Record Number: 18771
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In a BBC talk of 1947 about the book that had most influenced her early years, she chose to talk about Rider Haggard's "She"; she came upon it at the age of twelve, "when I was finding the world too small". The descriptions of Kor, the great derelict city, caught her imagination. She "saw" Kor before she ever saw London: "Inevitably, the Thames Embankment was a disappointment".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 7 Jun 1911 and 7 Jun 1912
Country:Ireland
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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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:7 Jun 1899
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:later writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Anglican
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:She
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18771
Source:Victoria Glendinning
Editor:n/a
Title:Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:n/a
Page:32
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Victoria Glendinning, Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer, (London, 1977), p. 32, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18771, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Bowen later wrote a short story entitled 'Mysterious Kor'.