Record Number: 34276

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'dear hemingway, (i have cut off the top of thumb with a sickle and so cannot put down the capital stop) thank you very much for the book on bull rings i have been absorbing instruction from it ever since last night when I got it and shall shortly be able to talk like an aficionado'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 5 Nov 1932 and 6 Nov 1932

Country:

France

Time

evening
night

Place:

city: Toulon
county: Var
specific address: Villa Paul, Chemin de la Calade, Cap Brun

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:

Ford Madox Ford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Dec 1873

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ernest Hemingway

Title:

Death in the Afternoon

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Geography / Travel, Sport / Leisure

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

New York: Charles Scribner, 1932

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

34276

Source:

Print

Author:

Ford Madox Ford

Editor:

Richard M. Ludwig

Title:

Letters of Ford Madox Ford

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ

Date of Publication:

1965

Vol:

n/a

Page:

216

Additional Comments:

Ford to Ernest Hemingway, 6 November 1932.

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Richard M. Ludwig (ed.), Letters of Ford Madox Ford, (Princeton, NJ, 1965), p. 216, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34276, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

This is one of the relatively rare examples of Ford's reading in which the time as well as place can be accurately recorded.