Record Number: 29772
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My literature has been “The Pit”, Frank Norris’s wheat hoarding story, and the two books of riff-raff, very tangy, cynical and amusing, by O. Henry. One story, "Roads of Destiny" struck me as first-class, but the majority of his work, though clever, is too topical to last very long.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between Jun 1916 and 12 Jul 1916
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:county: Somme
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:1 Nov 1896
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Army Officer and Poet
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
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: Title:Roads of Destiny
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29772
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Digitised handwritten letter from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate] http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9397
Additional Information:
Letter from Edmund Blunden to his mother Margaret Blunden, dated 12 July 1916.
Citation:
Digitised handwritten letter from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate] http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9397 , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29772, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range of reading experience is approximate
