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

Reading Experience Database UK

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√	Century of Experience	Evidence	Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group	Author of Text	Title of Text	Form of Text

	1900-1945	Meeting held at Ashton Lodge, Kendrick Rd., 13.x.32. Henry M. Wallis in the chair 1. Minutes of last read & approved. [...] ...	Charles E. Stansfield	Walter Scott	Ivanhoe	Print: Book
	1900-1945	'When asked how books had shaped him, Labour M.P. F.W. Jowett ranged widely: Ivanhoe made him want to read, Unto this Last made him a socialist, Past and Present made him...	F.W. Jowett	Walter Scott	Ivanhoe	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'When old enough to read for herself, Rose Macaulay entered into other realms of fictitious brave adventure. She devoured Masterman Ready, Ivanhoe, The Talisman, Coral Is...	Rose Macaulay	Walter Scott	Ivanhoe	Print: Book
	1900-1945	Either at school or at home I read all the classics considered necessary for children: 'Treasure Island', 'Kidnapped', 'Little Women', 'David Copperfield', 'Ivanhoe', 'Ro...	Patricia Beer	Walter Scott	Ivanhoe	Print: Book
	1900-1945	[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Private in an infantry regiment, formerly a skilled pai...	questionaire respondent	Walter Scott	Ivanhoe	Print: Book

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