Record Number: 33676

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Am feeling in a happier frame of mind than I have been for a long time, for a letter from Nora came at tea telling me the best news that I could possibly hear, that your Doctor says that you will really get well ... I wonder if you wile away much time by reading. You should do, for there are lovely books which I have had some happy hours with, even out here. Whatever you do, don't get thinking hard, unless those thoughts are happy ones. I have this evening finished a beautiful book called "A Welsh Singer" by Allen Raine. I feel that I must get hold of more of her books. Most of Baroness Orczy's are fine too. If you come across an extra good story, just tell me the name of the Author. Perhaps I can get it here ... It is now late and I must go to bed. Have had a nice basin of soup.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

7 Mar 1918

Country:

France

Time

evening

Place:

city: Wimereux
county: Pas-de-Calais
specific address: Rawal Pindi British General Hospital
location in dwelling

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:

Thomas Wainwright

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Allen Raine

Title:

A Welsh Singer: A Novel

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33676

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

138

Additional Comments:

letter to Gladys Wainwright, 7 March 1918

Citation:

Lyn Dyson (ed.), Uncle Tom's Letters: The Letters of Private Thomas Wainwright, 1914-1919, ([Great Britain], 2013), p. 138, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33676, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None