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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 won't say anything of "The Pigeon"-- except that it reads admirably and that I have been fascinated by the theme and the handling of the personages.' Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Pigeon: A Fantasy in Three Acts Unknown
1900-1945'I wonder did you notice the article on Nietzsche in last Sunday's Times Literary Supplement, which demonstrates that although we have been told to regard Nietzsche as ...Clive Staples Lewis [Anon] [Anon]The Nietzschean WayPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I wonder if by any chance you saw Hardy's poem in the last or the December "Harper's Magazine". It is a wonderful story of a master builder who built or greatly ad...William Henry Hudson Thomas Hardy'The Abbey Mason (Inventor of the "Perpendicular" ...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I wonder if you can tell me what the enclosed flower is? It is very pretty—deep, almost maroon, red flowers in a big coarse, burdock-like plant. It is not in my b...William Henry Hudson Edward StepWayside and Woodland Blossoms: A Pocket GuidePrint: Book
1900-1945'I wonder what you think of my long silence after the receipt of your play ["A Tale of Young Lovers", late May]? I was just fiinishng a novel and putting off looking a...Joseph Conrad Cecil RobertsA Tale of Young Lovers: A Tragedy in Four ActsPrint: Book, playscript
1800-1849'I wonder whether you happened to see Mr Blackall's marriage in the Papers last Janry. [italics] We [end italics] did. He was married at Clifton to a Miss Lewis, whose F...Jane Austen Hampshire Telegraph, Births, Marriages and Deaths ...Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I wonder whether you have read that first book of Miss Eyre's ("Mary Eyre" of the Times) "A Lady's Walks in the South of France". What a disgusting book it is, - a beggi...Harriet Martineau Mary GroteA Lady's Walks in the South of France in 1863Print: Book
1850-1899'I worked in the Gaol in the morning for a time then lazily read ["Lalla Rookh"?] till dinner time'John Buckley Castieau Thomas MooreLalla Rookh: an oriental romancePrint: Book
1700-1799'I worked till supper with [Madame de Bombelles] whilst Mama read something from "L'Ami des Enfants".'Agathe Wynne [unknown]L'Ami des EnfantsPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I would have answered your letter sooner but for a long series of movements and countermovements I have had to execute. I also wished to read Goethe's book, before dete...Thomas Carlyle Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMeister Wilhelm's Wanderjahre (first volume)Print: BookManuscript: Letter
1900-1945'I would have written to you before about my delight in "The Conquest of Granada" if it had not been for the beastly swollen wrist which prevented me from holding the pen...Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame GrahamThe Conquest of New Granada, being the Life of Gon...Print: Book
1800-1849'I would I were a careless child, ...' 'Early Poems'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronStanzasUnknown
1800-1849'I would like well to know who is the author of ST JOHNSTON. It is rather better than ordinary. Pray does any of you know who is the editor of "The Northern Whig"? It com...James Hogg Eliza LoganSt Johnstoun; or, John, Earl of GowriePrint: Book
1800-1849'I would like well to know who is the author of ST JOHNSTON. It is rather better than ordinary. Pray does any of you know who is the editor of "The Northern Whig"? It com...James Hogg Northern Whig, ThePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I would like you to read a little book called "The Forerunner", by Merejkowski, published by Constable. It is about Leonardo da Vinci, and though there is a lot of bosh...Donald William Alers Hankey Dimitri MerejkowskiThe Forerunner, the romance of Leonardo da VinciPrint: Book
1700-1799'I would not let Martha [Lloyd] read First Impressions [later published as "Pride and Prejudice"] again upon any account, & am very glad that I did not leave it in your p...Martha Lloyd Jane AustenFirst ImpressionsManuscript: Sheet, MS of novel
1850-1899'I would not, I could not, give up the rides and rambles that took up so much of my time, but I would try to overcome my disinclination to serious reading. There we...William Henry Hudson James RennieThe Domestic Habits of BirdsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I would not, I could not, give up the rides and rambles that took up so much of my time, but I would try to overcome my disinclination to serious reading. There we...William Henry Hudson [unknown] [unknown][Natural History]Print: Book
1850-1899'I would not, I could not, give up the rides and rambles that took up so much of my time, but I would try to overcome my disinclination to serious reading. There we...William Henry Hudson Charles RollinThe Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginian...Print: Book
1850-1899'I would not, I could not, give up the rides and rambles that took up so much of my time, but I would try to overcome my disinclination to serious reading. There we...William Henry Hudson Flavius JosephusThe Works of Flavius JosephusPrint: Book


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