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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
 
1700-1799'When first we found the tree, we of course gathered the branches, and were surprised to find our hands instantly covered with legions of these small animals, who stung m...Joseph Banks Georg Eberhard RumphiusHerbarium AboinensePrint: Book
1900-1945'When Florence Murray married in 1902, her husband, a Colne valley wool manufacturer, was a widower with a young son ... who was looked after by an aged housekeeper ['an ...Florence Murray Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldPrint: Book
1900-1945'when Gladys [Teal] took a job at a draper's shop around 1930, a female assistant gave her a Marie Stopes book on birth control , which she gratefully read'.Gladys Teal Marie Stopes[book on birth control]Print: Book
1900-1945'When he reread "Une Vie", in March 1908, he could find faults, but they were irrelevant to the work that had been done to him.'Arnold Bennett Guy de MaupassantUne ViePrint: Book
1700-1799'when he was at the University he [Edward Gibbon] used frequently to come to Town, and go to Lewis the bookseller's in Covt Garden, by way of buying Books, and sometimes ...Edward Gibbon  Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'When he was finally exposed to Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel, [Robert Story] reeled from the shock of the new. Pope may have been too refined, but this, Story insiste...Robert Story Walter ScottLay of the Last MinstrelPrint: Book
1700-1799'When he was writing ... "Things as They Are" (1794) ... [William] Godwin studied "Cecilia".'William Godwin Frances BurneyCecilia; or, Memoirs of an HeiressPrint: Book
1700-1799'When he [Johnson] was a child in petticoats, and had learnt to read, Mrs Johnson one morning put the common prayer-book into his hands, pointed to the collect for the da...Samuel Johnson Book of Common Prayer [collect for the day]Print: Book
1900-1945'When her novels were finished, she would take them up herself to Gerald Duckworth at 3, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. She was by this time on extremely cordial terms ...Elinor Glyn Elinor Glyn[novels]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'When I arrived home for tea that evening she asked as if I felt hungry. I replied, yes, and went on reading the paper, "Here is a piece of bread and butter for you to go... NewspaperPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'When I brought the "Spirit of the Journals", I did not think that it would have contributed anything towards the account of Sheffield but I have extracted from it an acc...Joseph Hunter [unknown]The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [seriesPrint: Book
1900-1945'When I came home from the office where I worked, I went straight to my room, took out the cheap edition of "Tales Grotesque and Arabesque", and began to read.'Alfred Hitchcock Edgar Allan PoeTales Arabesque and GrotesquePrint: Book
1850-1899'When I came home I found Charley Gee engaged with our youngsters singing comic songs & making himself otherwise entertaining, the children enjoyed his company very much ...John Buckley and Harry CastieauWilliam Shakespeare[unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'when I Came home, I read of the bible, wrought, and after dined'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'when I Came in, I wrought and reed tell 5 a cloke'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'When I came out of ye pulpit I read a letter from Mr Harlakenden wherein he writes excellent news from Scarborough taking by storme the sand, Church, 120 ships, 32 pie...Ralph Josselin Richard Harlakenden[letter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'When I came to extract the remarks on Dodsley, I found [they?] were remarks upon an old edition & that the editors we have published in 1782, have adopted the remarks & ...Joseph Hunter [n/a]The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'When I came to extract the remarks on Dodsley, I found [they?] were remarks upon an old edition & that the editors we have published in 1782, have adopted the remarks & ...Joseph Hunter Robert Dodsley (editor)A Collection of Poems in Six VolumesPrint: Book
1700-1799'When I come here we play at battlecock and shuttledore and mama reads Shakespear in the evening[.] When she goes with [Ann?] up stairs to sleep John Fred Will and I gene...Henrietta Frances Ponsonby ShakespeareunknownUnknown
1900-1945'When I first read about it I thought to myself; "I don't think that's going to affect me at all; 66 coupons! Why, I shall need half of it!" But then I began to buy thing... information on clothes rationingPrint: Unknown, could be news or pamphlets


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