Record Number: 20575

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Robert Trevelyan, 23 February 1920: 'Mother is reading "The Arrow of Lead" as she calls it, and finds it very slow.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1920 and 23 Feb 1920

Country:

England

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:

Alice Clara Forster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1855

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Joseph Conrad

Title:

The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1919

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20575

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:

314

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. 314, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20575, accessed: 01 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None