Record Number: 20442

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Malcolm Darling, 6 November 1914: 'Just now I sit in the N[ational]. G[allery]. having studied a notice that instructs me to "attack" a petrol bomb with sand instead of water. How am I to know whether it is a petrol bomb? But it will probably spare me the fatigue of considering.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

6 Nov 1914

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: London
specific address: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

notice on wartime safety measures

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: ?poster ('notice')

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20442

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:

214

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. 214, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20442, accessed: 27 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None