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Record Number: 31058


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'During the period of our captivity at Munden the time passed more heavily, I think, than at any later period, owing to the fact that we had practically no reading matter ... No daily papers or periodicals of any sort were allowed, not even German, only a rag called The Continental Times ... There were only about a dozen English novels in the camp, and no means of obtaining more; consequently, to keep one's mind occupied, one had to read them over and over again ...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between Jan 1915 and Mar 1915

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Minden
specific address: Minden Officers' Lager

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Horace Gray Gilliland

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Captain, 1st Loyal Lancashire Regiment

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Germany

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

[English novels]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
Prison camp library


Source Information:

Record ID:

31058

Source:

Print

Author:

Horace Gray Gilliland

Editor:

n/a

Title:

My German Prisons: Being the Experiences of an Officer During Two and a Half Years as a Prisoner of War

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1918

Vol:

n/a

Page:

47-48

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Horace Gray Gilliland, My German Prisons: Being the Experiences of an Officer During Two and a Half Years as a Prisoner of War, (London, 1918), n/a, p. 47-48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31058, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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