Record Number: 33045
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘I have just been censoring letters: which hardly puts one in the mood for writing … The reading of a hundred letters has brought home to me one need. Could you send me out some of those filthy Woodbine cigarettes the men smoke—they all ask for them. Pour moi, I am well provided for the present.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:1 Jun 1915
Country:France
Timedaytime
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:19 May 1895
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:First Lieutenant, 7th Suffolk Regiment
Religion:Agnostic
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[letters]
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:33045
Source:Charles Hamilton Sorley
Editor:Jean Moorcroft Wilson
Title:The Collected Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:n/a
Page:223
Additional Comments:
Letter to parents , 1 June 1915, unspecified location in northern France
Citation:
Charles Hamilton Sorley, Jean Moorcroft Wilson (ed.), The Collected Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley, (London, 1990), p. 223, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33045, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
This reading experience has been included since it repesents a substantial reading of personal letters for a specific purpose - censorship.
