Record Number: 8875

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[a teacher at St Edmunds Scool, Canterbury] 'encouraged him by supplying him regularly with the literary pages of Le Figaro. From then on Durrell became hooked on French Literature'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1926 and 31 Dec 1927

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Canterbury
specific address: St Edmund's School

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:

Lawrence Durrell

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 Feb 1912

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

later writer; engineer's son

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

Britain / India (Parents English and Irish but Indian born)

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:

[n/a]

Title:

Le Figaro

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
borrowed from school teacher

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8875

Source:

Print

Author:

Gordon Bowker

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

31

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Gordon Bowker, Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell, (London, 1996), p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8875, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None