Evidence: | Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1938) include General R. T. Wilson's account of five British sailors' purchase of a woman sold at auction by Arabs. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1938 and 31 Dec 1938 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson |
Title: | History of the British Expedition to Egypt |
Genre: | History, Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | First published from London, 1802 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21083 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | E. M. Forster | |
Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
Title: | Commonplace Book | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 113 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 113, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21083, accessed: 28 September 2023 |
Anecdote of auctioning of woman appears in footnote on p.61 of 1802 edition of text cited by source ed. |
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