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Record Number: 19979


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Alice Clara Forster, ?summer 1899: 'I hear much of Mr Dimbleby, and have tried to read his books. I can't think how Maimie [i.e. Mary Aylward, family friend] is taken in. Scattered scraps of information such as "in 1903 there will be a second Flood: 'one of the continents' (!) will sink below the sea. In 1910 the world will probably be consumed in the tail of a comet, &tc." '"Dear me," says Maimie, "to think that we shall probably be alive to see it."'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 May 1899 and 31 Aug 1899

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Salisbury
county: Wiltshire

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:

Undergraduate student

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Jabez Bunting Dimbleby

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Other religious, Astrology / alchemy / occult

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19979

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank

Title:

Selected Letters of E. M. Forster

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

1

Page:

30

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank (ed.), Selected Letters of E. M. Forster (London, 1983), 1, p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19979, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Source eds. note: 'Jabez Bunting Dimbleby (1827-19??) wrote millenial books whose titles became progressively longer and more alarming. In 1897 The New Era at Hand, (1898-1/4); or, The Approaching Close of the Great Prophetic Periods, achieved a thirteenth edition (see p.30 n.3).

   
   
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