Record Number: 12522
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'14th March 1929 ?They have used God Himself to cheer us! They have clothed him in lies and calumny to kill our souls?. (Gorki ? ?La M?re?) Just what have our Woodbine Willis meant in the face of this? [...] Gorki?s book would make most wonderful propaganda. Its simple beauty, idealistic appeal, and homely actuality would make it another ?Pilgrims Progress? or ?Uncle Tom?s Cabin? with the worker in England. Why not a cheap library of such books run by the I.L.P. [Independent Labour Party]? A Socialist Everyman? ?Pelagn?e knew people who had freed themselves from hate and rapacity; she understood that if the number of these people increased, the black and terrible face of life would become more kindly and simple, finer and brighter?.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:14 Mar 1929
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:La M?re
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12522
Source:Manuscript
Author:Gerald Moore
Title:MS Diary 1929
Location:Private Collection
Call No:MS Diary 1929
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
For more information about this diary, please contact the RED project. See www.open.ac.uk/RED
Citation:
Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1929, Private Collection, MS Diary 1929, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12522, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.