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Record Number: 20145


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'There is an awfully good little book on English wild flowers with good clear illustrations, but it costs 7/6. Is it worth it?'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 14 Apr 1919

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Esther Gwendolyn, "Stella" Bowen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 May 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

artist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Australia

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[book on wild flowers]

Genre:

Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read in the book shop?


Source Information:

Record ID:

20145

Source:

Print

Author:

Ford Madox Ford

Editor:

Sondra J. Stang

Title:

Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The

Place of Publication:

Bloomington

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

93

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Sondra J. Stang (ed.), Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The (Bloomington, 1993), p. 93, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20145, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional author, Stella Bowen; additional editor, Karen Cochran.

   
   
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