Record Number: 10305
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I will not tell you my exact state of health day by day, but will give you a diary of my reading, which is perhaps a good index of my physical state. Friday morning. Full of buck. "Tartarin sur les Alpes". Friday afternoon. Wanted soothing. "Letters from a Silent Study". Saturday morning. Very depressed. "Pickwick Papers". Saturday afternoon. A little better. "Esmond". Sunday morning. Quite well thank you! "Butler's Analogy". Sunday afternoon. Quite well thank you! "Esmond and Stonewall Jackson". As a guide I may point out that "Pickwick" cheers me up when I am most depressed, while "Butler's Analogy" taxes all my strength.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1904 and 6 Nov 1904
Country:At sea
Timen/a
Place:other location: On ship bound for Mauritius
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:Dec 1884
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Army Subaltern
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:At sea
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Pickwick Papers
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:10305
Source:Donald William Alers Hankey
Editor:Edward Miller
Title:Letters of Donald Hankey "A Student in Arms"
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1920
Vol:n/a
Page:13-14
Additional Comments:
Letter dated 6 November 1904
Citation:
Donald William Alers Hankey, Edward Miller (ed.), Letters of Donald Hankey "A Student in Arms", (London, 1920), p. 13-14, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10305, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Somewhere between England and the Red Sea.
