Record Number: 29947

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The air dark and yellow with sand. Reason preserved by the finding of "Jude the Obscure", which I drank in, on and off, throughout the day. But I fear I should have put Sue across my knee, and have done with her [sic] long before the end of the second book.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Jun 1917

Country:

Kuweit

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Kuweit
specific address: summer house of Mr Hamilton Political Officer and Britsh Consul

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:

Ronald Storrs

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

19 Nov 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

diplomat (colonial civil servant) and army officer

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Kuweit

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Hardy

Title:

Jude the Obscure

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1895, not known which edition being read.

Provenance

unknown
possibly borrowed from hosts (no other references to Hardy among Storrs' documented reading experiences

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29947

Source:

Print

Author:

Ronald Storrs

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Orientations

Place of Publication:

London (Readers Union Edn.)

Date of Publication:

1939 (1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

259

Additional Comments:

Diary entry 16 June 1917.

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 259, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29947, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None