Record Number: 33669
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'This letter will probably not be finished this evening, for I am writing it in the YMCA hut at 6 o'clock and there is such a noise of chairs and tables being moved in preparation for a concert by men from a neighbouring hospital ... The piano is now playing and the hut is full. Am writing this on a book. The concert has begun ... Do you read much? I have taken it up a bit since I was sick and I've read some nice stories. It helps one forget troubles.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 24 Feb 1917 and 22 Mar 1917
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Wimereux
county: Pas-de-Calais
specific address: Number 5 Convalescent Camp
(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:2 Oct 1887
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Private, Royal Army Medical Corps
Religion:Nonconformist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Borrowed from Hospital library?
Source Information:
Record ID:33669
Source:n/a
Editor:Lyn Dyson
Title:Uncle Tom's Letters: The Letters of Private Thomas Wainwright, 1914-1919
Place of Publication:[Great Britain]
Date of Publication:2013
Vol:n/a
Page:97-8
Additional Comments:
letter to Gladys Wainwright, 22 March 1917
Citation:
Lyn Dyson (ed.), Uncle Tom's Letters: The Letters of Private Thomas Wainwright, 1914-1919, ([Great Britain], 2013), p. 97-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33669, accessed: 17 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Wainwright suffered from influenza from late February 1917 until the middle of March and presumably read in bed during that time.
