Record Number: 3606
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
' ... in Egypt during the Great War [E. M.] Forster applied himself to read [Henry] James. Struggling with What Maisie Knew (1897), he rather thought that "she is my very limit ..."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1914 and 31 Dec 1918
Country:Egypt
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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:1 Jan 1879
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Egypt
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:What Maisie Knew
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3606
Source:Philip Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:n/a
Vol:n/a
Page:637
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, p. 637, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3606, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank, Selected Letters of Forster 1:240.