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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[under heading 'Battle of the Books']: 'How I dislike Swift, and how is it possible to take this ill tempered ill informed stuff [...] seriously as criticism, even as des...Edward Morgan Forster Jonathan SwiftA Tale of a TubPrint: Book
1900-1945[under heading 'Johnson on Othello]: 'Consulted original ed. to see if Raleigh misses out much. Naturally J. is stupider than he suggests: but was not stupid.'Edward Morgan Forster Samuel Johnsonremarks on OthelloPrint: Book
1900-1945[under heading 'Johnson on Othello]: 'Consulted original ed. to see if Raleigh misses out much. Naturally J. is stupider than he suggests: but was not stupid.'Edward Morgan Forster Walter Raleigh, ed.Johnson on ShakesparePrint: Book
1900-1945[under heading 'Lord Acton Some "shining precepts" for the historical student] E. M. Forster transcribes passage opening 'Keep men and things apart; guard against the ...Edward Morgan Forster John Emerich Edward Dalberg Lord ActonA Lecture on the Study of HistoryPrint: Book
1900-1945[under heading Voltaire's Zaide] 'The warmth of feeling between Z. and Orasmane, the easiness of the action (except in the frigid double-recognition scene) suprised me, a...Edward Morgan Forster Voltaire ZaidePrint: Book
1500-1599[unsure if reading or writing?] 'then I wrett the most part of an examenation or triall of a christian, framed by Mr Rhodes'.Margaret Hoby Richard Rhodes[Examination of the trial of a Christian]Unknown
1700-1799[various benefactors including Colley Cibber having helped her, LP is released from the Marshalsea] 'When I read over these Words, [italics] Discharge from your Custody t...Laetitia Pilkington [unknown][prison discharge document]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945[Virginia Woolf's] 'masterpiece, in Rosamond's opinion, was her biography of Roger Fry, although the novels were also revered - "To the Lighthouse" above all - even if so...Rosamond Lehmann Virginia WoolfRoger Fry: A BiographyPrint: Book
1900-1945[Virginia Woolf's] 'masterpiece, in Rosamond's opinion, was her biography of Roger Fry, although the novels were also revered - "To the Lighthouse" above all - even if so...Rosamond Lehmann Virginia WoolfTo the LighthousePrint: Book
1800-1849[W. M. Thackeray to W. S. Williams, 23 October 1847:] 'I wish you had not sent me Jane Eyre. It interested me so much that I have lost (or won if you like) a whole day...William Makepeace Thackeray Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1700-1799[We then read aloud a dialogue on taste by Mr Ramsay, a lively original book with some entertaining and instructive remarks on the progress of those arts that seem partic...Anna Larpent Ramsaya dialogue on tastePrint: Book
1800-1849[Weds 25 November 1840]. [...] read Burnet - Neal - Clarendon- [...].William Ewart Gladstone Gilbert BurnetHistory of His Own TimePrint: Book
1850-1899[When in hospital in Renfrew, Canada, W.H. Davies] 'commented on the inappropriateness of some of the reading matter supplied him - "Freddie's Friend", "Little Billie's B...William Henry Davies unknownFreddie's FriendPrint: Book
1850-1899[When in hospital in Renfrew, Canada, W.H. Davies] 'commented on the inappropriateness of some of the reading matter supplied him - "Freddie's Friend", "Little Billie's B...William Henry Davies unknownLittle Billie's ButtonPrint: Book
1850-1899[When in hospital in Renfrew, Canada, W.H. Davies] 'commented on the inappropriateness of some of the reading matter supplied him - "Freddie's Friend", "Little Billie's B...William Henry Davies unknownSally's SacrificePrint: Book
1900-1945[Whether this contains evidence of any particular reading experience is unclear] 'Presumably these writers had never read the French critic Julien Benda, who nine year...Vera Brittain Julien BendaLa Trahison des ClercsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Whewell read Babbage, and was concerned that it had been his own Bridgewater which had stimulated Babbage to write one]William Whewell Charles BabbageNinth Bridgewater TreatisePrint: Book
1700-1799[while he was doing his accounts Turner's wife read aloud to him] 'the moving Scene of the Funeral of Miss Clarissa Harlowe' - "Oh: may the Supreme Being give me Grace to...Peggy Turner Samuel RichardsonClarissaPrint: Book
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1800-1849		[Written on end papers of manuscript book of Dawson's diary] 'this book was Read with much Interest by me May 1864, the Stags herein must be the Present Bell & Dragon. Fr...Francis Cain John DawsonJohn Dawson's Diary, Volume One, 1722-30, 1731-40.Manuscript: Sheet
1900-1945`My dear Watson: Who would have supposed that I should write to thank you for your considerateness in sending the Ode, in such circumstances as the present. If the ...Thomas Hardy William WatsonOde on the Day of the Coronation of King Edward VI...Print: Unknown, Probably a pamphlet or book


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