Record Number: 20631

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just been reading and digesting Engel's Conditions of the Working Classes in England, in intention, heaven knows, a noble work; but he can't write, so it raised anger in me, instead of grief. '

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

3 Apr 1935

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris
specific address: 129 Rue Saint-Dominique VIIe

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:

Edith Sitwell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

7 Sep 1887

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

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:

Friedrich Engels

Title:

Conditions of the Working Classess in England

Genre:

Social Science, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published in 1844

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20631

Source:

Print

Author:

Edith Sitwell

Editor:

Richard Greene

Title:

Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

145

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Edith Sitwell, Richard Greene (ed.), Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell, (London, 1998), p. 145, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20631, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

This is an extract from a letter to Walter Greenwood (3rd April 1935) in which Edith compares the effect on her of Engel's book compared to that of Walter Greenwood's novels.