Record Number: 19998

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Ottoline Morrell, 2 April 1910: 'I am reading Les Freres Karamazov, but am so far a little disappointed. It seems sketchy, though I have no notion what I mean by that useful word; not "insincere" by any means.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1910 and 2 Apr 1910

Country:

Wales

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:

Edward Morgan Forster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Jan 1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Wales

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Title:

The Brothers Karamazov

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In French translation from Russian

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19998

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:

105-106

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. 105-106, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19998, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None