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Record Number: 34283


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I read both of your novels with pleasure and admiration for the handling—particularly the one about the castle which I have lent to an appreciative American so that I can't remember—oh yes, THEY CAME TO THE CASTLE. That seemed to me to be extremely skilfully worked out.' Thence follow a few lines of comment on Bertram's subject matter.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 14 Sep 1934

Country:

France

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:

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Anthony Bertram

Title:

They Came to the Castle

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Chapman & Hall, 1931

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

34283

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:

234

Additional Comments:

Ford to Anthony Bertram, 14 September 1934

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Richard M. Ludwig (ed.), Letters of Ford Madox Ford, (Princeton, NJ, 1965), p. 234, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34283, accessed: 24 November 2024


Additional Comments:

The other novel mentioned would have been either "The Pool" (Allen & Unwin, 1926) or "Here We Ride" (Allen & Unwin, 1927. Bertram (1897-1978) was essentially an art historian, publishing many books on painting of various periods.

   
   
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