Record Number: 8417

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the July of 1918 a copy of "The Farmer's Bride" arrived in [Sydney] Cockerell's vast daily post, with a stiff little note from Charlotte [Mew] [...] No worry [...] about his reading it; he always read everything, and he fell in love immediately with "The Farmer's Bride".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Jul 1918

Country:

England

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sydney Cockerell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Mew

Title:

The Farmer's Bride

Genre:

Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8417

Source:

Print

Author:

Penelope Fitzgerald

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Charlotte Mew and Her Friends

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

168

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Penelope Fitzgerald, Charlotte Mew and Her Friends, (London, 1984), p. 168, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8417, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None