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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'The weekly Evensong [i.e., 22-25 Oct] has been amazing this week, averaging nearly a hundred a night. It�s rather like the last chapter of the "House of Prayer" th...Philip Thomas Byard Clayton Florence ConverseThe House of PrayerPrint: Book
1900-1945'A word or two before I turn in. Magrath (who is a veritable godsend to me in every way, Christian, cheery, brave and wise) is reading the Times and warming his toe...C. J. Magrath TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945I remember one morning, early, I found him in his study laughing uproariously: he was reading, in Proust's "Pastiches et M�langes", the pastiche of Flaubert (and he had a...Joseph Conrad Marcel ProustPastiches et M�langesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Rained all day long! So we had the whole day off!! Had some damn good meals and a good sleep. Also received our first newspaper (printed for prisoners), the "Contine...J. A. Sillitoe Hill Continental TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'All very cheerful to-day as there is very good news from the Front. Allies swiftly advancing and sweeping all before them ... The Germans won't tell us anything, but...J. A. Sillitoe Hill Dortmunder ZeitungPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Began Holcroft's Memoirs - his description of the life of a New-market boy very curious and interesting - I wish every literary man would write his own memoirsThomas Moore Thomas HolcroftMemoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft, written by hi...Print: Book
1800-1849Looked over the notes Mrs. Lefanu had written on Watkin's life of her brother - little in them - chiefly about her father's respectability etc. etc. which, though very in...Thomas Moore John WatkinsMemoirs of the Public and Private Life of the Righ...Print: Book
1900-1945'I have � changed billet, and the chaps here are very nice indeed. Good men, which is a great point. But in this new democracy almost everyone is jolly, or tries to b...Ivor Bertie Gurney Rudyard KiplingThe New Army in TrainingPrint: Book
1900-1945�At present I am �on sick� with lumbago, a horrid name � "Land and Water" is still very optimistic. My thoughts go onward to the dim time after the war, and the polit...Ivor Bertie Gurney Hilaire Belloc (ed)The Country Gentleman and Land and WaterPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945�At present I am �on sick� with lumbago, a horrid name � "Land and Water" is still very optimistic. My thoughts go onward to the dim time after the war, and the polit...Ivor Bertie Gurney George Holbrook JacksonSouthward Ho! And other EssaysPrint: 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'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney unknown unknown[Letter to 'Times']Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney Thomas HardySong of the SoldiersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney Daily NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney William Wordsworth(Sonnets)Print: Book
1900-1945'I hope you are well, and are finding some solace in your duties. You must find it hard to console aliens in England. They probably love England, and now they are ali...Ivor Bertie Gurney John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1900-1945�Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards�copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney George MeredithThe Adventures of Harry RichmondPrint: Book
1900-1945�Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards�copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney George MeredithEvan HarringtonPrint: Book
1900-1945�Have you read "Harry Richmond" lately? I like the first part of the book immensely, but skipped afterwards�copiously and vigorously. On the whole, "Evan Harrington" ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book


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