Record Number: 32271

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I perceive you mention "Looking Backwards". I write to save your life. Don't DON'T DON'T read that most ... [ellipsis in original] of shockers. I bought it at Truro coming up on the [Great Western Railway] lately and before I got to Plymouth it had retired out the window. It isn't a shocker — it's a dreary fraud ...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1889 and 18 Oct 1889

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Truro
county: Cornwall
other location: on train

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:

Ernest Dowson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

2 Aug 1867

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Bellamy

Title:

Looking Backward: 2000-1887

Genre:

Fiction, Speculative fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32271

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Desmond Flower

Title:

Letters of Ernest Dowson

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1967

Vol:

n/a

Page:

109

Additional Comments:

Letter from Ernest Dowson to Arthur Moore, 18 October 1889.

Citation:

Desmond Flower (ed.), Letters of Ernest Dowson, (London, 1967), p. 109, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32271, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None