Record Number: 31975

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Weather very dud, nothing doing, might as well be at home.
After breakfast I spread myself out in front of our new open fire in the hut, and read pretty steadily on to about 3 in the afternoon—E. V. Lucas's new book.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

31 Dec 1916

Country:

France

Time

morning
afternoon

Place:

city: Savy, near Aubigny
other location: hut

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:

Douglas Herbert Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

11 May 1890

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps; bank employee

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:

Edward Verrall Lucas

Title:

Cloud and Silver

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1916.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31975

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henry Williamson

Title:

A Soldier's Diary of the Great War

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1929

Vol:

n/a

Page:

204

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War, (London, 1929), p. 204, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31975, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The identity of the text is speculative.