Record Number: 18848

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the early thirties she had read a lot of French, starting with Stendhal: and a chunk of his "De l'amour", in the French, found its way into "To the North". In 1932 she was reading for the first time Flaubert's "L'education sentimentale", and told Lady Ottoline: "What perfect writing, and what a clear powerful mind, and what a perfect picture of an enchantment he can produce. And what compass he has: this picture of colour and movement compared with the sad immobility of poor Bovary." A few months later she began translating it'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1932 and 31 Dec 1932

Country:

Ireland or 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:

Elizabeth Bowen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

7 Jun 1899

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland or England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gustave Flaubert

Title:

L'Education Sentimentale

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

in French

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18848

Source:

Print

Author:

Victoria Glendinning

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1977

Vol:

n/a

Page:

117

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Victoria Glendinning, Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer, (London, 1977), p. 117, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18848, accessed: 04 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None