Record Number: 33939
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'About "The Crown of Life", It is almost the only one of G. G. [George Gissing]'s books I haven’t read. It didn’t appeal to me—it was not a good Gissing book. Just now I have been reading "Will Warburton", recently published Constable, and though it can’t compare with the strong bitter work of earlier years it is very readable. "Veranilda" I did not like so it remained unread here on my table until a friend carried it off to read a few days ago. I do not read many books— many books sent to me by good friends are left unread and I blame them for wasting books on me— unless it is poetry. Your poetry I always read with rare pleasure and for the good verse you have given the world. I for one am deeply grateful to you.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jul 1905 and 21 Aug 1905
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: 40 St Luke's Road
(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
Date of Birth:4 Aug 1841
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Field naturalist, author
Religion:Protestant (Anglican) in childhood only
Country of Origin:Argentina
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Will Warburton
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Constable, 1905
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33939
Source:William Henry Hudson
Editor:Denis Shrubsall
Title:The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922
Place of Publication:Lewiston, N.Y.
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:2
Page:391
Additional Comments:
Letter from Hudson to Mrs Louise Chandler Moulton, 21 August 1905, 40 St Luke's Road, London
Citation:
William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 391, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33939, accessed: 20 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The date range of the reading experience is speculative but the context suggests it was very recent. Mrs Chandler Moulton (1835-1908) was an American poet from Boston who spent time each year in London between 1876 and 1896.