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Record 21083

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1938) include General R. T. Wilson's account of five British sailors' purchase of a woman sold at auction by Arabs.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1938 and 31 Dec 1938
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: General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson
Title: History of the British Expedition to Egypt
Genre: History, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: First published from London, 1802
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 21083  
Source - Print  
  Author: E. M. Forster
  Editor: Philip Gardner
  Title: Commonplace Book
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1985
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 113
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 113, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21083, accessed: 16 April 2024

Additional comments:

Anecdote of auctioning of woman appears in footnote on p.61 of 1802 edition of text cited by source ed.

 

 

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