Record Number: 33011
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘Last week I went to an excellent play, a really charming Comedy—Quinney’s, by Vachell. Am now reading and book by Vachell "The Hill", a tale of Harrow, and the hills on which I never lay, nor shall lie: heights of thought, heights of friendship, heights of riches, heights of jinks … Lovely and melancholy reading it is for me.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:21 Feb 1918
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Scarborough
county: Yorkshire
specific address: Northern Cavalry Barracks
(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:18 Mar 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:2/Lt., 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
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:The Hill
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33011
Source:Wilfred Owen
Editor:Harold Owen
Title:Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1967
Vol:n/a
Page:535
Additional Comments:
Letter to unidentified recipient ?Susan Owen ? Leslie Gunston, 21 February 1918, Scarborough
Citation:
Wilfred Owen, Harold Owen (ed.), Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters, (London, 1967), p. 535, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33011, accessed: 28 March 2024
Additional Comments:
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