Record Number: 3797
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I bought a book by Henry James yesterday and read it, as they say, "until far into the night". It was not very interesting or very good, but I can wade through pages and pages of dull, turgid James for the sake of that sudden sweet shock, that violent throb of delight that he gives me at times. I don't doubt this is genius: only there is an extraordinary amount of pan and an amazingly raffine' flash - '
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 16 May 1915 and 31 Jul 1915
Country:France
Timen/anight
Place:city: Paris
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:Female
Date of Birth:14 Oct 1888
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Novelist and Critic
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:New Zealand
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Confidence
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3797
Source:Katherine Mansfield
Editor:J Middleton Murry
Title:Journal of Katherine Mansfield
Place of Publication:Hamburg Paris Bologna
Date of Publication:1935
Vol:n/a
Page:48
Additional Comments:
diary entry undated, but between 16 May and July 1915
Citation:
Katherine Mansfield, J Middleton Murry (ed.), Journal of Katherine Mansfield, (Hamburg Paris Bologna, 1935), p. 48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3797, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None