Record Number: 32107

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Langridge has been chatting with the two orderlies who help us here, from the famous regiment now holding this part of the line. One of them was reading Dodo just now.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

22 Dec 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Arras
specific address: YMCA 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:

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

Soldier and orderly, British Army

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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 Frederic Benson

Title:

Dodo: A Detail of the Day

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1893

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32107

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Ernest William Hornung

Title:

War Diary, December 1917-March 1918

Location:

Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham

Call No:

MS 127

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Ernest William Hornung, War Diary, December 1917-March 1918, Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham, MS 127, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32107, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None