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Record 5638

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Elinor herself spent much time reading the publications, especially Richard Ingalese's "The History and Power of Mind"; it seemed to fit in, in so many ways, with her own instinctive beliefs and disbeliefs, and provided an authoritative explanation for many of the points which troubled her.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1907 and 31 Dec 1908
Country: England
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:Elinor Glyn
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 17 Oct 1864
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Author
Religion: Christian
Country of origin: Jersey
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Richard Ingalese
Title: History and Power of Mind, The
Genre: Other religious, Philosophy, Textbook / self-education, New Thought
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5638  
Source - Print  
  Author: Anthony Glyn
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Elinor Glyn, a biography
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1955
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 154
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Anthony Glyn, Elinor Glyn, a biography (London, 1955), p. 154, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5638, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

Ingalese's book was first published in Britain in 1907. Glyn had returned from the USA where the 'New Thought' was sweeping the States and may have had either the US or the British edition.

 

 

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