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Record Number: 20216


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Ray Postgate has given me some [underlined] excellent [end underlining] reviews of it was the Nightingale by Isabel Paterson & (better still) by W.R. Benet under the title "Uncle Ford". I expect you have seen them.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 30 Oct 1933

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Esther Gwendolyn, 'Stella' Bowen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 May 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

artist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Australia

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

W.R. Benet

Title:

'Uncle Ford'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

in Saturday Review of Literature, 21st Oct 1933 - review of Ford's 'It Was the Nightingale'

Provenance

owned
given by Ray Postgate


Source Information:

Record ID:

20216

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:

426

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Sondra J. Stang (ed.), Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The, (Bloomington, 1993), p. 426, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20216, accessed: 14 October 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional author, Stella Bowen; additional editor Karen Cochran.

   
   
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