Record Number: 19979
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
E. M. Forster to Alice Clara Forster, ?summer 1899: 'I hear much of Mr Dimbleby, and have tried to read his books. I can't think how Maimie [i.e. Mary Aylward, family friend] is taken in. Scattered scraps of information such as "in 1903 there will be a second Flood: 'one of the continents' (!) will sink below the sea. In 1910 the world will probably be consumed in the tail of a comet, &tc." '"Dear me," says Maimie, "to think that we shall probably be alive to see it."'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 May 1899 and 31 Aug 1899
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Salisbury
county: Wiltshire
(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:1 Jan 1879
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Undergraduate student
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Other religious, Astrology / alchemy / occult
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19979
Source:E. M. Forster
Editor:Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank
Title:Selected Letters of E. M. Forster
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:1
Page:30
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank (ed.), Selected Letters of E. M. Forster, (London, 1983), 1, p. 30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19979, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Source eds. note: 'Jabez Bunting Dimbleby (1827-19??) wrote millenial books whose titles became progressively longer and more alarming. In 1897 The New Era at Hand, (1898-1/4); or, The Approaching Close of the Great Prophetic Periods, achieved a thirteenth edition (see p.30 n.3).
