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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
 
1900-1945Thursday 9 February 1939: 'Looking at my old Greek diary I was led to speculate [...] I won't budge from the scheme there (1932) laid down for treating decline of fame. T...Virginia Woolf Virginia WoolfDiary (17 May 1932)Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Thursday 9 January 1941: 'Desmond's book has come. Dipping I find it small beer. Too Irish, too confidential, too sloppy & depending upon the charm of the Irish voice. Ye...Virginia Woolf Desmond MacCarthyDramaPrint: Book
1900-1945Thursday 9 May 1935: 'Sitting in the sun outside the German Customs. A car with the swastika on the back window has just passed into Germany. L[eonard]. is in the customs...Virginia Woolf D. H. LawrenceAaron's RodPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 1 January 1935: 'I had a lovely old years walk yesterday [...] & then in to Lewes to take the car to Martins [garage], & then home, & read St Paul & the papers [....Virginia Woolf Ernest RenanSt PaulPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 1 January 1935: 'I had a lovely old years walk yesterday [...] & then in to Lewes to take the car to Martins [garage], & then home, & read St Paul & the papers [....Virginia Woolf newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945Tuesday 1 January 1935: 'I had a lovely old years walk yesterday [...] & then in to Lewes to take the car to Martins [garage], & then home, & read St Paul & the papers [....Virginia Woolf Acts of the ApostlesPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 1 September 1931: 'And so a few days of bed & headache & overpowering sleep, sleep descending inexorable as I tried to read Judith Paris, then Ivanhoe. A note on ...Virginia Woolf Hugh WalpoleJudith ParisPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 1 September 1931: 'And so a few days of bed & headache & overpowering sleep, sleep descending inexorable as I tried to read Judith Paris, then Ivanhoe. A note on ...Virginia Woolf Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 10 August 1920: 'Reading Don Q. still -- I confess rather sinking in the sand -- rather soft going [...] but he has the loose, far scattered vitality of the great...Virginia Woolf Miguel de CervantesDon QuixotePrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 10 September 1918: 'Though I am not the only person in Sussex who reads Milton, I mean to write down my impressions of Paradise Lost [...] Impressions fairly well...Virginia Woolf John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 11 April 1939: 'I am reading Dickens; by way of a refresher. how he lives; not writes: both a virtue & a fault. Like seeing something emerge; without containing m...Virginia Woolf Charles DickensunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 11 April 1939: 'I am reading Dickens; by way of a refresher. how he lives; not writes: both a virtue & a fault. Like seeing something emerge; without containing m...Virginia Woolf RochefoucauldunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 14 February 1922: 'I am reading [in convalescence, following week of illness] Moby Dick: Princesse de Cleves; Lord Salisbury; Old Mortality; Small Talk at Wreylan...Virginia Woolf Herman MelvilleMoby DickPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 14 February 1922: 'I am reading [in convalescence, following week of illness] Moby Dick: Princesse de Cleves; Lord Salisbury; Old Mortality; Small Talk at Wreylan...Virginia Woolf Madame de La FayetteLa Princesse de ClevesPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 14 February 1922: 'I am reading [in convalescence, following week of illness] Moby Dick: Princesse de Cleves; Lord Salisbury; Old Mortality; Small Talk at Wreylan...Virginia Woolf Walter ScottOld MortalityPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 14 February 1922: 'I am reading [in convalescence, following week of illness] Moby Dick: Princesse de Cleves; Lord Salisbury; Old Mortality; Small Talk at Wreylan...Virginia Woolf Lady Gwendolyn CecilThe Life of Robert, Marquis of SalisburyPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 14 February 1922: 'I am reading [in convalescence, following week of illness] Moby Dick: Princesse de Cleves; Lord Salisbury; Old Mortality; Small Talk at Wreylan...Virginia Woolf Cecil TorrSmall Talk at Wreyland (vol 1 and/or 2)Print: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 14 February 1922: 'I am reading [in convalescence, following week of illness] Moby Dick: Princesse de Cleves; Lord Salisbury; Old Mortality; Small Talk at Wreylan...Virginia Woolf unknownLife of TennysonPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 14 February 1922: 'I am reading [in convalescence, following week of illness] Moby Dick: Princesse de Cleves; Lord Salisbury; Old Mortality; Small Talk at Wreylan...Virginia Woolf unknownLife of [?Samuel] JohnsonPrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 15 November 1938: 'My one quiet evening since Thursday. Read Chaucer.' Virginia Woolf Geoffrey ChaucerunknownPrint: Book


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