant of Venice when Mr Henry Smith of the A...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][stories]Print: Book
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'The Secretary read a paper on the poetry of William Watson and with Miss Pollard gave illustrative readings'.Bertha M. Pollard William Watson Print: Book
1850-1899'The Secretary read a paper on the poetry of William Watson and with Miss Pollard gave illustrative readings'.Alfred Rawlings William Watson Print: Book
1850-1899'The Secretary read a paper on the poetry of William Watson and with Miss Pollard gave illustrative readings'.Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[paper on William Watson]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed'Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[minutes of XII Book Club meeting]Manuscript: book
1850-1899'... and then nearly fell asleep over the Fortnightly. Morley is very jolly; so is Marat.'Robert Louis Stevenson Fortnightly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then read a paper on Mrs Besant's autobiography. Some discussion folowed. Mr Morland gave a summary of Fairbairn's Christ in Modern Theology which also excit...Elizabeth Ann Smith Frederic HarrisonMeaning of History, The Print: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then read a paper on Mrs Besant's autobiography. Some discussion folowed. Mr Morland gave a summary of Fairbairn's Christ in Modern Theology which also excit...Harold J. Morland Andrew Martin FairbairnPlace Of Christ In Modern Theology Print: Book
1850-1899'Imagine my delight to find a footnote in Capefigs thus conceived ... Immediately after, Capefigues talks of la grande flotte de Dracke.'Robert Louis Stevenson Jean Baptise Honore Raymond CapefigueHistoire de la Reforme, de la Ligue, et du Regne d...Print: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then read a paper on Mrs Besant's autobiography. Some discussion folowed. Mr Morland gave a summary of Fairbairn's Christ in Modern Theology which also excit...Frederick J. Edminson Annie Wood BesantAutobiography, AnPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then read a paper on Mrs Besant's autobiography. Some discussion folowed. Mr Morland gave a summary of Fairbairn's Christ in Modern Theology which also excit...Frederick J. Edminson Frederick J. Edminson[paper on Annie Wood Besant's 'An Autobiography']Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'The minutes of the first meeting were read and confirmed'Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlingsminutes of XII Book Club meetingManuscript: book


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