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Record Number: 20166


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have been too much bothered & depressed by the S.L. ['South Lodge', Ford's code for Violet Hunt] book to write [...] In the meantime Rebecca [West] naturally has sailed in & made matters excruciatingly more disagreeable. She has told several people that V.H. is an admirable and martyred saint & that every word in the book is true.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 2 Dec 1926

Country:

America

Time

n/a

Place:

city: New York

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:

Ford Madox Ford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Dec 1873

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

America

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Violet Hunt

Title:

Flurried Years, The

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

American edition published by Ford's publisher, Boni and Livewright

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

20166

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:

245

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Sondra J. Stang (ed.), Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The (Bloomington, 1993), p. 245, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20166, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional author, Stella Bowen; additional editor, Karen Cochran. Violet Hunt was Ford's ex-partner

   
   
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