Record Number: 9360
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Absorbed as always in books, Willie read seriously in both French and German literature. His favourites in French were the "Maximes" of La Rochefoucauld, "La Princesse de Cleves" (which inspired his play "Caesar's Wife"), the tragedies of Racine, the novels of Voltaire, Stendhal's "Le Rouge et le Noir" and "La Chartreuse de Parme", Balzac's "Pere Goriot", Flaubert's "Madame Bovary", the works of Anatole France, the exotic tales of Pierre Loti and the well-crafted stories of Maupassant'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1891
Country:Germany
Timen/a
Place:city: Heidelberg
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:25 Jan 1874
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later writer
Religion:christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Germany
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[tragedies]
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:9360
Source:Jeffrey Meyers
Editor:n/a
Title:Somerset Maugham
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:2004
Vol:n/a
Page:23
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jeffrey Meyers, Somerset Maugham, (New York, 2004), p. 23, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9360, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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