| Evidence: | 'Brooks loved literature, and during their long walks together he introduced Willie to the most important contemporary English writers: the theological works of Cardinal Newman, the witty novels of George Meredith, the "Imaginary Portraits" of Pater, the rapturous poetry of Swinburne and Fitzgerald's sensual translation of "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1891 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Ellingham Brooks |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1864 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | lawyer / writer (year of birth poss. 1863) |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9374 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jeffrey Meyers | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Somerset Maugham | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 2004 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 24 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jeffrey Meyers, Somerset Maugham (New York, 2004), p. 24, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9374, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
| introduced these works to Somerset Maugham so one assumes he read them too |
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