Record Number: 33054

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'God's in his heaven, all's right with the world, and I'm feeling quite Browningesque. I haven't got my movement orders yet, but I've been posted to the 10th Battn., so my address will be: 10th Yorshire Regiment, B.E.F., France ... I have just finished Esther Waters by George Moore. Did you ever read it? I've always had an instinctive prejudice against Moore, but I must admit power and beauty here. It's a study of a simple soul, and illustrates one of those purely feminine beauties that fill decent men with wonderment ... I've now got hold of Evelyn Innes, by the same author.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Apr 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Étaples
county
other location: B.E.F. Base Camp

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:

Herbert Edward Read

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Dec 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Second Lieutenant, Yorkshire Regiment

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Moore

Title:

Esther Waters

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33054

Source:

Print

Author:

Herbert Read

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1963

Vol:

n/a

Page:

90

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Herbert Read, The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies, (London, 1963), p. 90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33054, accessed: 11 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None