| Evidence: | E. M. Forster to Malcolm Darling, 15 April 1910:
'Just now I am enthralled by Gibbon's Autobiography. There are passages in it that are more than "correct", and on the border line of beauty. What a giant he is -- greatest historian & greatest [...] name of the 18th century [italics]I[end italics] say; whether it is his greatness or his remoteness that makes his goings on with religion so queer I do not know.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Apr 1910 and 15 Apr 1910 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Baveno | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edward Morgan Forster |
| 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: | Italy |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Gibbon |
| Title: | Autobiography |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20028 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 107 | |
| 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. 107, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20028, accessed: 03 June 2023 | |
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