Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   1 2 3  4  5 6 7 8 9   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945 'Moby Dick'. The present vogue of Hermann Melville is mainly due to two English novelists, Frank Swinnerton and myself. We both of us have great opportunities for publi...Arnold Bennett Herman MelvilleOmooPrint: Book
1900-1945 'Moby Dick'. The present vogue of Hermann Melville is mainly due to two English novelists, Frank Swinnerton and myself. We both of us have great opportunities for publi...Arnold Bennett George MeredithEvan HarringtonPrint: Book
1900-1945 'Moby Dick'. The present vogue of Hermann Melville is mainly due to two English novelists, Frank Swinnerton and myself. We both of us have great opportunities for publi...Arnold Bennett George MeredithBeauchamp's CareerPrint: Book
1900-1945 'Moby Dick'. The present vogue of Hermann Melville is mainly due to two English novelists, Frank Swinnerton and myself. We both of us have great opportunities for publi...Arnold Bennett Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgePrint: Book
1900-1945 'Modern writers may not be up to the standard of the old writers, Dickens, Thackeray and Scott, but they're snappy-they're quick reading." (Man 45, borrowing Death in D...Charles DickensunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799 'Mr Elles and I read 3 of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsUnknown
1850-1899 'My favourite masters & models: 1. Turgenev, a royal first (you must read 'On the Eve'?flawless I tell you. Bring back such books of mine as you have; I have others you...Arnold Bennett George MooreunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945 'Our library too was a weighty affair. Shipton had the longest novel that had been published in recent years, Warren a 2,000-page work on physiology.[...] On Good Friday...Eric Shipton Margaret MitchellGone with the WindPrint: Book
1900-1945 'Our library too was a weighty affair. Shipton had the longest novel that had been published in recent years, Warren a 2,000-page work on physiology.[...] On Good Friday...Peter R. Oliver unknownSeventeenth Century VersePrint: Book
1900-1945 'Our library too was a weighty affair. Shipton had the longest novel that had been published in recent years, Warren a 2,000-page work on physiology.[...] On Good Friday...Charles B.M. Warren Michel Eyquem (de) MontaigneEssaysPrint: Book
1900-1945 'Riceyman Steps' had brought him new prestige; it was read by lords and barbers, and Conrad was reported to say that it showed 'Bennett victorious'.Joseph Conrad Arnold BennettRiceyman StepsPrint: Book
1850-1899 'The other main diversions of the voyage resolved themselves into reading unimportant novels aloud, by pairs, on the deck, and gambling in the smoking-room.' George Warrington Steevens unknownunknown [novels]Print: Book
1800-1849 'Then we write a part of the romance and read some Shakespears [sic]'.Percy Bysshe Shelley William ShakespearePlays including Richard III and King LearPrint: Book
1800-1849 'Thursday 16 sept 1824. Had a visit from my friend Henderson of Milton who brought 'Don Juan' in his Pocket' [He] 'advisd me to raed 'Don Juan'we talkd about books & ...John Clare ByronDon JuanPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945 'We were shocked and saddened to read in the newspapers of Lieutenant-Colonel H.T.Morshead's tragic death in Burma. The association of mountaineering in the past and mou...Frank Smythe (team leader) and other (unspecified) members of 1931 Kamet Expedition newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799 'You did not tell me before, that you had read "the Hermit" and "Alfrida". There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinio...Samuel Richardson David MallettAmyntor and Theodora, or, The HermitPrint: Book
1900-1945 . . . There have been 2 supreme books since your regretted departure. G. Moore’s 'Avowals' and the letters of Chekhov . . .Arnold Bennett Anton ChekhovLettersPrint: Book
1900-1945 A very fine book indeed, recently published, is Siegfried Sassoon’s 'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer'. I thought that I could never tolerate another war book, but this o...Arnold Bennett Siegfried SassoonMemoirs of an Infantry OfficerPrint: Book
1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 19 March 1845: 'Mind you read Andersen's "Improvisatore." I have just finished it, -- & am charmed, -- though of story, the...Elizabeth Barrett Hans Christian AndersenThe Improvisatore: or, Life in ItalyPrint: Book
1800-1849 Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 25 March 1845: 'Read George Sand's "Jeanne". It is full of beauty, of profound beauty & significance, .. & is pure besides ...Elizabeth Barrett George SandJeannePrint: Book


Go to page: [1]   1 2 3  4  5 6 7 8 9   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design