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Record 20437

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 5 October 1913: 'It's a good little sketch I think, and shows you can do a catastrophe if you choose. I never guessed he had murdered his wife, but my mother did. I have kept it longer than I ought, and not for any reason. The second time I read it, I enjoyed it more.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Sep 1913 and 5 Oct 1913
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:E. M. 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: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Forrest Reid
Title: unidentified 'sketch'
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 20437  
Source - Print  
  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: 207
  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. 207, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20437, accessed: 28 March 2024

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