| Evidence: | 'In a BBC talk of 1947 about the book that had most influenced her early years, she chose to talk about Rider Haggard's "She"; she came upon it at the age of twelve, "when I was finding the world too small". The descriptions of Kor, the great derelict city, caught her imagination. She "saw" Kor before she ever saw London: "Inevitably, the Thames Embankment was a disappointment".' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 7 Jun 1911 and 7 Jun 1912 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Bowen |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 7 Jun 1899 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | later writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Anglican |
| Country of experience: | Ireland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henry Rider Haggard |
| Title: | She |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18771 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Victoria Glendinning | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1977 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 32 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Victoria Glendinning, Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer (London, 1977), p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18771, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Bowen later wrote a short story entitled 'Mysterious Kor'. |
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