Record Number: 19991
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
E. M. Forster to Arthur Cole, 7 July 1905, following satirical account of English travellers met the previous day: 'These then are my thoughts [...] My books are equally stimulating: Wilhelm Tell -- which is thought mighty fine -- and Northanger Abbey, which I read aloud to Elizabeth [employer] in the evenings. Also Thais, but that I am only beginning.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jun 1905 and 7 Jul 1905
Country:Germany
Timen/a
Place:city: Nassenheide
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Thais
Genre:Fiction, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1891
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19991
Source: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:78
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. 78, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19991, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Forster refers to his employer, Mary Annette (nee Beauchamp), Countess von Arnim-Schlegenthin, by name under which she published popular accounts of her domestic life, including Elizabeth and Her German Garden (1898).
