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Record Number: 19996


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Syed Ross Masood, 2 July 1909: 'Something exciting is coming on [...] The Minister for Foreign Affairs has read the works of your humble servant, has approved of them, & has asked me to dinner in consequence [...] I am looking forward to it, and am not in a funk, for Grey is not only charming, but simple, I hear: I do know his brother & sister a little.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1905 and 2 Jul 1909

Country:

n/a

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:

Sir Edward Grey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1862

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

E. M. Forster

Title:

works

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19996

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:

96

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. 96, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19996, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Source eds. note that 'Which brother and sister [of Grey's] EMF knew is unclear' (see p.97 n.2).

   
   
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