Record Number: 20438

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 5 October 1913: 'We are here [Harrogate] till the 10th [...] It has been a dull month, but not boring. [...] I ordered Chanson de Billitis [sic] from the L[ondon] L[ibrary] and it came as Byblis whiich smelt of the boudoir rather than the forest, but I liked it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1913 and 5 Oct 1913

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Harrogate
county: Yorkshire

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:

E. M. Forster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Jan 1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Pierre Louys

Title:

Byblis changee en fontaine

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1898

Provenance

borrowed (public library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20438

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:

207

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. 207, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20438, accessed: 05 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

Text expected was Louys' Les Chansons de Bilitis, 'poems of Sapphic love' (see p.207 n.4 in source).