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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'Wilson who is one of the most noble fellows in existence swore terribly about the [italics] fishing [end italics] and challenges you fairly to a trial but after a seriou...James Hogg Robert SoutheyRoderick, The Last of the GothsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Wilson who is one of the most noble fellows in existence swore terribly about the [italics] fishing [end italics] and challenges you fairly to a trial but after a seriou...James Hogg and John WilsonWilliam WordsworthExcursion, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Winifred did not care, for she was reading Conrad's "Suspense" - a noble and spacious book which made the early nineteenth century come alive for her in a clear yet fain...Winifred Holtby Joseph ConradSuspensePrint: Book
1900-1945'Winston Churchill had been Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Baldwin Government of 1924, which now, after five years of office, sought re-election. In "The Gathering S...Vera Brittain Winston ChurchillThe Gathering StormPrint: Book
1700-1799'With a fine imagination and command of Language Charlotte Smith cannot write without Interest [.] this is an odd work. She introduces in a prettily wrought novel the mor...Anna Larpent Charlotte SmithDesmondPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul Thomas Stearns EliotThe Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul Thomas Stearns EliotThe Waste LandPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul David Herbert LawrenceLady Chatterley's LoverPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul James JoyceUlyssesPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul [unknown]John O' London'sPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul [n/a]The NationPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul William MacDougallPsychologyPrint: Book
1900-1945'With autodidact diligence [Leslie Paul] closed in on the avant-garde. He read "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land", though not until the 1930s. He smuggled "Ulysses" and "Lad...Leslie Paul F.A. ServantePsychology of the BoyPrint: Book
1900-1945'With Cockerell to Parkstone to see Alfred Russel Wallace, the Grand Old Man of Science ... He complimented me on my pamphlet, "The Shame of the XIXth Century" and expres...Alfred Russel Wallace Wilfrid Scawen BluntThe Shame of the Nineteenth Century: A Letter Addr...Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'With Cockerell to Parkstone to see Alfred Russel Wallace, the Grand Old Man of Science ... He complimented me on my pamphlet, "The Shame of the XIXth Century" and expres...Alfred Russel Wallace LightPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'With George W. Norman he [George Grote] kept up a steady and intimate intercourse [...] They read books in common, chiefly on historical and political subjects, and they...George Grote and George W. Norman historical and political textsPrint: Book
1800-1849'With George W. Norman he [George Grote] kept up a steady and intimate intercourse [...] They read books in common, chiefly on historical and political subjects, and they...George Grote and George W. Norman 'Political Economy'Print: Book
1900-1945'With her shiny black apron she cleaned her Woolworth's spectacles, thick lenses in metal frames with wire side pieces, and read the letter, screwing up her eyes'.Rachel [unknown][Ralph Glasser's acceptance letter from Oxford Uni...Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899'With his first wages Conrad bought a volume of Shakespeare, and at sea he also read Mill's "Principles of Political Economy".'Joseph Conrad John Stuart MillPrinciples of Political EconomyPrint: Book
1850-1899'With his first wages Conrad bought a volume of Shakespeare, and at sea he also read Mill's "Principles of Political Economy".'Joseph Conrad William ShakespeareComplete WorksPrint: Book


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