Record Number: 18771

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In a BBC talk of 1947 about the book that had most influenced her early years, she chose to talk about Rider Haggard's "She"; she came upon it at the age of twelve, "when I was finding the world too small". The descriptions of Kor, the great derelict city, caught her imagination. She "saw" Kor before she ever saw London: "Inevitably, the Thames Embankment was a disappointment".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 7 Jun 1911 and 7 Jun 1912

Country:

Ireland

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:

Elizabeth Bowen

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

7 Jun 1899

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

later writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Anglican

Country of Experience:

Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Rider Haggard

Title:

She

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

18771

Source:

Print

Author:

Victoria Glendinning

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1977

Vol:

n/a

Page:

32

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Victoria Glendinning, Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer, (London, 1977), p. 32, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18771, accessed: 04 May 2024

---

Additional Comments:

Bowen later wrote a short story entitled 'Mysterious Kor'.