Evidence: | 'I have just been reading and digesting Engel's Conditions of the Working Classes in England, in intention, heaven knows, a noble work; but he can't write, so it raised anger in me, instead of grief. ' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 3 Apr 1935 | ||||||||||
Country: | France | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Paris specific address: 129 Rue Saint-Dominique VIIe |
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Reader: | Edith Sitwell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 7 Sep 1887 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | Poet |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | France |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Friedrich Engels |
Title: | Conditions of the Working Classess in England |
Genre: | Social Science, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | First published in 1844 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20631 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Edith Sitwell | |
Editor: | Richard Greene | |
Title: | Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 145 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Edith Sitwell, Richard Greene (ed.), Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell (London, 1998), p. 145, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20631, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
This is an extract from a letter to Walter Greenwood (3rd April 1935) in which Edith compares the effect on her of Engel's book compared to that of Walter Greenwood's novels. |
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