Record Number: 20211

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Many thanks for the 3 chapters - they look entrancing, but I haven't had time to do more than glance at them as I've had a sitter all day'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

17 Apr 1933

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Esther Gwendolyn, 'Stella' Bowen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 May 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

artist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Australia

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ford Madox Ford

Title:

[chapters from 'It Was the Nightingale']

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
sent to her by Ford

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20211

Source:

Print

Author:

Ford Madox Ford

Editor:

Sondra J. Stang

Title:

Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The

Place of Publication:

Bloomington

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

404

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Sondra J. Stang (ed.), Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The, (Bloomington, 1993), p. 404, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20211, accessed: 05 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Additional author, Stella Bowen; additional editor Karen Cochran.