Record Number: 21216

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Transcribed by E. M. Forster in his Commonplace Book (1944): 'On Hydon's top there is a cup And in that cup there is a drop Take up the cup and drink the drop And place the cup on Hydon's top.' Forster notes underneath: 'Local rhyme quoted in Murrays Guide to Surrey.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1944 and 31 Dec 1944

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edward Morgan Forster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Jan 1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

A Handbook for Travellers in Surrey, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

4th ed., revised, published by John Murray, 1888

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21216

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Philip Gardner

Title:

Commonplace Book

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

163

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book, (London, 1985), p. 163, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21216, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Source ed. notes: 'Forster possessed a copy of this [text] bought by his aunt Laura Forster in 1897,' also noting that rhyme quoted appears on p.178 in text; see p.331 in source.