Record Number: 20139

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Did you ever read Turgenev's "Letters of a Sportsman?" If you never did, do so at once: they are the finest things that were ever written. I would rather have written "Bielshin Prairie" than have done anything else in the realm of human achievements'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 28 Aug 1918

Country:

n/a

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:

Ford Madox Ford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Dec 1873

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ivan Turgenev

Title:

A Sportsman's Sketches

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20139

Source:

Print

Author:

Ford Madox Ford

Editor:

Sondra J. Stang

Title:

Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The

Place of Publication:

Bloomington

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

9

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Sondra J. Stang (ed.), Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The, (Bloomington, 1993), p. 9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20139, accessed: 04 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

Additional author, Stella Bowen; additional editor, Karen Cochran