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Record Number: 20168


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I read "The Old Houses of Flanders" & "Clair de Lune", first half, & "Thank Goodness the Moving is Over" last night after my speech... & I was signing copies of my books for an hour an a half afterwards!'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

3 Dec 1926

Country:

America

Time

evening

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

Women's University Club members


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Ford Madox Ford

Title:

[several poems]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

20168

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:

249

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Sondra J. Stang (ed.), Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The (Bloomington, 1993), p. 249, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20168, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

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

   
   
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