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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'Yes I know Sudermann ? his play ?Magda? was one of Mrs Pat. Campbell?s great parts ? and I believe he was the author of a book called ?The Song of Songs? that Billie Woo...Winifred Agnes Moore Rose MacauleyKeeping Up AppearancesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yes I know Sudermann ? his play ?Magda? was one of Mrs Pat. Campbell?s great parts ? and I believe he was the author of a book called ?The Song of Songs? that Billie Woo...Winifred Agnes Moore Olwen Ward CampbellShelley and the UnromanticsPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Yes I know Sudermann ? his play ?Magda? was one of Mrs Pat. Campbell?s great parts ? and I believe he was the author of a book called ?The Song of Songs? that Billie Woo...Winifred Agnes Moore Hermann SudermannThe Song of SongsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Yes I [underlined] have [end underlining] read the book you speak of, "Pride & Prejudice", and I could quite rave about it! How well you define one of its characterestic...Sarah Harriet Burney Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1800-1849'Yes I [underlined] have [end underlining] read the book you speak of, "Pride & Prejudice", and I could quite rave about it! How well you define one of its characterestic...Sarah Harriet Burney Catherine Anne DorsetPeacock "at home", ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Yes! I did read that letter of 'First Hand'; - those letters inded, and I liked the whole tone and mode of expression so much that I was thoroughly glad to see how peopl...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [letter of a 'First Hand']Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Yes! I found the American cookery books here when we got home, (Decr 20th) and many many thanks. we can't understand all the words used - because, you see, [italics] we ...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [unknown][American cookery books]Print: Book
1900-1945'Yes, I have skimmed through the leaflets, and put them in a letter file. I haven't read anything else except newspapers.' newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Yes, I have skimmed through the leaflets, and put them in a letter file. I haven't read anything else except newspapers.' leafletsPrint: Advertisement
1900-1945'Yes, I read more as have more time- but have gone onto novels and escapist literature- cannot read such books as The Mortal Storm and books like Fallen Bastions now. I a...Phyllis BottomeThe Mortal StormPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yes, I read more as have more time- but have gone onto novels and escapist literature- cannot read such books as The Mortal Storm and books like Fallen Bastions now. I a... Daily WorkerPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Yes, I read more as have more time- but have gone onto novels and escapist literature- cannot read such books as The Mortal Storm and books like Fallen Bastions now. I a... TribunePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Yes, I read more as have more time- but have gone onto novels and escapist literature- cannot read such books as The Mortal Storm and books like Fallen Bastions now. I a... The New StatesmanPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Yes, I read the article too. It shocked me. I think if it all had to be printed - I mean the advertisement - it was quite enough to do it in the way it was done. I don't... Daily MirrorPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Yes, I think David Douglas would be all right; so Massons, Frasers, Skeltons and Coggie Ferrier. I’ll see if I can think of any others;[…].'Robert Louis Stevenson Margaret Isabella Stevenson Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Yes, I think that Pride & Prejudice is one of the very best of the Austen novels ? and yet I do not quite rank it with Mansfield Park, it seems to take the line just bel...Elizabeth Barrett Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1800-1849'Yes, I think that Pride & Prejudice is one of the very best of the Austen novels ? and yet I do not quite rank it with Mansfield Park, it seems to take the line just bel...Elizabeth Barrett Jane AustenSense and SensibilityPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yes. I've seen "Contact's" [Alan Bott's] work. It is very good . But he's not the only one.' Joseph Conrad Alan Bott [pseud. "Contact"]An Airman's OutingsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Yesterday ... Worked at "Frederick".'John Ruskin Thomas CarlyleHistory of Friedrich II of Prussia OR Frederick th...Print: Book
1850-1899'Yesterday a good day; finding money in drawers, and liking my drawings, and getting comfort out of letters and above all out of my brown book.'John Ruskin [n/a][Biblical verses]Unknown


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