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Record Number: 20030


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Malcolm Darling, 12 August 1910: 'Do you get any time for reading? I am taking huge chunks of Mat Arnold. he's not as good as he thinks, but better than I thought. His central fault is prudishness -- I don't use the word in its narrow sense, but as implying a general dislike to all warmth. He thinks warmth either vulgar or hysterical.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1910 and 12 Aug 1910

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Weybridge

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:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Matthew Arnold

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

20030

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:

111

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. 111, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20030, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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