Record Number: 31101
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As I was keen to go abroad, and half fearful of the war ending before my dream was consummated, I was not to be tempted by Marian's opinions ... And so she proceeded to attack my illusions by sending me copies of the most anti-war periodicals as soon as I got back to camp. Every fortnight I received a bundle of literature, which included the Workers' Dreadnought, the Cambridge Magazine, Freedom, the Clarion, and Communist pamphlets all wrapped up in the innocent-looking Christian Commonwealth. What General Bulfin would have said had he seen these literary bombshells spread about the hut defies speculation, but the enlightenment that I and other readers derived from this source was a fitting prelude to the disillusionment that was shortly to overtake us.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between Jan 1916 and 30 Jun 1916
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Salisbury Plain
county: Wiltshire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:17 Feb 1892
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Private, 2/5th London Field Ambulance Corps
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Christian Commonwealth
Genre:Other religious, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:31101
Source:Vero Walter Garratt
Editor:n/a
Title:A Man in the Street
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1939
Vol:n/a
Page:160
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vero Walter Garratt, A Man in the Street, (London, 1939), n/a, p. 160, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31101, accessed: 01 June 2024
Additional Comments:
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