Record Number: 11967

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Lady Chatterly's Lover is the absurdest pornography I have ever read, but The Man Who Died is one of the finest pieces of literature I remember reading and the idea strikes me as being one of the most brilliant that I have met in my small experience. Poetry equally good in places.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1939 and 31 Feb 1940

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

D H Lawrence

Title:

The Man Who Died

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11967

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

File Report 62, March 1940, LITERARY QUESTIONNAIRE by H P Elderton and G L Wallace, p. 26, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk ,

Citation:

File Report 62, March 1940, LITERARY QUESTIONNAIRE by H P Elderton and G L Wallace, p. 26, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11967, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None