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Record Number: 34280


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I remember reading with pleasure one of your books—it must have been in 1923 or four. If I have read none since it is my misfortune for no Literary organs ever come my way.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1923 and 31 Dec 1924

Country:

France

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ford Madox Ford

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:

Gerald Bullett

Title:

The Street of the Eye and Nine Other Tales

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Bodley Head, 1923

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

34280

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

223

Additional Comments:

Ford to Gerald Bullett, 24 August 1933

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Richard M. Ludwig (ed.), Letters of Ford Madox Ford, (Princeton, NJ, 1965), p. 223, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34280, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Gerald William Bullett (1893-1958) was at the time an editor of the Weekend Review and later worked for the BBC. He wrote fantasy stories, novels, essays, criticism, and poems. The titles above are those published in 1923 and 1924 and were his second and third works. Ford was in France, mostly but not exclusively in Paris, for most of these two years.

   
   
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