Record Number: 20179
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I was lately forced into the rather close examination of this book, for I had to translate it into French, that forcing me to give it much closer attention than would be the case in any reading however minute. And I will permit myself to say that I was astounded at the work I must have put into the construction of the book, at the intricate tangle of references and cross-references.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 9 Jan 1926
Country:America
Timen/a
Place:city: New York
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: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:America
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Good Soldier, The
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:20179
Source: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:290
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Ford Madox Ford, Sondra J. Stang (ed.), Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The, (Bloomington, 1993), p. 290, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20179, accessed: 06 February 2025
Additional Comments:
Additional author, Stella Bowen; additional editor Karen Cochran. The quotation is taken from Ford's dedicatory epistle for a new edition, to Stella Bowen.