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Record 21055

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1935) include reflections on associations of placenames and other words, and on effects of 'the world' upon strong and weak characters, in Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1935 and 31 Dec 1935
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Edward Morgan 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: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Ernest Hemingway
Title: A Farewell to Arms
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: First published 1929
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 21055  
Source - Print  
  Author: E. M. Forster
  Editor: Philip Gardner
  Title: Commonplace Book
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1985
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 99
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 99, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21055, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Quotations appear in chapters 27 and 34 in text.

 

 

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