Record Number: 12489
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'22nd September 1928 (Saturday). I have started to read Kipling?s ?Letters of travel? again. I am very fond of this book although the slabs of jaunty, impatient, imperialism become rather monotonous. Still, the splendid descriptive power that the book betokens, make it excellent reading. The ?sentiments? are too well known, and too familiar to jar now to any appreciable degree. It is a curious contrast that in a book very slight in itself, with little thread or cohesion, the phrasing should be so powerful. I suppose Kipling?s long experience in ballad-mongering stands him in good stead.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:22 Sep 1928
Country:France
Timen/a
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:Male
Date of Birth:16 Jun 1903
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company
Religion:none
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Letters of Travel
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12489
Source:Manuscript
Author:Gerald Moore
Title:MS Diary 1928
Location:Private Collection
Call No:MS Diary 1928
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1928, Private Collection, MS Diary 1928, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12489, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.
