Record Number: 28575

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I finished The Hotel in Brooks's — not a good novel, although Eddy recommends it.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

12 Aug 1944

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Brooks's Club, St James's Street

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:

James Lees-Milne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

6 Aug 1908

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Writer, diarist, and architectural historian

Religion:

Roman Catholic

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:

Elizabeth Bowen

Title:

The Hotel

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

The Hotel was first published in 1943. (London Library catalogue)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28575

Source:

Print

Author:

James Lees-Milne

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Prophesying Peace

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

100

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Lees-Milne, Prophesying Peace, (London, 1984), p. 100, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28575, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

"Eddy" is the Hon. Edward Sackville-West, friend of James Lees-Milne.
Brooks's is a London Club that Lees-Milne was a member of. He describes Brooks's Library in his diary entry of Saturday, 17th June 1944.