Record Number: 31188

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The British officers formed a circulating library, and it was always possible to get any number of the Tauchnitz books in English and in French. There was no lack of reading material, but there was a tendency for other people to borrow your book before you had finished with it, and if anyone lost a volume that he had brought out, he had nothing to exchange for another ... many books were also sent to officers from home, and generally arrived safely.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 9 Sep 1914 and 24 Nov 1914

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Torgau
specific address: Brückenkopf Barracks

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:

Lorimer John Austin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

20 Sep 1880

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Surgeon, British Red Cross Society

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Germany

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Tauchnitz edition.

Provenance

Borrowed (circulating library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31188

Source:

Print

Author:

L. J. Austin

Editor:

n/a

Title:

My Experiences as a German Prisoner

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1915

Vol:

n/a

Page:

97

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

L. J. Austin, My Experiences as a German Prisoner, (London, 1915), p. 97, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31188, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None