Record Number: 33052
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am a week late in thanking you for your parcel and letter � and specially for the book of sonnets which has been constantly either in my pocket or hand. It is just the kind of thing one wants�that can be opened and closed again for five or ten minutes that may come to hand. It contains many fine ones which I had not met before: and altogether its possession is a great boon.�
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 2 Aug 1915 and 9 Aug 1915
Country:Belgium
Timen/a
Place:city: Ploegsteert
county: Hainault
other location: trenches
(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:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[sonnets]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33052
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:247
Additional Comments:
To Miss Mary Smith, 9 August 1915 [Belgium, near Ypres]. Sorley was probably by this time at Ploegsteert, near Ypres
Citation:
Charles Hamilton Sorley, Jean Moorcroft Wilson (ed.), The Collected Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley, (London, 1990), p. 247, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33052, accessed: 07 February 2026
Additional Comments:
None
