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Record Number: 28560


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have however, read Edwin Drood, and finished the hateful Cousin Pons.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

10 Apr 1944

Country:

England

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:

James Lees-Milne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

6 Aug 1908

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Writer, diarist, and architectural historian

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Dickens

Title:

Edwin Drood

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28560

Source:

Print

Author:

James Lees-Milne

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Prophesying Peace

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

46

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Lees-Milne, Prophesying Peace, (London, 1984), p. 46, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28560, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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