Record Number: 20564
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
E. M. Forster to Robert Trevelyan, 29 January 1918: 'I am already deep in The Piddle Years [sic]. I never find Henry James difficult to understand, though it [italics]is[end italics] difficult to throw off the interests of one's larger life, and flatten oneself -- flat flatter flattest -- to crawl down his slots.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1918 and 29 Jan 1918
Country:Egypt
Timen/a
Place:city: Alexandria
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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Middle Years
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1917
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20564
Source: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:283
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank (ed.), Selected Letters of E. M. Forster, (London, 1983), 1, p. 283, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20564, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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