Record Number: 20631
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have just been reading and digesting Engel's Conditions of the Working Classes in England, in intention, heaven knows, a noble work; but he can't write, so it raised anger in me, instead of grief. '
Century:1900-1945
Date:3 Apr 1935
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Paris
specific address: 129 Rue Saint-Dominique VIIe
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:7 Sep 1887
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Poet
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Conditions of the Working Classess in England
Genre:Social Science, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published in 1844
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20631
Source:Edith Sitwell
Editor:Richard Greene
Title:Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:n/a
Page:145
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Edith Sitwell, Richard Greene (ed.), Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell (London, 1998), p. 145, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20631, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
This is an extract from a letter to Walter Greenwood (3rd April 1935) in which Edith compares the effect on her of Engel's book compared to that of Walter Greenwood's novels.