Record Number: 30342

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Steady downpour all day long. Weather is worse than we get in England. No wonder Uncle Toby in [italics] Tristram Shandy [end italics] said "our armies swore terribly in Flanders". They had the same sort of weather and probably less comfort.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 3 Sep 1884 and 2 Nov 1916

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Albert John Martin

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

3 Sep 1884

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Sapper, Royal Engineers; Admiralty clerk

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Laurence Sterne

Title:

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30342

Source:

Print

Author:

Jack Martin

Editor:

Richard Van Emden

Title:

Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2009

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jack Martin, Richard Van Emden (ed.), Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin, (London, 2009), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30342, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None