Record Number: 31898

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I started to read "Bleak House" by Dickens when I was at the base and I should like to get on with it. You might get a small 1/- edition and send it on it will you as I have a bit of time when not in the trenches ... Don't forget to send the Daily Post occasionally so I can see what's happening in B'ham.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 13 Jul 1917 and 19 Jul 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Etaples
other location: BEF Base Camp

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:

Bernard Wilfrid Long

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

10 May 1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

2nd Lieutenant, West Yorkshire Regiment

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:

Charles Dickens

Title:

Bleak House

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31898

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Valerie A. Hawgood

Title:

First World War Letters of 2nd Lt. Bernard Wilfrid Long 1896-1917

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

52

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Valerie A. Hawgood (ed.), First World War Letters of 2nd Lt. Bernard Wilfrid Long 1896-1917, (London, 1995), p. 52, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31898, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None