Record Number: 29815

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The house in which some of us were lodged was the quietest conceivable [...]; our beds were in the attics, and during the night we had scarcely thrown down the French novels which we picked up there and put out our candles, when it seemed an aeroplane was buzzing overhead and something hit the tiles.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 13 Nov 1916 and 20 Dec 1916

Country:

France

Time

n/anight

Place:

city: Warloy
county: Somme

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:

Edmund Blunden

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

unknown; in French

Provenance

Found

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29815

Source:

Print

Author:

Edmund Blunden

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Undertones of War

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.)

Date of Publication:

1982 (1928, 1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

142

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, (Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.), 1982 (1928, 1937)), p. 142, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29815, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None