Record Number: 25626

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mr M- along. I lay back and listened to all his plans for the regeneration of Scotland - including the one in which he is to be editor of a terrifically high-brow and inter-stellar-national review. Then he read me potential journalism of his own and a synopsis of a short story which ought never to have been even a synopsis - and after he had filled my room full of cigarette smoke he "swep out" with a smile on his face'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

29 Apr 1931

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Perth
specific address: 27 Wilson Street
location in dwelling: in bed

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

William Soutar

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Apr 1898

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

poet

Religion:

atheist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

M

Title:

[personal writings]

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25626

Source:

Print

Author:

William Soutar

Editor:

Alexander Scott

Title:

Diaries of a dying man

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

1954

Vol:

n/a

Page:

25

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William Soutar, Alexander Scott (ed.), Diaries of a dying man, (Edinburgh, 1954), p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25626, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None