Record Number: 20561

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

E. M. Forster to Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, 5 May 1917: 'I am anxious to re-read a little history and see how its solemn arrangement of "movements", which, while they bored me, used to impress, look now, in the light of actual experience. I have only tried Gibbon, whom nothing can disintegrate, but expect that everyone and everything else will shatter into dust.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1917 and 5 May 1917

Country:

Egypt

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Alexandria

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:

Edward Morgan Forster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Jan 1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer/Red Cross worker

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Egypt

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Gibbon

Title:

n/a

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20561

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:

251

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. 251, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20561, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None