Record Number: 2632

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Our first lessons were from Ford Madox Ford's 'English Review' which was publishing some of the best young writers of the time. We discussed Bridges and Masefield... For myself the suger-bag blue of the 'English Review' was decisive. One had thought literature was in books written by dead people who had been oppressively over-educated. Here was writing by people who were alive and probably writing at this moment...

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 16 Dec 1910 and 1 Jan 1918

Country:

England

Time

daytime: at school

Place:

city: Dulwich
other location: Alleyn's School

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Victor Sawdon Pritchett

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Dec 1900

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

son of itinerant salesman

Religion:

Christain

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ford Madox Ford

Title:

English Review

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2632

Source:

Print

Author:

V.S. Pritchett

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

n/a

Page:

105

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

V.S. Pritchett, A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years (London, 1968), p. 105, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2632, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None