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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
 
1850-1899
1900-1945		" ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo...Viscountess Rhondda feminist writingsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		" ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo...Viscountess Rhondda works on political sciencePrint: Unknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		" ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo...Viscountess Rhondda works on economicsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		" ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo...Viscountess Rhondda works on psychologyPrint: Unknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		" ... from feminist literature proper ... [the Viscountess Rhondda] was led into other disciplines, reading widely in political science ... economics, psychology, sociolo...Viscountess Rhondda works in anthropologyPrint: Unknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		" ... Gilbert Frankau ... read ... [Nat Gould's novels] while at Eton at the turn of the century ..."Gilbert Frankau Nat GouldnovelsPrint: Book
1850-1899" ... Henry Shorthouse ... acquired ... [John Keble, The Christian Year] as a present fom his wife in September 1874 and proceeded to record readings and rereadings to th...Henry Shorthouse John KebleThe Christian YearPrint: Book
1850-1899" ... Henry Shorthouse ... acquired ... [John Keble, The Christian Year] as a present fom his wife in September 1874 and proceeded to record readings and rereadings to th...Henry Shorthouse John KebleThe Christian YearPrint: Book
1850-1899" ... Henry Shorthouse ... acquired ... [John Keble, The Christian Year] as a present fom his wife in September 1874 and proceeded to record readings and rereadings to th...Henry Shorthouse John KebleThe Christian YearPrint: Book
1700-1799" ... in March 1796 D[orothy] W[ordsworth] reported that 'I have also read lately Madame Roland's Memoirs, Louvet and some other french things - very entertaining.'"Dorothy Wordsworth Marie Jeanne Roland de la PlatiereAn Appeal to Impartial Posterity, by Citizeness Ro...Print: Book
1700-1799" ... in March 1796 D[orothy] W[ordsworth] reported that 'I have also read lately Madame Roland's Memoirs, Louvet and some other french things - very entertaining.'"Dorothy Wordsworth Jean-Baptiste Louvet de CouvrayNarrative of the Dangers to Which I have been Expo...Print: Book
1600-1699" ... in Springfield when a printed copy of the code of laws of 1648 arrived in 1649, it was promptly 'published,' that is, read aloud to a gathering of the townspeople."...anon Code of Laws 1648Print: Unknown
1850-1899" ... in the early 1870s, the ten-year-old Annabel Huth Jackson 'was terribly frightened by the episode of the mad woman tearing the wedding veil' in Jane Eyre, although ...Annabel Huth Jackson Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1600-1699" ... in the [Royal] Society ... date of publication could override date of registration. Walter Needham made this explicit in reporting his perusal [as part of Royal So...Walter Needham Reginald de Graaf Print: Book
1850-1899" ... it was reading a Life of Mazzini, with its description of how he founded the 'Young Italy' Society, in which each member was pledged to work for the liberation of t...Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Life of MazziniPrint: Book
1800-1849" ... it was whilst at a frivolous, rote-learning girls' school that ... [Frances Power Cobbe] developed her determined, methodical aproach [to reading] ... She read all ...Frances Power Cobbe Virgil The AeneidPrint: Book
1800-1849" ... it was whilst at a frivolous, rote-learning girls' school that ... [Frances Power Cobbe] developed her determined, methodical aproach [to reading] ... She read all ...Frances Power Cobbe Lucan PharsaliaPrint: Book
1800-1849" ... it was whilst at a frivolous, rote-learning girls' school that ... [Frances Power Cobbe] developed her determined, methodical aproach [to reading] ... She read all ...Frances Power Cobbe Aeschylus  Print: Book
1800-1849" ... it was whilst at a frivolous, rote-learning girls' school that ... [Frances Power Cobbe] developed her determined, methodical aproach [to reading] ... She read all ...Frances Power Cobbe Sophocles  Print: Book
1800-1849" ... it was whilst at a frivolous, rote-learning girls' school that ... [Frances Power Cobbe] developed her determined, methodical aproach [to reading] ... She read all ...Frances Power Cobbe Euripedes  Print: Book


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