Record Number: 34037
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have just finished that wonderful book—"The Way of All Flesh". It is a wonderful book.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 19 Aug 1914 and 31 Oct 1904
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Ascot
county: Berkshire
specific address: Greyfriars
(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 and author
Religion:Christian (Protestant in childhood only)
Country of Origin:Argentina
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Way of All Flesh
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Grant Richards, 1903
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:34037
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Title:The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922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:500
Additional Comments:
Letter from Hudson to Margaret Brooke, Dowager Ranee of Sarawak, n.d. Monday between 19 August and October 1914, Greyfriars, Ascot.
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William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 500, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34037, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Hudson was spending several months at the Ranee's country house (though she was often in London, hence this letter). He was recovering from illness and probably borrowed this book from her large private library.
