Record Number: 33660

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I've just finished Wells's God the Invisible King. I have to write a criticism of it for the friend who sent it to me ... I began it with the firm conviction that I was going to disagree with it: I finished it in almost complete agreement. Nevertheless, I don't like it. It strikes me as the work of a hard nature glossed over with sentiment.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

23 Jul 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: near Amiens

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:

Herbert Edward Read

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Dec 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Second Lieutenant, Yorkshire Regiment

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Herbert George Wells

Title:

God the Invisible King

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

33660

Source:

Print

Author:

Herbert Read

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

n/a

Page:

104-5

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Herbert Read, The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies, (London, 1968), p. 104-5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33660, accessed: 11 March 2025

---

Additional Comments:

None