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Record Number: 31359


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The truth is that every true admirer of the novels cherishes the happy thought that he alone — reading between the lines — has become the secret friend of the author'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Katherine Mansfield

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Oct 1888

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

New Zealand

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Jane Austen

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

31359

Source:

Print

Author:

Katherine Mansfield

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Novels and Novelists

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1930

Vol:

n/a

Page:

304

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Katherine Mansfield, Novels and Novelists, (London, 1930), p. 304, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31359, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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