Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   957 958 959 960 961  962  963 964 965 966 967   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Friday, 5th March, I worked late tonight which allowed me to get in a nice little talk with Pat on the value of the classic books of criticism, as apart from their lite...Gerald Moore Oliver Wendell HolmesThe Autocrat of the Breakfast TablePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue: 24. 11. 39.
    A Bruce Dilks in the chair.

1. Minutes of last [two meetings] read & approved...		Charles E. Stansfield Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.The Autocrat of the Breakfast TablePrint: Book
1900-1945'Rudo [R.H.Sauter] shows much charm in "Awakening", which harmonised with the charm of the text in a fascinating way.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe AwakeningPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even I read to my friend a sermon preached at the last Visitation held at Lewes, written by Mr Nicholl, Vicar of Westham in this county, and part of three discour...Thomas Turner James WalderThe ax laid to the root; or, a preservative agains...Print: 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'Baccae [sic] is far and away the best play of Euripides I have read.'Virginia Woolf EuripidesThe BacchaePrint: Book
1850-1899'Wilde's copy of "The Bacchae of Euripides" edited by one of his Trinity tutors, R.Y. Tyrrell, has also survived. On the title-page of the famous play... Wilde wrote "Osc...Oscar Wilde EuripidesThe BacchaePrint: Book
1850-1899After listing some canonical writers discussed by Pound and whom Ford had never read he then goes on to write: 'On the other hand I possess a certain patience and, if I...Ford Madox Ford EuripidesThe BacchaePrint: Book
1900-1945'Thurs. Letter from Bess. Sent PC home. Read "Bad Times" Ireland by George A. Birmingham. Game of rounders.'William Thomas George A. BirminghamThe Bad TimesPrint: Book
1900-1945'All day I read and finished Rosamond Lehmann's novel, The Ballad and the Source, which Logan P.-S. thinks the best novel since Henry James. I daresay he is right and I a...James Lees-Milne Rosamond LehmannThe Ballad and the SourcePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonThe Ballad of Chevy ChasePrint: Book, Broadsheet
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 January 1844: 'For the Dramas [of Richard Hengist Horne], we owe you many thanks -- we have read them all, & admired them al...Thomas Westwood Richard Hengist HorneThe Ballad of DeloraPrint: Book
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 January 1844: 'For the Dramas [of Richard Hengist Horne], we owe you many thanks -- we have read them all, & admired them al...Elizabeth Barrett Richard Hengist HorneThe Ballad of DeloraPrint: Book
1800-1849'I once parodied Gray's Bard without intending the least disrespect for that fine ode.'Benjamin Newton Thomas GrayThe Bard: A pindaric odeUnknown
1700-1799'Next day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him a "dull fellow." Boswell. "I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company; b...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayThe Bard: A Pindaric OdePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Next day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him a "dull fellow." Boswell. "I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company; b...James Boswell Thomas GrayThe Bard: A Pindaric OdePrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Charles Shaw's dependance upon a small Sunday school library in Tunstall [...] imparted a magnificent if involuntary scope to his education: '"I read "Robinson Crusoe...Charles Shaw George GifillanThe Bards of the BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 4 November 1842: 'I have been reading Mrs Trollope in the New Monthly. She is very clever there is no denying. But I do w...Elizabeth Barrett Frances TrollopeThe Barnabys in AmericaPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'That autumn a friend sent me a booklet entitled "The Bases of Civilisation", by Dr. G. S. Spinks, one-time editor of the "Hibbert Journal". Reading it I found some sent...Vera Brittain G. S. SpinksThe Bases of CivilisationPrint: Booklet
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham, Northcourt Avenue. 13th Sept. 1940
    Howard R. Smith in the Chair.
[...]
7. F. E. Pollard commenced t...		Bruce Dilks J. W. W. SullivanThe Bases of Modern SciencePrint: Book


Go to page: [1]   957 958 959 960 961  962  963 964 965 966 967   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design