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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 'I owe you my best thanks for the gift of Mrs Cornford’s book of poems which I am delighted to have. I have been away in Wiltshire or would have thanked you soo...William Henry Hudson [n/a] [n/a]Morning PostPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945 The contract is not entirely in my favour, and neither you nor any other experienced manager would be so foolish as to sign a contract entirely in favour of the other...Arnold Bennett legal contractPrint: draft legal contract
1800-1849 'A Reverend Mr Darnell followed in this January of 1812. He too read Milton. This time it was Comus, and the whole party joined in, Annabella and her guests taking the ...Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke, Rev. Darnell and other house guestsJohn MiltonComusPrint: Book
1800-1849 'A Reverend Mr Darnell followed in this January of 1812. He too read Milton. This time it was Comus, and the whole party joined in, Annabella and her guests taking the ...Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke, Rev. Darnell and other house guestsWilliam ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1850-1899 'Both ... [Elizabeth and Alice Thompson] were reading voraciously at that time [1854-57]. Their father, by reading "Jane Eyre" aloud to them (with omissions), had give...Thomas Thompson Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		 'I have just read "Mrs. Pankhurst's Own Story" and Mrs. Swanwick's autobiography, "I have been Young". Both books show that by this time there was a tremendous demand o...Hannah Mitchell Emmeline PankhurstMy Own StoryPrint: Book
1900-1945 'I return the draft contract. It seems to me that the alteration in clause 3 practically abolishes the stock rights, and I should like you to consider this further. A...Arnold Bennett legal contractPrint: draft legal contract
1850-1899 'Laura, who by this time was reading "Old St Paul's" at home, simply romped through this Little-Go'Laura Thompson William Harrison AinsworthOld St Paul'sPrint: Book
1800-1849 'Read in Sir Phillip's "Personal Tour" - curios of natural history... Read a portion of Blair on death.'John Cole AnonCurios of natural historyPrint: Book
1800-1849 'there was always poetry. Campbell, just then at the top of his short-lived vogue; Ossian, the unreadable of to-day; Milton - and with the New Year of 1812 a Captain Bo...Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke and Captain BoothbyJohn MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849 William Wordsworth discusses reading habits of the local labouring classes in letter to Francis Wrangham, 5 June 1808: '... I find, among the people I am speaking o...William Wordsworth anon [working people]["half-penny Ballads"]Print: Book
1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelle...Percy Bysshe Shelley Samuel Taylor Coleridge[Poems]Print: Book
1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelle...Percy Bysshe Shelley William Shakespeare[Plays]Print: Book
1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelle...Percy Bysshe Shelley [n/a]New Testament, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945 'Have you read the 'New Statesman' this week? If not, read it. I take pride in the fact that I more than anybody else kept that paper alive during the war.' Arnold Bennett New StatesmanPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945 'I have now perused the L.M.I. & will inflict my views on you. It is on the whole what I should call a "sound" number – good, considering that it is a first number. ...Arnold Bennett London MercuryPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945 'Speaking of the drama, you should read the preface to Shaw’s new book of plays. As a journalistic performance it is of the very highest order. Nobody can state a ca...Arnold Bennett G. B. ShawHeartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets Ab...Print: Book
1900-1945 Many thanks for the book on Methuselahs. ['Some Impressions of my Elders']Shame to say, I’ve only read myself in it yet! The one point on which I would seriously opp...Arnold Bennett Arnold BennettSome Impressions of my EldersPrint: Book
1900-1945 'I send by parcel post two other jobs: One is "Roget?s Thesaurus". This is a book that I use every day, fairly roughly. Please bind it how you like, bearing this rou...Arnold Bennett Dr Peter Mark RogetThesaurusPrint: Book
1900-1945 I ought to have written to you before about 'Amants, heureux amants', which you were so kind as to send me. It is, in my opinion, a very fine book, highly distinguish...Arnold Bennett Valery LarbaudAmants, heureux amantsPrint: Book


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