Record Number: 34024
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'By the time my wife goes to bed at 9 or soon after, I feel too tired to do anything except sit by the fire and read a little poetry, then go to bed myself—without doing any work or answering a letter.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between Nov 1911 and Dec 1911
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: London
specific address: 40 St.Lukes Road, West London
location in dwelling: sitting room
(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:[unknown]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:34024
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Title:The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922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:459-60
Additional Comments:
Letter from Hudson to Margaret Brooke, Dowager Ranee of Sarawak, Sunday, November or December 1911, 40 St. Luke's Road, W. 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William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 459-60, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34024, accessed: 08 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None