Record Number: 3177
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Thomas Hardy to Violet Hunt, [?Mar 1908]: "'Why should you have wasted a nice copy of your new book upon me -- a recluse who does not read a novel a twelvemonth nowadays. I am reading yours, however ...'"
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Mar 1908 and 31 Mar 1908
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:1840
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:White Rose of Withered Leaf
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1908
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3177
Source:Philip Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:n/a
Page:127
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 127, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3177, accessed: 12 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Richard Little Purdy and Michael Millgate, eds., The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy 3:163.