Record Number: 33941

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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 set 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:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1893 and 21 Aug 1905

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

William Henry Hudson

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Louise Chandler Moulton

Title:

Swallow-flights [and Other Verses]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Macmillan, 1893

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33941

Source:

Print

Author:

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The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922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William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 391,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=33941, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Mrs Chandler Moulton (1835-1908) was an American poet from Boston who spent time each year in London between 1876 and 1896.