Evidence: | "When ... [Mrs Humphrey Ward] read aloud from Canadian Born (1910) to the assembled guests at Lord Stanley's part at Alderley Park, the verdict was that 'it was terribly boring' [as Venetia Stanley wrote to Violet Asquith, 12 October 1910]." |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1910 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Alderley Park | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mrs Humphrey Ward |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Venetia Stanley |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Mrs Humphrey Ward |
Title: | Canadian Born |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 3582 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Philip Waller | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 | |
Place of Publication: | n/a | |
Date of Publication: | n/a | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 587 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 p. 587, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3582, accessed: 27 April 2024 |
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