Record Number: 33542

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Church parade over, the day was before us for what we liked ... Jack Hinchcliffe would come across and sit outside the tent chatting and reading the paper before dinner; then in the afternoon it was very pleasant to lie on the soft turf in the park with a book from the YM[CA] hut library — I remember I succeeded in getting several of H. G. Wells from the YM[CA] and reading Kipps and Tono- Bungay for the first time at Hursley.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1915 and 30 Sep 1915

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Hursley
county: Hampshire
specific address: Hursley Park

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:

Geoffrey Ratcliff Husbands

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 Oct 1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Lance-Corporal, 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Herbert George Wells

Title:

Tono Bungay

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Borrowed (circulating library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33542

Source:

Print

Author:

Geoffrey Husbands

Editor:

J. M. Bourne

Title:

Joffrey's War: A Sherwood Forester in the Great War

Place of Publication:

Nottingham

Date of Publication:

2011

Vol:

n/a

Page:

109

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Geoffrey Husbands, J. M. Bourne (ed.), Joffrey's War: A Sherwood Forester in the Great War, (Nottingham, 2011), p. 109, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33542, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None