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Record Number: 29892


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Am reading Meredith's Egoist. C. [David Lloyd George] said he was afraid it would lessen my love for him, as he throws such a clear light on the male character. C. says that Meredith has just such an insight on character as the physician has on your body when he puts the electric light arrangement on his forehead. C says too that Meredith was the first to conceive the revolt of woman — the revolt against the accepted relations of husband and wife, that is to say.'

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1879 and 8 Apr 1915

Country:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

David Lloyd George

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Jan 1863

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lawyer and politician

Religion:

Baptist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Meredith

Title:

The Egoist

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

29892

Source:

Print

Author:

Frances Stevenson

Editor:

A. J. P. Taylor

Title:

Lloyd George: A Diary by Frances Stevenson

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1971

Vol:

n/a

Page:

43

Additional Comments:

Diary entry for 8 April 1915.

Citation:

Frances Stevenson, A. J. P. Taylor (ed.), Lloyd George: A Diary by Frances Stevenson (London, 1971), p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29892, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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