√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 1900-1945 | 'I breakfasted luxuriously in my tent off porridge, fried ham and tea and afterwards read "Pickwick Papers", pausing n... | Frank Smythe | Charles Dickens | The Pickwick Papers | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'I sat up late reading of Mr. Jingle's artifices, until at last I began to speculate drowsily as to that gentleman's p... | Frank Smythe | Charles Dickens | The Pickwick Papers | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Thanks to the efficiency of Mr Kydd, we were overtaken here by a runner, and spent a pleasant half-hour in the shade ... | Frank Smythe | | newspapers | Print: Newspaper |
| 1900-1945 | 'They arrived late that evening bringing letters from home, and newspapers. As regards the world's news I confess that... | Frank Smythe | | newspapers | Print: Newspaper |
| 1900-1945 | 'I lay in my sleeping bag reading Mr.Richard Aldington's cynical book "Death of a Hero". it is an admirable work but I... | Frank Smythe | Richard Aldington | Death of a Hero | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Fortunately Peter had lots of reading matter and he loaned me "Doctor Johnson".' | Frank Smythe | James Boswell | A Life of Samuel Johnson | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'I sat in my rickety camp chair which had been artfully and ingeniously repaired by [Sherpa] Wangdi to prevent it fall... | Frank Smythe | William Shakespeare | Sonnets | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'There was nothing for me to do but lie in my sleeping bag,write up my botanical notes, read and in between whiles eat... | Frank Smythe | | newspapers and weekly magazines | Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'Our library too was a weighty affair. Shipton had the longest novel that had been published in recent years, Warren a... | Frank Smythe | Charles Dickens | Martin Chuzzlewit | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Among the mail was "The Times" Special Coronation Supplement. The men were vastly intrigued with the pictures.
"Tha... | Frank Smythe | | The Times Special Coronation Supplement | Print: Newspaper |