Record Number: 14115
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I?m glad you like the Shaw. Stanley bought me one of the early editions ? I haven?t read it through yet ? I?m trying to get through Spengler?s second volume of The Decline of the West. Have just finished ? Du cot? de chez Swann?. By the way let me know a list of good modern French novels ? especially novels of ideas ? the Catholic movement, the socialists, etc?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 31 Jan 1929 and 31 Dec 1929
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Birkenhead
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:23 Feb 1877
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Teacher and Labour Councilor
Religion:Quaker
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
nee Booth
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Decline of the West
Genre:History, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14115
Source:Manuscript
Author:Winifred Agnes Moore [nee Booth]
Title:MS Letters from Winifred Moore, 1928-1941
Location:private collection
Call No:undated, late 1929
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
Letter to her son, Gerald Moore, undated, but probably late 1929.
Citation:
Winifred Agnes Moore [nee Booth], MS Letters from Winifred Moore, 1928-1941, private collection, undated, late 1929, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14115, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
This material copyright Shirley Gould Smith and Andrew Neill Vanson Moore.