Record Number: 21218
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Passages in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1944) include two short quotations, from Bede ('Two most wicked spirits rising with forks in their hands[...]') and Amiel ('S'en aller toute d'un fois est un privilege; tu periras par morceaux'), accompanied by note: 'I encounter these two mournful small fry on the same day. Boo hoo down the ages.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1944 and 31 Dec 1944
Country:England
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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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Fragments d'un Journal Intime
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1883/84; source ed. notes that Forster owned copy published Geneva, 1887, and that new 2-vol edition appeared in Paris, 1927
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21218
Source:E. M. Forster
Editor:Philip Gardner
Title:Commonplace Book
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1985
Vol:n/a
Page:164
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book, (London, 1985), p. 164, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21218, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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