Record Number: 29912

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the morning a little "Inferno". James's "Washington Square" (his first, American manner) and Turgeneff's [sic] "Fumée"; but Russian books are always a slight effort to me, I suppose by reason of the leakage of style in translation.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

10 Dec 1916

Country:

At sea

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: On board the HMS "Dufferin" between Suez and Jeddah.

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:

Ronald Storrs

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

19 Nov 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

diplomat (colonial civil servant) and army officer

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

At sea

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry James

Title:

Washington Square

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1880

Provenance

unknown
probably owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29912

Source:

Print

Author:

Ronald Storrs

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Orientations

Place of Publication:

London (Readers Union Edn.)

Date of Publication:

1939 (1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

190

Additional Comments:

Diary entry or letter dated 10th December 1916 incorporated into source text.

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 190, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29912, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None