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Record 18853

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'the short stories she did know, from Downe days, were Richard Middleton's colection "The Ghost Ship" and E.M. Forster's "The Celestial Omnibus".'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1914 and 31 Dec 1917
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Orpington
county: Kent
specific address: Downe House 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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Elizabeth Bowen
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7 Jun 1899
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writer
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: Ireland
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Richard Middleton
Title: Ghost Ship, The
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ
read at school

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 18853  
Source - Print  
  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: 42
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Victoria Glendinning, Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer (London, 1977), p. 42, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18853, accessed: 29 March 2024

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