Record Number: 19983

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Laura Mary Forster, 27 February 1900: 'Last Thursday I went to Mr Dickinson's to hear Trevelyan of Trinity read a paper on "The Uses of History", & very good it was.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1900 and 27 Feb 1900

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambridge

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:

George Macaulay Trevelyan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1876

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

Edward Morgan Forster

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Macaulay Trevelyan

Title:

'The Uses of History'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19983

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

38

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank (ed.), Selected Letters of E. M. Forster, (London, 1983), 1, p. 38, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19983, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None