Record Number: 34077

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At St. Servan I became extravagant and purchased myself a birthday present for 4 francs. Ruskin's 'Stones of Venice'. I had no prose reading with me, and one can have too much Spenser. The new acquisition seems most interesting architecturally, I expect father will like it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 17 Aug 1906 and 18 Aug 1906

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Dinard

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 Edward Lawrence

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Aug 1888

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Student

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Wales

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:

John Ruskin

Title:

The Stones of Venice

Genre:

Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

34077

Source:

Print

Author:

T. E. Lawrence

Editor:

M. R. Lawrence

Title:

Home Letters of T. E. Lawrence and His Brothers

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1954

Vol:

n/a

Page:

21

Additional Comments:

'Letter from T. E. Lawrence [signed Ned] to his Mother, Dinard, Friday morning, August 17th, 1906'. Lawrence stated 'I will keep this letter open till Saturday' [August 18th, 1906].

Citation:

T. E. Lawrence, M. R. Lawrence (ed.), Home Letters of T. E. Lawrence and His Brothers, (Oxford, 1954), p. 21, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34077, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

citation for section 3. 4. 'T. E. Lawrence Studies' accessed 5 February 2016.