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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
 
1700-1799"... [In the 1720s] William Byrd (1674-1744) of Westover, Virginia, was keeping up with the classics in his private reading."William Byrd  Print: Book
1900-1945"... [Margaret Cole's] reading at Girton in the early twentieth century influenced her development as a Socialist ... she was shocked by a comment in J. A. Hobson's The S...Margaret Cole H. G. WellsNew Worlds for OldPrint: Book
1900-1945"... [Margaret Cole's] reading at Girton in the early twentieth century influenced her development as a Socialist ... she was shocked by a comment in J. A. Hobson's The S...Margaret Cole H. G. WellsThe First Men in the MoonPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		"... [Marianne Farningham's autobiography] records her childhood disappointment, when reading the Sunday School Union's magazines, at the incessant stories of poor boys w...Marianne Farningham Sunday School Union magazinesPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899
1900-1945		"... [the young Cicely Hamilton] found a dusty copy of Eugene Sue's Juif Errant in a cupboard and with the aid of a dictionary, read it from cover to cover. The fact tha...Cicely Hammill Eugene SueJuif ErrantPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"... [the young Cicely Hamilton] found a dusty copy of Eugene Sue's Juif Errant in a cupboard and with the aid of a dictionary, read it from cover to cover. The fact tha...Cicely Hammill French dictionaryPrint: Book
1800-1849"... [the young Frances Power Cobbe] ... read, in what translations were ... accessible, in Eastern sacred philosophy, such as Anquetil du Perron's Zend Avesta, and Sir W...Frances Power Cobbe Anquetil du PerronZend AvestaPrint: Book
1800-1849"... [the young Frances Power Cobbe] ... read, in what translations were ... accessible, in Eastern sacred philosophy, such as Anquetil du Perron's Zend Avesta, and Sir W...Frances Power Cobbe Sir William JonesInstitutes of MenuPrint: Book
1800-1849"... [the young Frances Power Cobbe] ... read, in what translations were ... accessible, in Eastern sacred philosophy, such as Anquetil du Perron's Zend Avesta, and Sir W...Frances Power Cobbe Diogenes Laertius Print: Book
1800-1849"... [the young Frances Power Cobbe] ... read, in what translations were ... accessible, in Eastern sacred philosophy, such as Anquetil du Perron's Zend Avesta, and Sir W...Frances Power Cobbe translated ancient philosophical textsPrint: Book
1800-1849"... [the young Frances Power Cobbe] ... read, in what translations were ... accessible, in Eastern sacred philosophy, such as Anquetil du Perron's Zend Avesta, and Sir W...Frances Power Cobbe Biographical DictionaryPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"...Edward [Prince of Wales] invited ... [Marie Corelli] to a luncheon which the future King George V [then Duke of York] also attended, and both told her that they had r...Edward Prince of Wales Marie CorellinovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"...Edward [Prince of Wales] invited ... [Marie Corelli] to a luncheon which the future King George V [then Duke of York] also attended, and both told her that they had r...George Duke of York Marie CorellinovelsPrint: Book
1800-1849"4/2/1845 - I am also reading Carlyle's History of the French Revolution - full of genius, pathos, and pictures; with all its faults (and it has great ones) still, I can ...Amelia Opie Thomas CarlyleHistory of the French RevolutionPrint: Book
1800-1849"4/2/1845 - I have read two volumes (the last two, I think) of Lord Malmesbury's Diaries, and with intense interest. I knew so many of the men he writes about, and lived ...Amelia Opie James HarrisDiariesPrint: Book
1900-1945"A conversion narrative precisely illustrating ... [the] effects of reading in action is told by Margaret Smith, who sceptically bought a copy of Votes for Women around 1...Margaret Smith Votes for WomenPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899"A Victorian edition of a legal classic, the Institutes of Justinian, shows signs of careful and laborious study, with an elaborate system of marking (underlining ... lin...anon Justinian The Institutes of Justinian; with English Introduc...Print: Book
1800-1849"A work of Dr Carpenter's,begun but never finished,called "Notes and Observations on the Gospel history", which his catechuments used in class, first put me on this track...Harriet Martineau Dr CarpenterNotes and Observations on the Gospel HistoryPrint: Book
1800-1849"A young handloom weaver in Carlisle was able to develop both his literacy skills and his political consciousness as his workshop responded with keen interest to the moun...William Farish newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899
1900-1945		"A. Maude Royden, whilst at Lady Margaret Hall, became immersed in Tractarianism, and she read her way through the five volumes of the life of Edward Bouverie Pusey."A. Maude Royden life of Edward Bouverie PuseyPrint: Book


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