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Record 20573

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 10 January 1919: 'Some of your stories I have read before, but I am enjoying and admiring them all. "Kenneth" made me laugh so nicely. The "Trial of Witches" [...] seemed to me a most powerful [reminder] of the past.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jul 1919 and 10 Jan 1919
Country: Egypt
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: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: Egypt
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Forrest Reid
Title: 'Kenneth'
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: In A Garden by the Sea: Stories and Sketches
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 20573  
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: 299
  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. 299, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20573, accessed: 28 March 2024

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