Record Number: 30344

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Received a parcel from Elsie containing tobacco (most welcome), papers and a little book of war poems called [italics] Counter-attack [end italics] by Siegfried Sassoon. Very good and very outspoken, revealing things as they actually are, not as they are represented by the daily press. They will do old Glasspoole's heart good when he reads them.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Sep 1918

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Busseboom

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:

Adult (18-100+)

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:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Siegfried Sassoon

Title:

Counter-Attack and Other Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30344

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:

235-236

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jack Martin, Richard Van Emden (ed.), Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin, (London, 2009), p. 235-236, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30344, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None