| Evidence: | 'On the terrace in the evening he would read Plato aloud, especially the "Phaedo", the final pages of which never failed to move him to tears. To the end of her life Elinor never ceased to be surprised by the number of eminent men who chose to express their friendship and pleasure in her company by reading Plato and Aristotle aloud to her.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 12 Jan 1903 and 1 Oct 1903 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Germany | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | Carlsbad spa |
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| Reader: | Lord Alfred Milner |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 23 Mar 1854 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | High Commissioner for Southern Africa and Governor of Cape Colony |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Country of experience: | Germany |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Elinor Glyn |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Plato |
| Title: | Phaedo |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5601 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Anthony Glyn | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Elinor Glyn, a biography | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1955 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 104 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Anthony Glyn, Elinor Glyn, a biography (London, 1955), p. 104, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5601, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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