Record Number: 31060
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Cards, roulette, ping-pong and chess greatly assisted in passing the time. We also had quite a good camp library, the books mostly having been received from home. I have often heard it remarked that life there was one long queue, and it was not far wrong. Often one passed the morning waiting one's turn for the "tin room," or newly arrived parcels, while soon after lunch it was customary to see the more patient individuals already lining up chairs and settling down to their books, to wait for hot water which was sold at tea time.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:1917
Country:Germany
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Clausthal
specific address: Clausthal Offizier Lager
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:British officers waiting for hot water in the afternoons
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:British Army, Royal Navy, and RFC officers
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:Germany
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Prison camp library
Source Information:
Record ID:31060
Source:Gerald Featherstone Knight
Editor:n/a
Title:Brother Bosch
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1919
Vol:n/a
Page:56-57
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Gerald Featherstone Knight, Brother Bosch, (London, 1919), p. 56-57, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31060, accessed: 07 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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