Record Number: 20445
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
E. M. Forster to Edward Joseph Dent, 6 March 1915: 'You can scarcely imagine the loneliness of such an effort as this [Forster's novel of homosexual love, Maurice] -- a year's work! [...] Carpenter has read and liked it, but he's too unliterary to be helpful [...] Roger Fry & Sydney [Waterlow] have also read the book, and their opinions, being totally unbiased, are interesting. R. agrees with you that it is beautiful and the best work I have done. S. finds it moving, and persuasive to all but bigots, admirable as a sociological tract, full of good things, but he finds the characters weighed down by these'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1915 and 6 Mar 1915
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Maurice
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:20445
Source: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:222
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank (ed.), Selected Letters of E. M. Forster, (London, 1983), 1, p. 222, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20445, accessed: 06 May 2024
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