Record Number: 33945
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am disgusted with myself for letting so long a time pass before thanking you for the Gissing book ["The House of Cobwebs and other stories"], as I suppose it was you who sent me a copy. I have been away a good deal of the time, neglecting everything and that must be my excuse. I was glad to have the book and was deeply interested in your study of Gissing’s life work. Certainly it is the best one which has yet appeared, and I entirely agree with your judgement on all the books except one—"The Ryecroft Papers". That may be because for a special reason I may be unable to see the charm which others find in that book. [Hence follow 11 lines of reflection about Gissing's unhappiness as reflected in that work.]
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1903 and 17 Jun 1906
Country:England
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Place:n/a
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:4 Aug 1841
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Field naturalist, author
Religion:Protestant (Anglican) in childhood only
Country of Origin:Argentina
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:The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Constable, 1903
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33945
Source:William Henry Hudson
Editor:Denis Shrubsall
Title:The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922
Place of Publication:Lewiston, N.Y.
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:2
Page:400-1
Additional Comments:
Letter from Hudson to Thomas Seccombe, 17 June 1906, 40 St Luke's Road, West London
Citation:
William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 400-1, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33945, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923) was Professor of English Literature at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and an occasional correspondent of Hudson's.