Record Number: 19988

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Arthur Cole, 11 April 1905: 'Have you read Erewhon? Now I'm at Marius the Epicurean.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1905 and 11 Apr 1905

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Nassenheide

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:

Edward Morgan Forster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Jan 1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Private tutor/Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Germany

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Walter Pater

Title:

Marius the Epicurean

Genre:

Fiction, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1878

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19988

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:

69

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. 69, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19988, accessed: 27 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None