Record Number: 34279
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have now had your manuscript for some days and have read it with a great deal of interest.' Thence follows a page and a half of constructive and gentle criticism to this unidentified writer, and an invitation to visit if on holiday in France.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 10 Aug 1933 and 19 Aug 1933
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Toulon
county: Var
specific address: Villa Paul, Chemin de la Calade, Cap Brun
(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:17 Dec 1873
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Catholic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:34279
Source:Ford Madox Ford
Editor:Richard M. Ludwig
Title:Letters of Ford Madox Ford
Place of Publication:Princeton, NJ
Date of Publication:1965
Vol:n/a
Page:219
Additional Comments:
Ford to a 'Mr. Mack', 19 August 1933
Citation:
Ford Madox Ford, Richard M. Ludwig (ed.), Letters of Ford Madox Ford, (Princeton, NJ, 1965), p. 219, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34279, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The identity of this presumably young writer is unknown. No published author named 'Mack' probably in the UK or Ireland, writing novels during this period, has been identified. As Ludwig noted, Ford was eager to help young writers, even those who he had never met. The range of reading is speculative, but from the evidence in the source letter highly likely to have been mid-August.
