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Record Number: 34037


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just finished that wonderful book—"The Way of All Flesh". It is a wonderful book.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 19 Aug 1914 and 31 Oct 1904

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ascot
county: Berkshire
specific address: Greyfriars

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


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 and author

Religion:

Christian (Protestant 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:

Samuel Butler

Title:

The Way of All Flesh

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Grant Richards, 1903

Provenance

borrowed (private library)


Source Information:

Record ID:

34037

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The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922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:

500

Additional Comments:

Letter from Hudson to Margaret Brooke, Dowager Ranee of Sarawak, n.d. Monday between 19 August and October 1914, Greyfriars, Ascot.

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William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 500, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34037, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Hudson was spending several months at the Ranee's country house (though she was often in London, hence this letter). He was recovering from illness and probably borrowed this book from her large private library.

   
   
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