Record Number: 33947

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Very many thanks for the book ["The Country House"] and its dedication—it makes me very proud. I received it on Friday and began reading it straight off, but it was too long to finish at one sitting so went on till Saturday morning. I should have liked it better if there had been a second volume of three hundred pages to have kept me over Sunday in "A Country House". Some day when the weather grows warmer and longer days give one more leisure I hope to read it again in slower fashion as the better to enjoy your writing. The manner is very charming and is your own: this is like "The Man of Property", a Galsworthy book—a curiously refreshing harmonious piece of work.' [ hence follow 20 lines about certain characters in "The Country House".]

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1907 and 2 Mar 1907

Country:

England

Time

daytime
night

Place:

city: London
specific address: 40 St Luke's Road

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:

William Henry Hudson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1841

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Field naturalist, author

Religion:

Protestant (Anglican) in childhood only

Country of Origin:

Argentina

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:

John Galsworthy

Title:

The Country House

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Heinemann, 1907

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33947

Source:

Print

Author:

William Henry Hudson

Editor:

Denis Shrubsall

Title:

The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y & Lampeter

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

2

Page:

407-8

Additional Comments:

Letter from Hudson to John Galsworthy, 3 March 1907, 40 St Luke's Road, West London.

Citation:

William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y & Lampeter, 2006), 2, p. 407-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33947, accessed: 17 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

While a date range has been entered this is in fact a very precisely recorded reading experience, over two days.