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

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Edward Frederic Benson : Dodo: A Detail of the Day

'Langridge has been chatting with the two orderlies who help us here, from the famous regiment now holding this part of the line. One of them was reading Dodo just now.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group:      Print: Book

Edward Frederic Benson : The Kaiser and English Relations

'Have just read The Kaiser and his English Relations by Benson. Most interesting.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Vere Hodgson      Print: Book

Edward Frederic Benson : Miss Mapp

'Went to Rye one lovely hot day. Glorious Sussex cottages covered with roses. Brought E. F. Benson's book with me. Lamb House, where he lived, had been bombed — but not out of existence.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Vere Hodgson      Print: Book

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