Record Number: 33535

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you very much for your letter and the "Smart Set", which I think very good, also Bottomley's article, which is much to the point. Since last writing we have returned from the trenches and have been stopping in bivouacs for 8 days. The weather has been bitterly cold, damp and foggy, rotten weather for being under canvas.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

2 Dec 1916

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Mametz
county
other location: bivouac

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:

John Michael Howard Harker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Private, 6th Gloucestershire Regiment

Religion:

Unknown

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:

Title:

Smart Set

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33535

Source:

Print

Author:

John Harker

Editor:

Rosemary Rainbird

Title:

Letters Home 1914-1919: Written by John Harker to His Family

Place of Publication:

Eastboure

Date of Publication:

2009

Vol:

n/a

Page:

48

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Harker, Rosemary Rainbird (ed.), Letters Home 1914-1919: Written by John Harker to His Family, (Eastboure, 2009), p. 48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33535, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The identity of this title is unclear.