Record Number: 21217
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Passages in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1944) include two short quotations, from Bede ('Two most wicked spirits rising with forks in their hands[...]') and Amiel ('S'en aller toute d'un fois est un privilege; tu periras par morceaux'), accompanied by note: 'I encounter these two mournful small fry on the same day. Boo hoo down the ages.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1944 and 31 Dec 1944
Country:England
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Type of Experience(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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ecclesiastical History (Bk 5 ch 13)
Genre:Other religious, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn J. E. King's translation, vol. II of Loeb edition (Heinemann, 1930)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21217
Source:E. M. Forster
Editor:Philip Gardner
Title:Commonplace Book
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1985
Vol:n/a
Page:164
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 164, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21217, accessed: 24 September 2023
Additional Comments:
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