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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’ve got a lovely little book—The Freudian Wish [Edwin B. Holt, 1915]—the pathology of thought, etc. Also a fine volume of poems by D. H. Lawrence.’Herbert Edward Read Edwin Bissell HoltThe Freudian WishPrint: Book
1900-1945‘J. E. Patterson has written a book around Minehead, perhaps "Fishers of the Sea", or no—"Love Like the Sea"; which I liked. Perhaps you might. He has power, but an a...Ivor Bertie Gurney John Edward PattersonLove Like the SeaPrint: Book
1900-1945‘J. E. Patterson has written a book around Minehead, perhaps "Fishers of the Sea", or no—"Love Like the Sea"; which I liked. Perhaps you might. He has power, but an a...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rupert Brooke"1914." Five SonnetsPrint: Unknown
1900-1945‘Last week I went to an excellent play, a really charming Comedy—Quinney’s, by Vachell. Am now reading and book by Vachell "The Hill", a tale of Harrow, and the hills...Wilfred Owen Horace Annesley VachellThe HillPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Lying in my dugout or funkhole the other day, I became too bored to read serious stuff, or write letters; so turning my attention to the few filthy magazines strewn ...Ivor Bertie Gurney unknown unknownunknownPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Many thanks and belated for the parcel you sent about a week ago and your letter. The apples are always a good thing to have and these remained fresh. I have not ans...Charles Hamilton Sorley Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Many thanks for your letter which greeted me on our weekly return to our old farmhouse behind the lines … I’m sending herewith—it strikes me it may interest you—a co...Charles Hamilton Sorley Thomas à KempisDe imitatione ChristiPrint: Book
1800-1849‘Mr. Parry has not yet received the Number of the Quarterly containing the Review of my book - but I got a sight of it the other day at Mrs. [Louise] Claude’s. I am, of...Hartley Coleridge Henry Nelson Coleridge[Review of Hartley Coleridge's Lives of Distinguis...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849‘Mr. Wordsworth looks older but keeps up his spirits wonderfully; his character, like his poetry, is much softened by age. I know not how Derwent [Coleridge] can think ...Hartley Coleridge William WordsworthYarrow Revisited, and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Mrs Voynich has sent me M Aurelius and Epictetus. The last is a game old boy, and I should dearly love to watch him in a strafe, but M Aurelius is a pious swanker in...Ivor Bertie Gurney Marcus AureliusMeditationsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Mrs Voynich has sent me M Aurelius and Epictetus. The last is a game old boy, and I should dearly love to watch him in a strafe, but M Aurelius is a pious swanker in...Ivor Bertie Gurney EpictetusDiscourses and/or EnchiridionPrint: Book
1900-1945‘November 27 I have decided to make this diary my chief personal record of the war ... The chief drawback is – as I have found ever since I joined the press – that writi...Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean  Print: Unknown
1900-1945‘Of all the written words of Man that help one submit to Destiny I know nothing more persuasive than that part of "War and Peace" which tells of Pierre’s captivity an...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1800-1849‘Of course I need not tell you...that I wrote the critique on the Pilgrim to Compostella in Blackwood – that both the Professor and I have read "the Progress and Prospe...Hartley Coleridge Robert SoutheySir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress an...Print: Book
1800-1849‘Of course you have read his [Robert Southey's] colloquies – and with delight – but delight mingled with sorrow, that so much beautiful truth should be intertwined, and...Hartley Coleridge Robert SoutheySir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress an...Print: Book
1900-1945‘On return to England [from Jena], by the way, I renewed my acquaintance with R.B. [Robert Browning]. The last line of Mr Sludge the Medium—“yet there is something in...Charles Hamilton Sorley Robert BrowningMr Sludge, "the Medium"Print: Book
1900-1945‘One afternoon a sentry of ours was hit in the head and killed while he stood quite out of observation. I was in my tiny dugout reading Mr. Masefield’s “Good Friday” whe...Edmund Blunden John MasefieldGood Friday: A Play in VersePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Our work and routine is still the same as ever. We are like the fielder who is put at long leg when a good batsman is at the wicket: not because the batsman will eve...Charles Hamilton Sorley Josephine Mary WardHorace BlakePrint: Book
1800-1849‘Owen Lloyd has lent me an essay on Faith by my Father transcribed by poor Charles Lloyd. It will probably make a good addition to your forthcoming volumes. I will tran...Hartley Coleridge Samuel Taylor ColeridgeEssay on FaithManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945‘Please O please try and get last Sunday’s "Observer" (June 12th or thereabouts). The leading article is a perfect exhibition of pusillanimous twaddling and a kind of...Ivor Bertie Gurney The ObserverPrint: Newspaper


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