| Evidence: | E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 5 October 1913:
'We are here [Harrogate] till the 10th [...] It has been a dull month, but not boring. [...] I ordered Chanson de Billitis [sic] from the L[ondon] L[ibrary] and it came as Byblis whiich smelt of the boudoir rather than the forest, but I liked it.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1913 and 5 Oct 1913 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Harrogate county: Yorkshire |
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| Reader: | E. M. Forster |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1879 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Pierre Louys |
| Title: | Byblis changee en fontaine |
| Genre: | Fiction, Poetry, Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1898 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (public library) |
| Record ID: | 20438 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | E. M. Forster | |
| Editor: | Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank | |
| Title: | Selected Letters of E. M. Forster | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 207 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | E. M. Forster, Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank (ed.), Selected Letters of E. M. Forster (London, 1983), 1, p. 207, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20438, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| Text expected was Louys' Les Chansons de Bilitis, 'poems of Sapphic love' (see p.207 n.4 in source). |
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