Record Number: 29980

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Wrote up, finished O. Henry's "Cabbages and Kings" (an inferior S. American "South Wind" but good) and some more G. [Geoffrey] Scott. Bed 10.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

21 Nov 1917

Country:

Greece

Time

evening
night

Place:

Melos
on board "Chios"

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:

Greece

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

O. Henry (pseud)

Title:

Cabbages and Kings

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1904

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29980

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:

282

Additional Comments:

Diary entry 21 November 1917.

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 282, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29980, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

For reading Geoffrey Scott's work see record ID 29979. This must refer to the same text as his other books were all published in later years. The evidence also implies that Storrs had earlier read Norman Douglas's "South Wind" published that year (1917)