Record Number: 34283
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read both of your novels with pleasure and admiration for the handling—particularly the one about the castle which I have lent to an appreciative American so that I can't remember—oh yes, THEY CAME TO THE CASTLE. That seemed to me to be extremely skilfully worked out.' Thence follow a few lines of comment on Bertram's subject matter.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 14 Sep 1934
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:They Came to the Castle
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Chapman & Hall, 1931
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:34283
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:234
Additional Comments:
Ford to Anthony Bertram, 14 September 1934
Citation:
Ford Madox Ford, Richard M. Ludwig (ed.), Letters of Ford Madox Ford, (Princeton, NJ, 1965), p. 234, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34283, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The other novel mentioned would have been either "The Pool" (Allen & Unwin, 1926) or "Here We Ride" (Allen & Unwin, 1927. Bertram (1897-1978) was essentially an art historian, publishing many books on painting of various periods.
