Record Number: 12844

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I'm reading "A Son at the Front" in book form. The wife reads serials in magazines which I don't.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 10 Sep 1923 and 13 Sep 1923

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Etchingham
county: Sussex
specific address: Bateman's Burwash

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:

Rudyard Kipling

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

30 Dec 1865

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

India

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edith Wharton

Title:

A Son at the Front

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Macmillan, 1923. First edition; published 10 September 1923.

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12844

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Rudyard Kipling

Title:

Letter to Edith Wharton dated 13 September 1923

Location:

Beinecke Library, Yale University

Call No:

YCAL MSS 42, Series II, Folder 865

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Housed in the Edith Wharton archive at the Beinecke, Yale.

Citation:

Rudyard Kipling, Letter to Edith Wharton dated 13 September 1923, Beinecke Library, Yale University, YCAL MSS 42, Series II, Folder 865, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12844, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Kipling read "A Son at the Front" for the first time in volume form (published 10 September 1923) and not in the prior serialisation.