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Record 11966

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Lady Chatterly's Lover is the absurdest pornography I have ever read, but The Man Who Died is one of the finest pieces of literature I remember reading and the idea strikes me as being one of the most brilliant that I have met in my small experience. Poetry equally good in places.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jun 1939 and 31 Feb 1940
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader: anon
Age Unknown
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: unknown
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: D H Lawrence
Title: Lady Chatterley's Lover
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11966  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: File Report 62, March 1940, LITERARY QUESTIONNAIRE by H P Elderton and G L Wallace, p. 26, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk ,

Citation: File Report 62, March 1940, LITERARY QUESTIONNAIRE by H P Elderton and G L Wallace, p. 26, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11966, accessed: 28 March 2024

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