Record Number: 34284
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have now read—but indeed I did a week or so ago—"Men Adrift" with a great deal of pleasure —pleasure because it was fun reading it and being able to think that you have found a form that is really suited to you and have managed your subject with a great deal of skill. It is certainly a great advance on anything else you have ever done and I really congratulate you. The book is full of good things, moving steadily forward altogether—and, if that progression of effect doesn't end in final illumination that is, I suppose, because there is no illumination to be found in the state of being adrift.' Hence follows a page of constructive criticism.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 27 Sep 1935 and 7 Oct 1935
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
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Men Adrift
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Chapman & Hall, 1935
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:34284
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:245
Additional Comments:
Ford to Anthony Bertram, 14 October 1935
Citation:
Ford Madox Ford, Richard M. Ludwig (ed.), Letters of Ford Madox Ford, (Princeton, NJ, 1965), p. 245, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34284, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Ford had written to Berram 27 September 1934 (see source text p.235) accepting that this book be dedicated to him. He received his copy on 27 September 1935 (see source text p.243), deferring reading it for several days because of a New York publisher's deadline.
