Record Number: 25129

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'By the way! 'Jimmy & the Desperate Woman' is fucking good! 'After he had given his lecture (it was on Men in Books and Men in Life: naturally men in books came first)...' Lawrence so good I daren't really read him.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1924 and 23 Jun 1941

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Philip Larkin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

9 Aug 1922

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Student, Librarian, Poet

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:

D. H. Lawrence

Title:

Jimmy and The Desperate Woman, in The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Jimmy and The Desperate Woman (1924), in The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories (1928)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25129

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Larkin

Editor:

Anthony Thwaite

Title:

Selected Letters of Philip Larkin 1940-1985

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

17

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Larkin, Anthony Thwaite (ed.), Selected Letters of Philip Larkin 1940-1985, (London, 1992), p. 17, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25129, accessed: 18 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

This letter is to J.B Sutton, dated 23 June 1941.