√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 1900-1945 | 'The sculptress Kathleen Bruce, widow of the Arctic explorer Captain Scott ... became positively scornful when she rea... | Kathleen Bruce | H. G. Wells | God the Invisible King | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Bennett had read "Ann Veronica", which Wells had sent him that October with an inscription "The Young Mistress's Tale... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Ann Veronica | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'In January he had read Wells's 'The New Machieavelli' . . .[sic]' | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | New Machiavelli, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | "... [Margaret Cole's] reading at Girton in the early twentieth century influenced her development as a Socialist ... ... | Margaret Cole | H. G. Wells | New Worlds for Old | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | "... [Margaret Cole's] reading at Girton in the early twentieth century influenced her development as a Socialist ... ... | Margaret Cole | H. G. Wells | The First Men in the Moon | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'In a letter to Mrs Herzog he says: "Wells's new novel, Marriage, of which I have just read the proofs, contains more ... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Marriage | Manuscript: Unknown, proofs of book |
| 1850-1899 1900-1945 | Henry James to H. G. Wells, 29 January 1900: 'It was very graceful of you to send me your book -- I mean the particula... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | The Time Machine | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to H. G. Wells, 24 January 1904: 'I've [italics] wanted [end italics], day after day, to write -- wanted t... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | Mankind in the Making | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to H. G. Wells, 24 January 1904: 'I've [italics] wanted [end italics], day after day, to write -- wanted t... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | Twelve Stories and a Dream | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to H. G. Wells, 19 November 1905, in praise of two works recently sent by Wells: 'I found your first munif... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | A Modern Utopia | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to H. G. Wells, 19 November 1905, in praise of two works recently sent by Wells: 'I found your first munif... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | Kipps | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to H. G. Wells, 8 November 1906: 'I came back last night from five days in London to find your so generous... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | The Future in America | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to Edmund Gosse, 10 October 1912:
'I have received within a day or two dear old George Meredith's "Let... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | Marriage | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to H. G. Wells, 18 October 1912, whilst suffering from shingles: 'you may not have forgotten that you kind... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | Marriage | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to H. G. Wells, 21 September 1913, thanking him for a copy of his new novel, "The Passionate Friends": 'I ... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | The Passionate Friends | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to Hugh Walpole, 21 November 1914: '[H. G.] Wells has published a mere flat tiresomeness ("Sir Isaac Harma... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | Sir Isaac Harman's Wife | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to James B. Pinker, 6 January 1915: 'be thanked [...] for your conveyance to me of Arnold Bennett's health... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | critique of George Bernard Shaw, Common Sense about the War | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | Henry James to H. G. Wells, 6 July 1915: 'I was given yesterday at a club your volume "Boon, etc.", from a loose leaf ... | Henry James | H. G. Wells | Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'I perceive you couldn?t keep your new house out of the "Fortnightly"! This third article is the best yet. I have ne... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Anticipations | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'I note lately the evidence of an extraordinary activity on your part. Perhaps you have observed how difficult it is ... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | unknown | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'I note lately the evidence of an extraordinary activity on your part. Perhaps you have observed how difficult it is ... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | unknown | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'I have read [The First Men on the Moon] in Strand, & hasten to insult & annoy you by stating that the last two instal... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | The First Men on the Moon | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | "Many thanks for 'Mankind in the Making'. Like 'Anticipations' it is very wonderful, and very uneven." | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Mankind in the Making | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Just before leaving Paris I read the first instalment of "F. of G." in Pearson?s & thought it extremely good, barrin... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | The Food of the Gods | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'And that reminds me that your last Strand story was really admirable. A little faint towards the end I thought, but ... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | The Country of the Blind | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'I am disposed to agree with your own estimate of "Scepticism of the Instrument". I don?t, however, think that your t... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Scepticism of the Instrument | |
| 1900-1945 | "I am disposed to agree with your own estimate of 'Scepticism of the Instrument'. I don?t, however, think that your t... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Scepticism of the Instrument | Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Many thanks for the book. [A Modern Utopia.] If it was a novel I could say something useful about it, but as it isn?t... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | A Modern Utopia | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The only real seizable fault that I can find in Kipps is the engagement to Helen, which entirely failed to convince m... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Kipps | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | '. . . By the way your Westminster Gazette article was magnificent, & filled me with holy joy.' | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | 'The Schoolmaster and the Empire | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | '. . . now I see the announcement of your articles in the Tribune . . . ' | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | | Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'Your Chicago article was very good.' | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | unknown | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'And you never will persuade the people who don?t matter that the close of the 'Comet' is not profoundly immoral.' | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | In the Days of the Comet | Print: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'I am reading "1st & Last" which arrived a few days ago. As it isn?t a novel I can?t pontificate on it. However, whe... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | First and Last Things | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The New M is a magnificent work.' | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | The New Machiavelli | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'I return the proofs by registered bookpost. I have read them with care. I have of course confined my observations t... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Marriage | Manuscript: Codex |
| 1900-1945 | 'You have been looking for the wrong things in "The Passionate Friends", & failing to see the right things.' | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | The Passionate Friends | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Tuesday 2 February 1932: 'I am reading Wells' science of life, & have reached the hen that became a cock or vice versa.' | Virginia Woolf | H. G. Wells | The Science of Life | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Thursday 11 February 1932: 'My mind is set running upon A Knock on the Door (whats its name?) owing largely to reading... | Virginia Woolf | H. G. Wells | The Work, Wealth, and Happiness of Mankind | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Sunday 8 May 1932: 'I've scarcely read [on holiday in Greece] [...] only Roger's Eastman, & Wells, & Murry.' | Virginia Woolf | H. G. Wells | unknown | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Tuesday 2 October 1934:
'Books read or in reading [over summer 1934]:
Sh[akespea]re. Troilus.
... | Virginia Woolf | H. G. Wells | Experiment in Autobiography | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Wednesday 21 November 1934: 'I am reading, with interest & distaste, Wells'.
| Virginia Woolf | H. G. Wells | Experiment in Autobiography | Print: Book |
| | Sunday 6 January 1935: 'We lunched with Maynard & Lydia [Keynes] [...] talked about [...] Wells -- [Maynard] had read ... | John Maynard Keynes | H. G. Wells | Experiment in Autobiography | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'I do not think that "Victory" is anything like equal to "Chance". In fact it is not first-rate Conrad, "Chance" is. ... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Bealby | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'This is a very good number. The Wells review seems most just, but I haven’t yet finished the book. [The Soul of a... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | The Soul of a Bishop | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | E. M. Forster to Malcolm Darling, 29 July 1911:
'I have been reading Kipling's child's history of England with ming... | Edward Morgan Forster | H. G. Wells | The New Machiavelli | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The more I read of H.G.’s 'Outline' the more staggered I am by it.' | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | The Outline of History | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'Thanks ever so much for the book. One would want a long and warm talk about it.To set down the several trains of thou... | Joseph Conrad | H. G.(Herbert George) Wells | New Words for Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | .. . . I have no prejudice against the young, rather the reverse, and yet I am looking in vain for a really good novel... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Men Like Gods | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | I noticed strangely few misprints in 'C.A.’s Pa'. though I had my malicious eye open for them. | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Christina Alberta's Father | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Thoroughgood’s notice of Wells’s book was deplorable. ['Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island']. For one thing the ... | Arnold Bennett | H. G. Wells | Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | ' This is really great, great in every dimension. [...] I have read the book ["The New Machiavelli"] yesterday and thi... | Joseph Conrad | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells | The New Machiavelli | Print: Book |